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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:43:47 +0000
Researchers this week published information about a newfound, serious weakness in WPA2 — the security standard that protects all modern Wi-Fi networks. What follows is a short rundown on what exactly is at stake here, who’s most at-risk from this vulnerability, and what organizations and individuals can do about it.
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Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:38:26 +0000
The program has drawn criticism from nutrition experts.
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:05:10 +0000
What if elected representatives actually voted based on what their constituents wanted?
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:20:00 -0700
Microsoft today issued an emergency Windows security update to patch vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol used to secure wireless networks.
Details of the security update were published to Microsoft’s Security Update Guide, the catalog-like portal that earlier this year replaced the decades-old practice of delivering explanatory bulletins.
All supported versions of Windows will receive the update, according to the catalog listing, including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:25:47 +0000
Some Sunday forecasts for ex-hurricane Ophelia, which is now striking Ireland, didn’t show its full path.
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Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:14:49 +0000
And it’s starting with an ICO.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:35:57 +0000
KrebsOnSecurity was honored this month with the 2017 President’s Award for Public Service from the Information Systems Security Association, a nonprofit organization for cybersecurity professionals. The award recognizes an individual’s contribution to the information security profession in the area of public service.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:03:46 +0000
Big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax says it has removed third-party code from its credit report assistance Web site that prompted visitors to download malicious software disguised as an update for Adobe’s Flash Player software.
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