Quiz: Is that really cryptocurrency?
Credit to Author: Yaroslava Ryabova| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:00:46 +0000
We’re pretty sure you haven’t heard of at least one of these cryptocurrencies. Wanna bet? Take our test and find out!
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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of February 12, 2018
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:00:28 +0000
Valentine’s Day was earlier this week, and there was so much love in the air. There was also a lot of love in the Trend Micro world as our teams worked diligently to make sure our customers were protected from this month’s bevy of critical vulnerabilities across several vendors. This week, we focus on Microsoft,…
Microsoft's free analytics service sniffs out Meltdown, Spectre patch status
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:11:00 -0800
Microsoft’s free Windows Analytics service now scans enterprise Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 PCs, and reports whether they’ve been updated to defend against potential attacks exploiting the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities.
The new capabilities of Windows Analytics’ “Upgrade Readiness” were announced Tuesday by Terry Myerson, the top Windows executive at the company. Myerson called the vulnerabilities – found by Google security researchers and reported to vendors in mid-2017 – “a new challenge for all of us” because they were in the silicon, not in software.
“We have added new capabilities to our free Windows Analytics service to report the status for all the Windows devices that [IT professionals] manage,” Myerson wrote in a post to a company blog.
Facebook Notification Spam Has Crossed the Line
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:16:15 +0000
From SMS notifications to an egregious number of emails, the social media company’s desperation has gone too far.
Read MorePro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting
Credit to Author: Erin Griffith| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:00:12 +0000
In the wake of Wednesday’s Parkland, Florida school shooting Russian bots have taken to Twitter to stoke the gun control debate.
Read MoreMaximizing Midstream Profits with OT IT Convergence
Credit to Author: Jeremy Kivi| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:08:35 +0000
Historically midstream oil and gas organizations have kept two critical functions within their businesses almost entirely separate – Information Technology and Operations Technology. But with the industrial Internet of Things… Read more »
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Read MoreFacebook’s Onavo Protect VPN Offers Less Privacy Protection Than Other Apps
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:27:59 +0000
The “Protect” menu item in Facebook’s mobile apps refers users to the company’s Onavo Protect VPN, but the tool falls short of basic privacy standards.
Read MoreNorth Korea’s Olympic Diplomacy Hasn’t Stopped Its Hacking
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000
Despite its Olympics diplomacy towards the South, the Kim regime is still engaged in brazen cybercrime targeting its neighbor.
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