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Credit to Author: Brian Gorenc| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:31:43 +0000
Running the world’s largest vendor agnostic bug bounty program has afforded us the unique opportunity to purchase bugs of all varieties. The submissions to the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) program range in severity from slightly annoying to hugely impactful. We wouldn’t have it any other way. Generally speaking, the goal of a bug bounty program…
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:23:00 -0700
On Patch Wednesday of this week, Microsoft said it released 14 non-security Office updates, covering such fascinating topics as improved Dutch translations in Word 2013, Danish translations in Access, and Finnish and Swedish translations in Excel. Typical first Tuesday stuff.
Microsoft neglected to mention that it also shipped a fix for the bugs introduced by last month’s patches to Outlook 2010. Dubbed KB 4011042, the neglected fix appears to be a non-security patch that fixes bugs created by a security patch — a red flag for many advanced patchers.
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Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000
During a 2015 event at the Northwestern Institute for Policy Research, participating panelists discussed the digital revolution and the classroom’s exposure to it. At the time, school districts had begun to adopt 1:1 policies, where each student would have access to laptops or tablets. Google was at the forefront of this surge, gaining a healthy chunk of new users each year across the education industry. Today, the formidable duo of the Google Chromebook and the G Suite for Education has changed the way education is approached. In this…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Sergey Lurye| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:00:16 +0000
Do you know enough about DDoS attacks to ensure your company never faces one? Take our quiz and find out!
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Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:20:00 -0700
Another day, another global malware attack made possible by a Microsoft security hole. Once again, attackers used hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), which were stolen and subsequently released by a group called Shadow Brokers.
This time around, though, the late-June attack apparently wasn’t ransomware with which the attackers hoped to make a killing. Instead, as The New York Times noted, it was likely an attack by Russia on Ukraine on the eve of a holiday celebrating the Ukrainian constitution, which was written after Ukraine broke away from Russia. According to the Times, the attack froze “computers in Ukrainian hospitals, supermarkets, and even the systems for radiation monitoring at the old Chernobyl nuclear plant.” After that, it spread worldwide. The rest of the world was nothing more than collateral damage.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 23:36:25 +0000
Despite its frequent missteps, experts agree that North Korea will achieve the ability to launch a nuclear missile.
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Credit to Author: Mike Morgan| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:00:00 +0000
Fortinet is proud to be a Sponsor at Microsoft Inspire 2017. This year’s worldwide partner conference is being held July 9-13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Visit us at Booth #1015, or Table #SC3-11 in the Connect meeting area We will be providing security demos, including cloud-based solutions designed for Microsoft Azure, at Fortinet Booth #1015. Attendees can also schedule a meeting with the Fortinet team at table SC3-11 in the Connect meeting area through their personal MyInspire page….
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Credit to Author: matthewphillion| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:20:32 +0000
Sophos’ illustrates the importance of securing Internet of Things devices on ABC’s Good Morning America.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=40532&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/8kJzu8cKFnA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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