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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:40:30 +0000

On Wednesday, the security industry once again witnessed an all-too-familiar cycle: I call it “Security by press release.” It goes a bit like this: A security firm releases a report claiming to have unearthed a major flaw in a competitor’s product; members of the trade press uncritically republish the claims without adding much clarity or waiting for responses from the affected vendor; blindsided vendor responds in a blog post showing how the issue is considerably less dire than originally claimed. At issue are claims made by Denver-based security company DirectDefense, which published a report this week warning that Cb Response — a suite of security tools sold by competitor Carbon Black (formerly Bit9) — was leaking potentially sensitive and proprietary data from customers who use its product.

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Rather than Expanding Broadband, the FCC Wants to Count Cell Service as Internet

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:11:50 +0000

Fudging the numbers doesn’t help anybody.

Independent MotherBoard Security

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Here Are Draft Materials From the White House’s Technology Summit

Credit to Author: Sarah Emerson| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:02:50 +0000

FOIA documents obtained by Motherboard show a draft invitation list and event schedule.

Independent MotherBoard Security

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This Video Game Lies to Players to Try to Simulate Mental Illness

Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:07:24 +0000

It’s not always fun and that’s the point.

Independent MotherBoard Security

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I Tested Out the World’s First Off-the-Shelf Mesh Net Creator

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:02:13 +0000

goTenna Mesh is now available for anyone.

Independent MotherBoard Security

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Yahoo! Games’ Demise Shows What the Death of Flash Could Feel Like

Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:49:49 +0000

The parlor games hosted by Yahoo! once represented some of the internet’s best efforts at interactivity—at a time when that interactivity was new. But you can’t find those games online anymore.

ComputerWorld Independent

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Mingis on Tech: Android vs iOS – Which is more secure?

Apple's iOS has long had the reputation of being more secure than Android, but that may not necessarily be the case. Here's how to evaluate each side's claims about mobile security.

ComputerWorld Independent

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New in Windows security: Automatically log off suspicious users

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 02:59:00 -0700

Microsoft has added rapid reaction to a year-old subscription service that will automatically shut down accounts – logging a user out of all managed apps and services, including those delivered by a third-party – at the first hint of suspicious activity.

The new feature in Cloud App Security (CAS), a security service launched in August 2016, collaborates with Azure Active Directory (AAD), another subscription service, to automatically bump off users behaving unusually and shut down accounts suspected of having been hijacked. CAS is built, at least in part, on technology Microsoft acquired in 2015 when it bought the Israeli cloud security vendor Adallom for $250 million.

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