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Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:05:44 +0000

Back in 2005, there were a number of us in a conference room in Austin, Texas working to determine how we would structure it, what we would name it, and how to deal with the potential backlash that would come after we announced it. What is it? I’m referring to our Zero Day Initiative. It’s…

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 23, 2018 admin

More Windows patches — and warnings about the Win10 1709 update KB 4089848

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:52:00 -0700

“Hey, Cortana.” (Pause.) “Is my PC working yet?”

It’s getting to the point that patches come flying out of Microsoft on any odd day. On most odd days, for that matter. Yesterday, Thursday, was no exception. On March 22 we saw all of these new patches:

Cumulative Updates for Win10

All three of the active versions of Win10 got cumulative updates — the second set in the past two weeks:

KB 4089848 brings 1709 (Win10 Fall Creators Update) up to Build 16299.334 – seems to have fixed the problem with the January Delta update
KB 4088891 brings 1703 (Win10 Creators Update) up to build 15063.994
KB 4088889 brings 1607 (Win10 Anniversary Update) up to build 14393.2155 – this one’s a bit surprising because 1607 is due to go off life support in a couple of weeks.

We also got Servicing Stack Updates for two of the three active versions of Win10:

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Security TrendMicro

March 23, 2018 admin

This Week in Security News: IT Pros and Cyberthreats

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:49:52 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, 62 percent of IT decision makers report that on-premises security is safer than the cloud, and a new report says 68 percent of businesses are not confident…

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 23, 2018 admin

Blockchain to ‘radically’ transform anti-fraud, anti-money-laundering efforts

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:20:00 -0700

Blockchain could be the answer to increasingly tough anti-money laundering (AML) statutes and enterprise fraud management (EFM) requirements looming for the financial services industry.

In a report released this week by Forrester Research, blockchain’s distributed ledger technology – because it is both secure and immutable – is ideal for meeting new government requirements and serving as a trusted repository for identification purposes.

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ScadaICS Schneider

March 22, 2018 admin

The MeshGrid: Short Circuiting the Century Old Power Industry

Credit to Author: Dominic Barbato| Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:10:38 +0000

For more than 100 years, perhaps with the exception of deregulation, the core business model of the global electric power industry has remained largely unchanged. In this business model, centralized… Read more »

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ScadaICS Schneider

March 22, 2018 admin

Digital Transformation of People

Credit to Author: Rob McGreevy| Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:08:19 +0000

I’ve written before about the value that the cloud and the IIoT are bringing to industrial companies right now. As transformative as current developments are, if anything I’m more excited… Read more »

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Microsoft Security

March 22, 2018 admin

Why Windows Defender Antivirus is the most deployed in the enterprise

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:58:23 +0000

Statistics about the success and sophistication of malware can be daunting. The following figure is no different: Approximately 96% of all malware is polymorphic meaning that it is only experienced by a single user and device before it is replaced with yet another malware variant. This is because in most cases malware is caught

Kaspersky Security

March 22, 2018 admin

A strong alternative to an in-house security professional

Credit to Author: Daniel Olivares| Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:40:08 +0000

There are simply not enough skilled professionals to meet everyone’s security needs