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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:56:00 -0700

Microsoft this week began blocking Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs equipped with the very newest processors from receiving security updates, making good on a policy it announced but did not implement last year.

But the company also refused to provide security fixes to Windows 7 systems that were powered by AMD’s “Carrizo” CPUs, an architecture that was supposed to continue receiving patches.

The decree that led to the update bans, whether allowable or not under Microsoft’s new policy, was revealed in January 2016, when the company said making Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 run on the latest processors was “challenging.” Microsoft then ruled that Windows 10 would be the only supported edition on seventh-generation and later CPUs and simultaneously dictated a substantial shortening of support of both editions.

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ComputerWorld Independent

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Quantum computing advances toward the enterprise

Credit to Author: Sharon Gaudin| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:19:00 -0700

Quantum computing may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but within the next 10 years, it could be a reality.

“Systems are still pretty rudimentary,” said Charles King, an analyst with Pund-IT. “Though they perform some specific kinds of calculations faster than traditional computers, they are defined by their limitations. When true, fully operable quantum systems come online, they will force the IT industry, public and private sector organizations and individuals to fundamentally rethink certain kinds of problems and all but abandon some conventional solutions.”

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Security Wired

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Major Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep in Middle East Banking System

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:42:27 +0000

The Shadow Brokers hacker group is back with another trove of NSA documents including Windows exploits and evidence of financial spying in the Middle East. The post Major Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep in Middle East Banking System appeared first on WIRED.

MalwareBytes Security

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ShadowBrokers releases more stolen information

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:03:09 +0000

ShadowBrokers shocked the security world again today by releasing another cache of exploits, files, and operational documents purportedly stolen from Equation Group last summer. As you may recall from our earlier publications, Equation Group is reportedly a clandestine hacking group that has been linked with NSA hacking tools.

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Independent Krebs

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Shoney’s Hit By Apparent Credit Card Breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:01:04 +0000

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another episode of “Which Restaurant Chain Got Hacked?” Multiple sources in the financial industry say they’ve traced a pattern of fraud on customer cards indicating that the latest victim may be Shoney’s, a 70-year-old restaurant chain that operates primarily in the southern United States.

ComputerWorld Independent

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IDG Contributor Network: Massive change to a moderate Patch Tuesday

Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:02:00 -0700

Last month, we had the largest ever release of patches and updates from Microsoft.

This month, we see the biggest change to Patch Tuesday since the first updates were released on the second Tuesday in October 2003, starting with MS03-041. Security bulletins with easy to follow formats like MSyy-xxx are no longer published by Microsoft as of April 2017.

Now, we have the Microsoft Security Update Guide which is defined by Microsoft as the “authoritative source of information on our security updates.” The MSUG is a searchable database of patches and updates that offers some basic queries and filtering. In addition to this database-driven approach, Microsoft has published summary release notes for April 2017 that can be found here. Helpfully, this summary outlines that the following technologies are updated for April:

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MalwareBytes Security

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Amazon third party sellers: A new threat

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:00:06 +0000

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported a wave of hijacked Amazon seller accounts that proceeded to fleece buyers for large sums of money. As reported here, attackers would use credentials harvested from other breaches to take over the account, then either simply redirect funds to their own deposit account or create lots of fake…

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Fortinet Security

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4 Financial Services Cybersecurity Pain Points and How Security Fabric Can Assist

Credit to Author: Bill Hogan| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 07:01:40 -0700

The cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, and big data analytics are four primary trends that are driving change, and financial services organizations are being tasked to keep up. While digital business is simplifying life for the users of financial services, companies are being forced to deal with these trends’ impact on the makeup and footprint of their security solutions. The need for an architecture and strategy that is fully suited to support these trends is paramount to success. As a result, today’s financial services…