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Credit to Author: Joseph Reele| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Autonomous vehicles have become a de facto analogy for emerging technology. It’s easy to understand why driverless cars won’t be engineered like those meant for humans. Cue the comparison here…. Read more »

The post The Edge Difference: How Data Center Service Models Will Transform appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

December 17, 2019 admin

Parting thoughts 1: cybersecurity as a social science

In the first of a five-part series of blog post, departing VB Editor Martijn Grooten explains why he believes cybersecurity isn’t as much as technical field as we like to believe.

Security Wired

December 17, 2019 admin

Hackers Could Use Smart Displays to Spy on Meetings

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:30:00 +0000

By exploiting flaws in popular video conferencing hardware from DTEN, attackers can monitor audio, capture slides—and take full control of devices.

Security Wired

December 17, 2019 admin

WhatsApp Fixes Yet Another Group Chat Security Gap

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:30:00 +0000

The flaw would have given attackers an avenue for crashing the app—every time a user opened an infected group thread.

Security Wired

December 17, 2019 admin

Toys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance!

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids.

MalwareBytes Security

December 17, 2019 admin

New Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would empower American users

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:28:37 +0000

The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would give everyday Americans the right to sue a company that violated their privacy rights, extending enforcement capabilities directly to the public.

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Microsoft Security

December 17, 2019 admin

How to secure your IoT deployment during the security talent shortage

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:00:41 +0000

It’s complex work to define a security strategy for IoT—especially with a 3-million-person shortage of cybersecurity pros. But there is a way to augment existing security teams and resources.

The post How to secure your IoT deployment during the security talent shortage appeared first on Microsoft Security .