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Credit to Author: Emmanuel Lagarrigue| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:00:47 +0000
Around the world, energy grids are undergoing the biggest transformation in a century. Energy efficiency and sustainability have become chief concerns for enterprises as they prepare for a low-carbon future…. Read more »
The post Decentralization Defined & What It Means for You appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:52:16 +0000
There is much talk in our industry about the implications of an “IoT connected world” with IoT, big data, analytics, cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, and more. At Schneider, we are… Read more »
The post EcoStruxure Asset Advisor: Leveraging the cloud & big data analytics to eliminate boundaries appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Cambridge researchers point to an 1816 precedent that could fundamentally change how “dirty” Bitcoins are tracked.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:50:42 +0000
The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a new scam involving the temporary theft of chip-based debit cards issued to large corporations. In this scheme, the fraudsters intercept new debit cards in the mail and replace the chips on the cards with chips from old cards. When the unsuspecting business receives and activates the modified card, thieves can start draining funds from the account.
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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:06:00 -0700
Whew. This whole Facebook data mess sure is spiraling into quite the fiasco, isn’t it?
Seems every day lately, there’s some new shocking twist to how everyone’s personal data was used (and abused) without their knowledge. While much of the issue revolves around Facebook itself and practices that are out of our control, there’s an angle that ties in directly to Android — and it’s one that’s important to think through, whether you use Facebook or not.
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:55:23 +0000
Jeff and Dave discuss the latest changes at Facebook, a data breach at Panera Bread, the fallout from the ransomware in Atlanta, and more.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:17:00 -0700
Last night we were treated to new versions of the badly banged-up March Win7 patches. It looks like the new ones are the same as the old ones, but the internal handling instructions (the metadata) now force installation of a “Total Meltdown” fix-up patch prior to installing the old patch.
Of course, none of this is documented anywhere.
Starting with Günter Born’s report, and checking the Microsoft Update Catalog, I can see modified versions of:
Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000
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| In light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem, we examined another important social networking platform’s protection of users’ data. The results for LinkedIn users? Not pretty. Categories: Tags: LinkedInphishingprivacyscamssecuritySocial Engineeringsocial media |
The post Maybe you shouldn’t use LinkedIn appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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