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March 17, 2020 admin

This Week in Security News: 10,000 Users Affected by Leak from Misconfigured AWS Cloud Storage and Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:07:12 +0000

week in security

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how the data of train commuters in the U.K. who were using the free Wi-Fi in Network Rail-managed stations was unintentionally leaked due to an…

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 3, 2020 admin

Verizon: Companies will sacrifice mobile security for profitability, convenience

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Despite an increase in the number of companies hit by mobile attacks that led to compromises, four in 10 businesses sacrificed security to meet profit goals or avoid “cumbersome” security processes, according to Verizon’s third annual Mobile Security Index 2020.

It showed that 43% of organizations sacrificed security. More typical reasons for companies exposing themselves to risk, such as lack of budget and IT expertise, trailed “way behind” things such as expediency (62%), convenience (52%) and profitability targets (46%). Lack of budget and IT expertise were only cited by 27% and 26% of respondents, respectively.

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 3, 2020 admin

Will pay by palm be a thing? Should it be?

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Amazon is experimenting with a way to allow shoppers to use a palm-print biometric to authenticate payments and to do so in physical stores far beyond Amazon-owned brick-and-mortars, (Whole Foods, AmazonGo, AmazonBooks, Amazon 4-Star and Amazon Pop-Up). Amazon is reportedly looking at QSRs (quick-service restaurants), especially coffee shops.

Palm prints have several advantages over more popular mobile biometric methods, such as fingerprint (prescription drugs, cleaning chemicals, burns and various other things can interfere with fingerprint readings) and facial recognition (finicky method that requires the face to be a precise distance from the scanner — not an inch too close or too far — and can suffer from hair growth, lighting, cosmetic changes, some sunglasses, as well as giving false positives to close relatives). And unlike my favorite biometric for security (retina scan), it’s far less invasive. It’s fairly accurate, convenient and (other than forcing customers to remove gloves, which could be a problem with outdoor shops in the winter) should be well-received.

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Kaspersky Security

March 3, 2020 admin

Why securing elections is so hard

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:09:57 +0000

At the RSA Conference 2020 in San Francisco, a panel of experts discuss the issues with securing elections.

Microsoft Security

March 3, 2020 admin

Microsoft identity acronyms—what do they mean and how do they relate to each other?

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:00:54 +0000

This is the first in a blog series to help lessen confusion around identity by sharing with you some of the terms used at Microsoft.

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QuickHeal Security

March 3, 2020 admin

Mailto Ransomware under the skin of explorer.exe

Credit to Author: Priyanka Shinde| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:54:12 +0000

All of us, at some point in time, must have heard the story of Wolf and the flock of sheep. The fooling trick used by the wicked wolf of pretending to be a sheep is still in use by many malware authors. They pretend to be genuine processes to achieve…

Independent Krebs

March 2, 2020 admin

French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 18:07:16 +0000

A large number of French critical infrastructure firms were hacked as part of an extended malware campaign that appears to have been orchestrated by at least one attacker based in Morocco, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple, Dell, and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products.

ScadaICS Schneider

March 2, 2020 admin

Three best practices for implementing rapid global rollouts of digital transformation

Credit to Author: Sophie Borgne| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:00:27 +0000

Co-authored with: Anthony Loy, Smart Factory Program Manager, Schneider Electric Anthony is a digital enthusiast, always looking for the next opportunity to drive changes for sustainable results. He leads Schneider… Read more »

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