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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

It isn’t tax season for UK (or US) residents, but that hasn’t deterred scammers from sending out an HMRC phish double whammy with a tight deadline attached.

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September 14, 2018 admin

Is two-factor authentication (2FA) as secure as it seems?

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Two factor authentication (2fa) was introduced to enhance login security, but does it always work as advertised? Or can it be bypassed?

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ComputerWorld Independent

September 14, 2018 admin

One small step forward, one giant leap back

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 03:00:00 -0700

This pilot fish is paying his monthly bills online when he discovers one of his utilities has changed the payment part of its website — a lot.

“I clicked on the ‘Payment’ button, and saw that I now had the option of paying with or without logging in,” says fish.

“OK, the no-login option could be handy, but I’ve been paying this bill online for years, so I clicked on the login option. It asked me for my user name and eight-digit PIN. What PIN? I have a long, secure password. I tried that. It didn’t work.”

And after several unsuccessful attempts, fish tries the no-login version — which just takes him to the same screen asking his PIN.

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Security Sophos

September 14, 2018 admin

Migliaia di stampanti 3D online sono a rischio

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:39:15 +0000

E’ incredibilmente facile per qualche malintenzionato individuare una stampante non protetta usando un motore di ricerca per devices connessi a internet<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SgZbjp2K6cw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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September 13, 2018 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 54

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:45:57 +0000

This edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast looks at the latest — a British Airways hack and Facebook’s litigation.

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September 13, 2018 admin

HMI and its implications in advanced process controls

Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:41:21 +0000

The accelerated rate at which industries have grown in the current day-and-age is nothing to scoff at, and one need only witness the tremendous growth in the manufacturing sector to… Read more »

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September 13, 2018 admin

Electrical motors and their modern day role in industries

Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:39:02 +0000

Machine control has become the need of the hour in modern times, since the applications of technology has become a must. The sheer number of applications this service has enabled… Read more »

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September 13, 2018 admin

Collaboration is Closely linked to Design Technology

Credit to Author: Asha Devasia| Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:32:55 +0000

Video conferencing and smartphones allow us to collaborate without needing to be in the same room. The internet allowed us to share our designs digitally across great distances. Thanks to… Read more »

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