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Credit to Author: Petter Nordwall| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:49:37 +0000
Sophos Mobile 7 is unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2017. Barcelona: the city of Gaudí, Miró, Picasso, a pretty decent football team, and so many more absolutely fantastic things. But, it’s more than that; every year in early spring, Barcelona is also the venue for the world’s biggest gathering of the mobile industry. Thousands upon […]
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:00:54 +0000
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| We take a look at what DNSSEC is and why we need it. Plus an overview of how far the implementation has progressed in the Netherlands based on a SIDN report. Categories: Tags: authenticationcertificatednssecdomain name securityPieter Arntz |
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Credit to Author: Michael Xie| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:55:47 -0800
The world never stands still. In the technology space, this means that constant innovation and discovery is the key to a solution provider’s survival and growth. In the cybersecurity arena, this creed is even more vital. Many hackers are brilliant people. There’s only one way to get the better of them – be even more brilliant. And faster and more creative. Which is why R&D is crucial in the security technology business. Cybersecurity solution providers must deliver open, integrated security and networking technologies…
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Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:54:12 -0800
X-ray image of installed pacemaker showing wire routing – Image from Wikipedia A few days ago, journalists reported a man had been charged with arson using data retrieved from his own pacemaker (see here). One article showed a "funny" image of a man's chest with stitches to insert or access the pacemaker. This, and the comments, led me to some research on pacemakers. No, you don't need to open the patient to retrieve data from the pacemaker Pacemakers transmit data over radio frequencies. They typically use the 402-405…
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Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 07:45:00 -0800
Microsoft released a single update last week with this February Patch Tuesday, after a week’s delay. Or, perhaps MS17-005 is considered an out-of-band update from Microsoft?
I am not sure, as it does not look like we will see the usual accompanying updates to Microsoft, .NET and the Windows (desktop and server) platforms. This sole update to Adobe Flash Player is worth deploying immediately. Evergreen browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome will automatically update (using the default settings) and so will patch this serious memory-related vulnerability in Flash Player.
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Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 07:09:00 -0800
Since Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona, security product vendor Avast took aim at the Internet of Things there. Among the findings in this latest research experiment, Avast discovered there were more than 22,000 webcams and baby monitors which are vulnerable to attack. Of course this is not a problem only in Spain, but hacking vulnerable baby monitors and webcams to spy on unsuspecting people in their homes is especially creepy and invasive.
Avast has a habit of conducting Wi-Fi experiments at big events such as the Republican National Convention and Mobile World Congress 2016. The research for MWC 2017 dived deeper than IoT flaws in Barcelona as Avast also took a look at IoT security in Spain and found it lacking. It found more than 5.3 million vulnerable smart devices in Spain, 493,000 of those in Barcelona.
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Credit to Author: Justin Foster| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:00:23 +0000
We sat down with Deborah Larkins, Lead Technologist at XentIT to understand her journey with being a part of the upcoming release of Deep Security 10. XentIT is a full service IT firm specializing in information security, governance, risk and compliance, cloud technology, and managed IT services for commercial enterprises and government agencies. Founded in…
Credit to Author: Mathias Thurman| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 04:23:00 -0800
I spent several days in San Francisco on my annual pilgrimage to the RSA security conference.
This year, I attended a few sessions related to cloud security, privacy and compliance, since my world these days is consumed with enhancing the security of our cloud platform and addressing the never-ending burden of maintaining compliance with the likes of PCI, SSAE 16, SOC 2 and HIPAA, and the recent changes related to Privacy Shield, which is the replacement for the European Union’s Safe Harbor.
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