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Credit to Author: Philippe Gelin| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:00:19 +0000

You’ve heard all the hype about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). By 2020, there will be an estimated 50 billion “things” connected to the Internet, and an increasing share… Read more »

The post Critical tips and checklist for migrating your plant to an IIoT environment appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

September 11, 2017 admin

How the CD-ROM Killed the Physical Encyclopedia

Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0000

The fast demise of the physical encyclopedia came about thanks to an upstart publisher, an indecisive giant, and the world’s biggest software company.

Security Wired

September 11, 2017 admin

Apple’s iOS 11 Will Make It Even Harder for Cops to Extract Your Data

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Apple has added two features that could make the lives of law enforcement investigators significantly more difficult.

Independent MotherBoard Security

September 11, 2017 admin

Windows 10’s Built-In Linux Shell Could Be Abused to Hide Malware, Researchers Say

Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:00:00 +0000

‘Bashware’ is a clever new type of malware that major antivirus programs can’t detect.

Fortinet Security

September 10, 2017 admin

Security Research News in Brief – July 2017 Edition

Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:50:00 +0000

Welcome back to our monthly review of some of the most interesting security research publications. July was very busy with the annual DEFCON and BlackHat US conferences, but also RMLL, the Worldwide Free Software Meeting held this year in France. Past editions: June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 Elie Burzstein et al, How We Created the First SHA-1 collision and what it means for hash security video, DEFCON 25 slides and paper With the nickname "Crypto Girl", I obviously had to listen to this…

Fortinet Security

September 10, 2017 admin

Integrating Artifical Intelligence into Cybersecurity: AI and Transparency Level the Playing Field

Credit to Author: Jack Chan| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 03:00:00 +0000

In our last post we talked about some of the AI tools (AEE, AutoCPRL, etc.) that Fortinet has developed, and how the specialist teams at FortiGuard Labs around the world collaborate to detect, mitigate, and prevent threats of all shapes and sizes. But all of that happens in the background. How do these innovations and techniques translate into actionable tactics and strategies that decision-makers and CISOs can employ toda, to protect their IP, data, and networks from an increasing number of bad actors and adversaries? The key to cyber security…

Independent Krebs

September 9, 2017 admin

Equifax Breach Response Turns Dumpster Fire

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:15:13 +0000

I cannot recall a previous data breach in which the breached company’s public outreach and response has been so haphazard and ill-conceived as the one coming right now from big-three credit bureau Equifax, which rather clumsily announced Thursday that an intrusion jeopardized Social security numbers and other information on 143 million Americans.

Independent Krebs

September 9, 2017 admin

Breach at Equifax May Impact 143M Americans

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:30:50 +0000

Equifax, one of the “big-three” U.S. credit bureaus, said today that a data breach at the company may have affected 143 million Americans, jeopardizing consumer Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver’s license numbers.