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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:00:00 -0800

After a network manager unexpectedly tightens up the rules for passwords and forces the expiration of all user passwords on the main application system, calls flood into the help desk, reports a pilot fish on the scene. They’re having trouble because of the new complexity rules.

One of the calls:

User: I can’t seem to change my password.

Help desk tech: Your new password needs to contain letters, numbers and punctuation. Do not use any words such as you’d find in a dictionary.

User: OK. (Pause.) No, it still won’t let me change it.

Tech: What is the password you are trying to use?

User: April.

Tech: “April” is a word.

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Security Sophos

March 2, 2020 admin

Sophos opens new chapter with take-private acquisition

Credit to Author: Kris Hagerman| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:13:27 +0000

Accelerating the next-gen transition to deliver enhanced cybersecurity solutions for our customers<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/PfQuj_7a1OA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ScadaICS Schneider

March 1, 2020 admin

How a Company with Flexibility Empowers me as a Working Mother

Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 14:00:04 +0000

In light and celebration of International Women’s Day, I would like to share my story about how Schneider Electric empowers me as a working mother to two young children. With… Read more »

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Security Wired

February 29, 2020 admin

Clearview AI’s Massive Client List Got Hacked

Credit to Author: WIRED Staff| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Clever malware, student surveillance, and more of the week’s top security news.

Security Wired

February 29, 2020 admin

The Long Path out of the Vulnerability Disclosure Dark Ages

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:04:52 +0000

Letting a company know about flaws in their products has gotten easier since 2003—but not by much.

Independent Krebs

February 28, 2020 admin

FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:12:10 +0000

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers’ location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. While the fines would be among the largest the FCC has ever levied, critics say the penalties don’t go far enough to deter wireless carriers from continuing to sell customer location data.

Kaspersky Security

February 28, 2020 admin

Can you read an encrypted PDF?

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:49:42 +0000

Researcher Fabian Ising, speaking at the Chaos Communication Congress, showed the limits of PDF encryption’s strength.

Security Sophos

February 28, 2020 admin

Sophos wins big in February

Credit to Author: Matthew Phillion| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:00:56 +0000

Sophos cleaned up on the awards front in February – find out which awards and accolades we took home this month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/C2oRaaDL5vY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>