Venmo Privacy, Ransomware Attacks, and More Security News This Week
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 13:01:00 +0000
Russian meddling, Venmo privacy, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Fake products? Only AI can save us now.
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 03:00:00 -0700
Half a trillion dollars.
That’s the rough amount of money that counterfeiters displaced last year by selling phony products. Some 2.5% of all trade is for fake goods.
The United States is hit hardest by the scourge of counterfeit products — U.S. brands accounted in 2013 for 20% of the world’s infringed intellectual property.
When most people think about counterfeiting, they think of knock-off Louis Vuitton handbags sold on the sidewalk. But fake products also include business and enterprise products, as well as everyday consumer goods.
March-April 2018 test results: More insights into industry AV tests
Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:30:38 +0000
In a previous post, in the spirit of our commitment to delivering industry-leading protection, customer choice, and transparency on the quality of our solutions, we shared insights and context into the results of AV-TESTs January-February 2018 test cycle. We released a transparency report to help our customers and the broader security community to stay informed
Read MoreThe Midterm Elections Are Already Under Attack
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:14:53 +0000
Phishing attempts and DDoS attacks have begun hitting 2018 campaigns. The US seems ill-prepared to meet the challenge.
Read MoreChallenging Our Edge Computing Theory: What Tech Retailers May Turn to for Salvation
Credit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:46:41 +0000
Last year, we put out a theory on edge computing and published a white paper addressing the growth of cloud computing and the need to rethink the level of redundancy… Read more »
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Read MoreZero-Day Coverage Update – Week of July 16, 2018
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:24:42 +0000
One night this week, I came across one of my favorite movies Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The world had gone crazy after the reclusive Willy Wonka announces that he has hidden five golden tickets in chocolate Wonka Bars that promised a factory tour and a lifetime supply of chocolate. There’s a scene at…
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Read MoreMicrosoft dives down a bizarre non-cumulative rabbit hole with July patches
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:02:00 -0700
If you’re trying to apply this month’s patches — an exercise in futility that I continue to discourage — you may have found that this month’s patches and their documentation read like a da Vinci script, mirrored upside down and backwards.
Take this astounding bit of bafflegab, from the official Microsoft Exchange blog:
The danger of third parties: ads, pipelines, and plugins
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| We take a look at the perils of the tools and services embedded into the websites you use on a daily basis, thanks to the development help of third parties. Categories: Tags: ad networksadsbreachphonespipelinesupply chainthird party |
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