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July 25, 2017 admin

Prefabricated Modular Data Center Helps Israeli Medical Center Keep up with Promising Genome Research

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:02:25 +0000

Genomics is a fascinating field of medical research that promises to fundamentally change the way medicine is practiced. The day is not far off when doctors will be able to… Read more »

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Security Wired

July 25, 2017 admin

Popular Remote Administrative Tools Turn Out to Be Easily Hacked

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:08:55 +0000

As the debate over “hacking back” heats up, it turns out that a lot of the time actually doing so wouldn’t be all that hard.

Independent Krebs

July 25, 2017 admin

How a Citadel Trojan Developer Got Busted

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:11:38 +0000

A U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta last week handed a five year prison sentence to Mark Vartanyan, a Russian hacker who helped develop and sell the once infamous and widespread Citadel banking trojan. This fact has been reported by countless media outlets, but far less well known is the fascinating backstory about how Vartanyan got caught.

MalwareBytes Security

July 25, 2017 admin

FBI: Smart toys could harm children’s privacy and physical safety

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:30:06 +0000

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA), encouraging consumers to think twice before purchasing internet-connected toys.

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Tags: fbi Internet of Things IoT privacy psa security smart device smart toys

ComputerWorld Independent

July 25, 2017 admin

The big secret behind Google Play Protect on Android

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:04:00 -0700

Have you heard the news? Your Android device is in the midst of being updated to include Google’s comprehensive new security suite, Google Play Protect.

Play Protect, as you may recall, was one of the biggest bullet points to come out of this year’s Google I/O keynote address. It’s a “doubled-down” effort around Android security, as Google explains it, and it’s designed to ensure every Android device is always protected from any form of harm.

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MalwareBytes Security

July 25, 2017 admin

Going dark: encryption and law enforcement

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:00:18 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk recently about encryption and how law enforcement can’t convict criminals without encryption keys. We beg to differ.

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Tags: backdoor encryption government law enforcement privacy

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Kaspersky Security

July 25, 2017 admin

KL AV for Free. Secure the Whole World Will Be.

Credit to Author: Eugene Kaspersky| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:08:41 +0000

On July 25 – for our 20th birthday – Kaspersky Free will start being officially launched!

ScadaICS Schneider

July 25, 2017 admin

5 ways to fight back against power outages

Credit to Author: Markus Hirschbold| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:00:38 +0000

Most of the time, the electrical power in your building or factory keeps on flowing. The lights stay on, computers keep working, production lines or processes keep running. Occasionally, you… Read more »

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