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Watch out for continuing bugs: Turn off Windows Update, temporarily

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:30:00 -0700

March Windows patches were a mess. With the revelation of Total Meltdown, we recently discovered that all of this year’s Win7 patches left gaping security holes. It’s fair to say that the initial Patch Tuesday patches for almost every version of Windows, for every month this year, have had confirmed bugs. Every one.

If you want to help test this month’s Windows and Office patches, hey, I salute you! Most folks, though, would be well advised to turn off Automatic Update and wait for the initial wave of devastation to pass.

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Security baselines should underpin efforts to manage cybersecurity risk across sectors

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:00:28 +0000

This post is authored byAngela McKay, Director of Cybersecurity Policy and Amanda Craig, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, CELA. Organizations are leveraging technology to transform their operations, products, and services, and governments are increasingly focusing on how to enable such dynamic change while also managing risks to their critical infrastructure, economies, and societies. Across sectors and regions,

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A week in security (April 02 – April 08)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:16:54 +0000

A roundup of the security news from April 02 – April 08, including postal scams, ransomware, fake phone apps, and more.

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Labs CTNT report shows shift in threat landscape to cryptomining

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

What did we learn about cybercrime in the quarterly Labs CTNT report? Malicious cryptomining has taken over in 2018, and it’s leaving all other malware families behind.

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How blockchain could solve the internet privacy problem

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0700

Fintech firms, software makers, telecom providers and other businesses have joined forces develop a blockchain-based network that will enable anyone to exchange digital credentials online and without the risk of unintentionally exposing any private data.

The companies are part of the Sovrin Foundation, a new nonprofit organization now developing the Sovrin Network, which could enable anyone to globally exchange pre-verified data with any entity also on the network.

The online credentials would be akin to identify information you or I might have in our physical wallets: a driver’s license, a bank debit card or a company ID.

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A bad day with mobile 2FA

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0700

As a longtime proponent of two-factor authentication (2FA) in a mobile world, I was pained to get hit with two problems using 2FA on Thursday (April 4). But maybe the ability to publicize those two mobile-oriented problems with 2FA will do some good, if sites just pay attention.

The day started with my trying to link to an interesting mobile security story in my social feed (yes, that would shortly prove ironic). The story link wouldn’t work for me, with my browser telling me the site had redirected me too many times. It suggested that I clear out my cookies. That made little sense to me given the immediate problem, but I was overdue for a cookie cleanout anyway, so I gave it a shot.

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