Fact-check: “BFF” security check in Facebook
Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:00:18 +0000
Rumor has it that typing “BFF” as a Facebook comment checks your profile security. We investigate the claim.
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You won’t believe why the Win7 Monthly Rollup, KB 4093118, keeps installing itself
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 06:14:00 -0700
Yesterday, I talked about the weird bug that makes April’s Win7 Monthly Rollup, KB 4093118, re-install itself over and over, even when Windows Update says that it’s been installed successfully. Windows sleuth abbodi86 has discovered the source of the problem, and it should give you patching pause.
To understand how we got into this mess, you need to understand the bugs that Microsoft introduced in the March Win7 patches and their kludgey patches. Installing either the March Monthly Rollup (KB 4088875) or the March Security-only patch (KB 4088878) may knock your machine off the network. As Microsoft says:
Honeypots and the evolution of botnets | Salted Hash Ep 23
Host Steve Ragan reports from the show floor at RSA 2018, talking with guest Israel Barak, CISO at Cybereason, about his firm's recent honeypot research, which gathered information showing how the bot landscape is evolving.
How Benchmarking Helps Improve Critical Data Center Infrastructure Reliability and Performance
Credit to Author: Louis-François Bernard| Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:59:42 +0000
A new tool is coming soon to help data center operators improve the performance of their critical infrastructure: Benchmarking. Made possible by cloud-based architectures and Internet of Things (IoT) technology,… Read more »
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Read MoreHow DNA Transfer Nearly Convicted an Innocent Man of Murder
Credit to Author: Katie Worth| Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:00:00 +0000
We leave traces of our genetic material everywhere, even on things we’ve never touched. That got Lukis Anderson charged with a brutal crime he didn’t commit.
Read MoreThe OURSA Security Conference Calls Out Lack of Inclusion
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 21:21:58 +0000
The OURSA security conference offered a place for diverse voices in security, a counterpoint to the corporate hegemony of RSA.
Read MorePerspectives on Russian hacking
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:42:51 +0000
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| Malware research analyst Chris Boyd recently had an in-depth chat with SCMagazine about Russian hacking, malware, and social engineering. Here, he summarizes some of the key findings from his discussion and the other researchers interviewed. Categories: Tags: APTfundingnation stateransomwarerussiasocial networksspam botstwitteruk |
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Read MoreIntroducing Windows Defender System Guard runtime attestation
Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:00:57 +0000
At Microsoft, we want users to be in control of their devices, including knowing the security health of these devices. If important security features should fail, users should be aware. Windows Defender System Guard runtime attestation, a new Windows platform security technology, fills this need. In Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we reorganized all system
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