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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:53:05 +0000

In the first installment of this two-part series, we saw several crimes consumers should make sure they are on top of to significantly lessen the chances of encountering them in the future. For this post, we’re going to look into each digital crimes that keep small businesses and large enterprises up on their toes. No, we don’t have Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) in the list. Yet.

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Nearly All of Wikipedia Is Written By Just 1 Percent of Its Editors

Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:13:04 +0000

Researchers found that 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors, and they think this is probably for the best.

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The US Just Approved ‘Killer’ Lab-Grown Mosquitoes to Help Fight Disease

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:11:08 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency has given the green light to biotech startup MosquitoMate.

ScadaICS Schneider

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Invisible Home Dangers: The Risk of Electrical Fire from Arc Faults

Credit to Author: Dominique Socquet Clerc| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:25:04 +0000

Many electrical fire risks are in plain sight. Old appliances, faulty outlets, and frayed electrical cords are easy enough to eliminate once you know to look for them. But there’s… Read more »

The post Invisible Home Dangers: The Risk of Electrical Fire from Arc Faults appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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This Company Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Alcoholism with an App

Credit to Author: Laura Feinstein| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000

I don’t suffer from alcoholism, but I was worried this app would undermine the struggle of those who do.

ComputerWorld Independent

November 7, 2017 admin

When Google Play Protect fails

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 08:34:00 -0800

I’ve written a lot about Android security over the years — and more often than not, it’s the same ol’ story time and time again:

A company that sells mobile security software finds some theoretical threat — something that (a) hasn’t affected any actual users in the real world and (b) couldn’t affect any actual users in the real world, outside of a highly improbable scenario in which all native security measures are disabled and the user goes out of his way to download a questionable-looking app from some shady porn forum.

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