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Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:01:11 +0000

The Protect function is the second piece of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and builds upon the efforts businesses take during the Identify function.

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Security Sophos

March 21, 2018 admin

Sophos scores with Innovation in Technology award

Credit to Author: Matthew Phillion| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:43:37 +0000

Sophos continues to be recognized for the next-gen anti-malware capabilities of Intercept X.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/d90YdIVzGy0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Kaspersky Security

March 21, 2018 admin

Why face unlock is a bad idea

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:00:48 +0000

Almost every new smartphone now lets you unlock it with your face — and that’s really bad for security.

Kaspersky Security

March 21, 2018 admin

Small hacks: Free coffee, spying taxis, and a vulnerable airport

Credit to Author: Serge Malenkovich| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:10:22 +0000

At this year’s Security Analyst Summit, Inbar Raz revealed how he managed to crack a cafe chain’s loyalty card system, a taxi service, and an airport

ComputerWorld Independent

March 21, 2018 admin

Could these grain-sized computers using blockchain networks thwart counterfeiters?

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:39:00 -0700

Within five years, IBM researchers hope to deploy granular microcomputers that, in conjunction with a blockchain electronic ledger, could be used to verify and track goods all over the world.

IBM has created a microcomputer technology called cryptographic anchors (abbreviated: crypto-anchors) and says they could be used to authenticate anything from pharmaceuticals to luxury goods, such as diamonds, from point of origin to merchant.

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QuickHeal Security

March 21, 2018 admin

Beware of the new WhatsApp message scam that promises Rs. 1000/- Paytm cash!

Credit to Author: Rajiv Singha| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:49:04 +0000

WhatsApp currently has over 200 million monthly active users in India. No wonder it has become a popular tool for scammers. Just last night, I received the following message from one of my friends on WhatsApp. Fig 1 The message is in Hindi and loosely translates to this… Open this…

QuickHeal Security

March 21, 2018 admin

An in-depth analysis of a new, emerging “.url” malware campaign – by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:19:13 +0000

Last week, we had blogged about the emergence of a new attack vector ‘.url’ which is used to spread malware. In this blog post, we will deep-dive into the attack chain of this ‘.url’ vector and elaborate on the Quant Loader malware which is actively making use of it. Let’s…