Bugs beware!
Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:41:30 +0000
Kaspersky Lab is expanding its successful bug bounty program to include rewards of up to $100,000.
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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 27
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:12:00 +0000
In this podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss the upcoming Security Analyst Summit, this year being held in Cancún.
Read MoreHow to Clean Install macOS High Sierra – Includes installing macOS from a USB device
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:00:57 +0000
Along with the upgrade of Mac OS X, its name has also changed to High Sierra. Due to Apple’s restrictions, some older Macs cannot be upgraded to the latest macOS High Sierra. You may want to install a completely new macOS. This article explains how to clean install the macOS High Sierra. First we need…
GetContact: Find a contact or give your contacts away?
Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:00:00 +0000
Harmless toy or a way to phish for personal data?
Read MoreFeds move to secure mobile devices with machine learning, biometrics
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 03:24:00 -0800
Amid the growing use of mobile devices for work by federal employees, U.S. defense and intelligence agencies are fast adopting biometrics and other alternative ways of computers, smartphones and tablets, according to a new report.
More than 90% of federal agency IT officials in an online survey said their organizations provide secure mobile access for work-issued devices, but less than 20% support workers’ personal devices to access most agency systems. Forty percent of those same officials voiced concern about securing personal devices, according to the online survey of federal government IT and cybersecurity officials.
Beware! A new .Net Ransomware is encrypting files with .Lime
Credit to Author: Bajrang Mane| Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:49:53 +0000
Cases of the “Lime ransomware” have been recently reported to Quick Heal Security Labs. Our research team has analyzed these cases deeply and found some useful information. This post shares this information to help users stay safe from ransomware attacks. ‘Lime’ is a newly discovered .net ransomware; it is also…
Read MoreGet the February Microsoft patches applied, unless you’re using Win10 Fall Creators Update
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:57:00 -0800
Granted, February’s patches from Microsoft weren’t as malevolent as January’s patches, but they still managed to knock out lots and lots of PCs. That said, if you can tiptoe around the problems, now is a good time to get the latest versions of the latest patches installed.
Problems with Win10 Fall Creators Update
The worst problem I see at this point involves clobbered USB connections on Win10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) machines after installing the latest cumulative update, KB 4074588. To its credit, Microsoft has acknowledged the problem. But the only offered fix, a complex manual workaround, would drive a hardened MS-DOS junkie to drink.
The role that regions can and should play in critical infrastructure protection
Credit to Author: Jenny Erie| Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:00:28 +0000
Todays report, Critical Infrastructure Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018, developed in partnership between Microsoft and the Organization of American States (OAS), demonstrates the value of regional cooperation in global efforts to increase the security of the online environment where it matters most. It acknowledges that rather than focusing on all politics is
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