Dutch Spies Snooped on Russia’s Elite Hackers, and More Security News This Week
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000
The Doomsday Clock, #ReleaseTheMemo, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Includes at Least One Facebook Employee Interview
Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:06:28 +0000
As special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation grows, at least one Facebook employee who worked alongside the 2016 Trump campaign has been pulled into the probe.
Read MorePlugging a virtual leak: insecure VR app exposes customer data
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:00:00 +0000
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| Until a recent fix was applied, users of the VR pornography app SinVR could have found their subscriber information up for grabs. Categories: Tags: datadigital interruptionSinVRvirtual realityvrvr app |
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Registered at SSA.GOV? Good for You, But Keep Your Guard Up
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:43:29 +0000
KrebsOnSecurity has long warned readers to plant your own flag at the my Social Security online portal of the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) — even if you are not yet drawing benefits from the agency — because identity thieves have been registering accounts in peoples’ names and siphoning retirement and/or disability funds. This is the story of a Midwest couple that took all the right precautions and still got hit by ID thieves who impersonated them to the SSA directly over the phone. In mid-December 2017 this author heard from Ed Eckenstein, a longtime reader in Oklahoma whose wife Ruth had just received a snail mail letter from the SSA about successfully applying to withdraw benefits. The letter confirmed she’d requested a one-time transfer of more than $11,000 from her SSA account. The couple said they were perplexed because both previously had taken my advice and registered accounts with MySocialSecurity, even though Ruth had not yet chosen to start receiving SSA benefits.
Read MoreTech Talk: What's trending for 2018?
Credit to Author: Ken Mingis| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:30:00 -0800
When it comes to tech trends we’re likely to see in 2018, nothing would likely be more welcome than the end of passwords. With companies looking for ever better ways to protect data, it seems clear that “password123” has no indefinite future. (Nor does you pet’s name, if that’s what you use.)
But just how quickly passwords will be shunted aside, and by what technology – biometrics? two-factor authentication? algorithms? – remains unclear.
That was topic No. 1 for our panel of tech experts – CSO‘s Michael Nadeau, Infoworld‘s Serdar Syegulalp, Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis and Macworld‘s Michael Simon – as they peer into the near-future to discern what’s coming in 2018 and what’s not.
Tech Talk: IT trends for 2018 – passwords on the way out, blockchain evolves
Our tech panel envisions the end of passwords, looks at how blockchain is evolving, details why 'serverless' computing is a boon to devs and wonders why Apple's HomePod seems late to the game.
Gartner recognizes Malwarebytes as a “Visionary” in the Magic Quadrant
Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:14:44 +0000
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| Gartner has recognized Malwarebytes as a “visionary” in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Malwarebytes was selected for its completeness of vision and ability to execute. Categories: Tags: 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection PlatformsEndpoint ProtectionGartnerGartner Magic QuadrantGartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection PlatformsGartner MQMalwarebytesMalwarebytes Endpoint Protectionmarcin kleczynski |
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