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Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:44:45 +0000

Earlier this week, Trend Micro released its Security Roundup for 2017, which reveals an increase in ransomware, cryptocurrency mining and business email compromise (BEC) attempts over the past year as cybercriminals refined and targeted their attacks for greater financial return. Surprisingly, some of the biggest attacks still rely on known vulnerabilities that have available patches….

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February 23, 2018 admin

This Week in Security News: Bank Robberies and Whaling

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:29:52 +0000

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, business leaders share their tips on keeping their companies safe, hackers stole from a Russian central bank, and Google reveals a new Microsoft Edge flaw. Read on…

ComputerWorld Independent

February 23, 2018 admin

New non-security patches arrive for Win10 1607 and 1703; 1709 update likely soon

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:26:00 -0800

Microsoft last night released a flood of unexpected patches. Yes, that’s a Thursday night dump. No, there weren’t any pressing security fixes – at least, none that were advertised. I have no idea why Microsoft’s pushing this offal out the Automatic Update chute.

In addition to a scattering of Preview patches for Win7, 8.1 and Server 2002 – which are usually posted on the third “Week C” Tuesday of the month – and the Surface Pro 3 firmware patch that was announced, but not delivered, Wednesday, we have two new cumulative updates: one for Win10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) and one for Win10 Creators Update (version 1703). Susan Bradley has a full list with links on the AskWoody site.

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 23, 2018 admin

Clever, redefined

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 03:00:00 -0800

It’s the 1990s, and this pilot fish is hired at a big international company to maintain a group of Linux servers — and they definitely need help.

“My initial survey of the systems uncovered some serious security problems,” says fish. “Everything had been set up and users added with no regard to security.

“As a temporary holding action, I set all the users’ login shells to a custom restricted shell that allowed each user access to only the directories and commands necessary for their work while I analyzed all the systems, planned a decent security configuration for each, got approvals, did testing and, finally, implemented the new security.”

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Independent Krebs

February 22, 2018 admin

Chase ‘Glitch’ Exposed Customer Accounts

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:35:30 +0000

Multiple Chase.com customers have reported logging in to their bank accounts, only to be presented with another customer’s bank account details. Chase has acknowledged the incident, saying it was caused by a two an internal “glitch” Wednesday evening that did not involve any kind of hacking attempt or cyber attack.

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February 22, 2018 admin

Everything you ever wanted to know about Chrome’s built-in ad blocker

Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:47:48 +0000

Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?

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February 22, 2018 admin

Hiccups in HQ Trivia Game Point to Opportunity for Colocation Providers in Delivering Agile Data Centers at the Edge

Credit to Author: Greg Jones| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:26:15 +0000

My family has caught the HQ trivia bug, but the app is also bugging us, with its tendency for glitches including stalled video. It appears to be an example of… Read more »

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February 22, 2018 admin

How extreme weather causes premature aging in medium voltage equipment

Credit to Author: Thierry Cormenier| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:00:17 +0000

If you own or manage any large building, plant, or public infrastructure, you depend on reliable electrical distribution services. You also need equipment to be as sustainable as possible in… Read more »

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