Probing the smart city for vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:40:23 +0000
How safe are smart cities?
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Tech Giants Are Becoming Defenders of Democracy. Now What?
Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:02:57 +0000
Microsoft, Facebook, and others are ramping up efforts to thwart attacks on elections—making the US government look woefully underprepared in the process.
Read MoreIntercept X defends against SettingsContent-ms abuse (video)
Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:56:34 +0000
Even using an older version of our anti-exploit technology will protect you if you open a malicious document with the CVE-2018-8414 exploit embedded in it<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qXrxxFkjKfc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreSix Big Questions After the Cohen and Manafort Bombshells
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:58:21 +0000
Two close advisers to the president are now convicted felons. Here are six big questions about where this all goes next.
Read MoreThe Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:00:00 +0000
Crippled ports. Paralyzed corporations. Frozen government agencies. How a single piece of code crashed the world.
Read MoreFacebook and Twitter Eye Iran in Latest Fake Account Crackdown
Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:08:35 +0000
The social media companies removed hundreds of fake accounts with links to Iran and Russia that were engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.”
Read MoreBadgelife: A Defcon 26 retrospective
Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:03:18 +0000
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| Another year, another Defcon. In this retrospective, we take a look at the crown jewel of Defcon swag: badges. Reminisce with us about the coolest badges ever made and traded. Categories: Tags: badgelifedefconDefcon badgesSAO |
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Read MoreHow Digital Extortion Impacts Today’s Enterprises
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:47:42 +0000
By now, many enterprise decision-makers are familiar with the concept of digital extortion, particularly in the form of ransomware. These encryption-based attacks lock users out of their sensitive and valuable data, applications and operating systems. Attackers demand a ransom in the form of untraceable digital currency for the decryption key – which may or may…
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