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FortinetSecurity

Minimizing Cyber Risks as Healthcare Providers Increase Technology Use

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

The healthcare sector has undergone dramatic changes in the past several years, primarily spurred by the adoption of new medical technology. Beginning with the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and continuing on into the increased use of medical applications, online patient portals, connected devices, and wearables, the healthcare sector has been capitalizing on digital advancements to improve overall patient experiences and outcomes. This effort has been well received by patients and physicians alike, as it simplifies communication…

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FortinetSecurity

Securing Legacy IT Systems from Modern Application Threats in the Financial Sector

Credit to Author: Bill Hogan| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:50:59 +0000

The rhetoric surrounding mainframes and their uses in modern enterprises tends to be largely negative. Mainframes are seen by many as outdated legacy IT systems that are, or will be, obsolete in the near future as businesses increasingly move to the cloud. However, these notions are one-sided. The reality is that mainframe computing remains alive and well within many infrastructure-critical industries, including some of the largest organizations in the world. It’s reported that 71 percent of Fortune 500 companies still run much of their…

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SecuritySophos

Game over! Cyberkriminelle drängen in den Spiele-Markt

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:51:08 +0000

105 Milliarden Dollar wird die Gaming-Industrie dieses Jahr laut dem Marktforschungsunternehmen SuperData einnehmen. Dachte man irrtümlich, der Gaming-Sektor sei eine Randgruppen-Industrie, so machen die Zahlen eines deutlich: Videospiele gehören global zu einem der wichtigsten Märkte. Der Umsatz ist höher als in jedem anderen Entertainment-Segment, wie zum Beispiel Kino oder Musik. Dieser immens große Markt hat [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=43120&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/0yKAbzcHc8A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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QuickHealSecurity

CVE-2017-11826 – Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability – an Alert by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:14:57 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11826 enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. According to a recently published blog post, this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Microsoft has released a security update on October 10, 2017, to fix this issue. Vulnerable…

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QuickHealSecurity

1.3 Lakh stolen from a Mumbai-based man’s bank account in a scam asking him to link phone to Aadhaar

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:59:51 +0000

In yet another incident of bank fraud, Paul (name changed for privacy reasons), a Mumbai-based man lost Rs. 1.3 Lakh from his bank account. Here’s what happened based on the story narrated by him in a Facebook post. After linking our Aadhaar card to bank accounts and PAN, we are…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Malvertising on Equifax, TransUnion tied to third party script

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:42:28 +0000

Equifax’s website is once again infected, this time with malvertising that redirects to a fake Flash player. Further investigation reveals TransUnion was also targeted.

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