Independent – Page 77 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 07:43:00 -0700

The other day, my Dad — my bellwether for technology — mentioned in passing that he’d read online that Windows 11 shouldn’t be used and that the operating system wasn’t being adopted.

Dad had a point. He’s more of an Apple user now — I have him on my phone plan to support his tech needs, he uses an iPhone and has an iPad. As his needs have changed, his reliance on Windows devices has decreased. In fact, his current Windows needs involve applications not on the Apple platform. (And because he’s a standalone user, not a domain user, many of the advances in Windows 11 having to do with authentication won’t be available to him.)

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May 7, 2022 admin

Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 13:31:17 +0000

Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.

ComputerWorld Independent

May 4, 2022 admin

Google responds to EU data rulings with new Workspace controls

Credit to Author: Charlotte Trueman| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 04:22:00 -0700

Google Cloud has announced a new set of Sovereign Controls for users of its Workspace productivity software, aimed at allowing organizations in both the public and private sector to better control, limit, and monitor data transfers to and from the European Union.

The changes look to have come in response to a range of recent European Union efforts to better protect the personal data of members when using cloud services, following the collapse of Privacy Shield.

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ComputerWorld Independent

May 3, 2022 admin

Download: UEM vendor comparison chart 2022

Credit to Author: Bob Violino, Valerie Potter| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700

Unified endpoint management (UEM) is a strategic IT approach that consolidates how enterprises secure and manage an array of deployed devices including phones, tablets, PCs, and even IoT devices.

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May 3, 2022 admin

Enterprise mobility 2022: UEM adds user experience, AI, automation

Credit to Author: Bob Violino| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700

The past two years have seen mobility management take on a greater importance than ever in the enterprise. As remote and hybrid work models take hold at many organizations, “mobility management” has expanded its meaning from management of mobile devices to management of all devices used by mobile employees, wherever they happen to be working from.

Unified endpoint management (UEM) has become a strategic technology at the center of companies’ efforts to control this increasingly complex environment. Essentially combining enterprise mobility management (EMM) tools with PC management tools, UEM platforms help companies manage and protect a range of devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers across multiple operating systems — all from a unified interface.

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May 2, 2022 admin

Russia to Rent Tech-Savvy Prisoners to Corporate IT?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 21:29:34 +0000

Faced with a brain drain of smart people fleeing the country following its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is floating a new strategy to address a worsening shortage of qualified information technology experts: Forcing tech-savvy people within the nation’s prison population to perform low-cost IT work for domestic companies.

ComputerWorld Independent

May 2, 2022 admin

Russia is losing the cyberwar against Ukraine, too

Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700

When Russia launched its all-out attack against Ukraine in February, the world expected the invaders to roll over the country quickly. That didn’t happen, and Ukraine today, though still under assault, has so far thwarted Russia’s ambitions to conquer it.

Russia has also been fighting a quieter war against Ukraine, a cyberwar, deploying what had been considered the most feared state-sponsored hackers in the world. And in the same way that Ukraine has fended off Russia’s military might, it’s been winning the cyberwar as well.

In that cyberwar, as always, the terrain is primarily Windows, because it represents the largest and most vulnerable attack surface in the world. The facts about what exactly is going on have been shadowy. But there’s plenty of evidence that Ukraine may keep the upper hand.

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April 29, 2022 admin

You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:25:49 +0000

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. The move comes just months after Google rolled out a new policy enabling people under the age of 18 (or a parent/guardian) to request removal of their images from Google search results.