Independent – Page 397 – Computer Security Articles

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April 13, 2017 admin

Improve your internet privacy, with or without help from the government

Credit to Author: Robert C. Covington| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:39:00 -0700

President Trump, as part of his plan to roll back regulations put in place by President Obama, just signed legislation that eliminates the prohibition against internet service providers selling customer data without their written consent. Although the original restriction had not yet taken effect, its elimination ignited a firestorm of controversy among privacy organizations, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union (which tried to no avail to get Trump to veto the legislation at the last minute).

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April 12, 2017 admin

Privacy and the common man (or the FBI director)

CSO's Joan Goodchild and Steve Ragan discuss some of the latest security news, including how the FBI director inadvertently (or on purpose?) revealed his Twitter ID and what the new regulations regarding ISPs being able to sell your private data without your consent really entails.

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April 12, 2017 admin

Know your community– Tessy (Takayuki Terashima)

Credit to Author: Maor Schwartz| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:07:37 +0000

Takayuki Terashima, also known as Tessy (@tessy_jp), is one of AVTOKYO founder, Vice Executive Committee Chairman at SecCon and CTF team leader! Questions Q: How many years have you been involved in the security field, what was your motivation to get into it the first place? A: About 16 years. I started to work for … Continue reading Know your community– Tessy (Takayuki Terashima)

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April 12, 2017 admin

Microsoft kills off security bulletins after several stays

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:21:00 -0700

Microsoft this week retired the security bulletins that for decades have described each month’s slate of vulnerabilities and accompanying patches for customers — especially administrators responsible for companies’ IT operations.

One patch expert reported on the change for his team. “It was like trying to relearn how to walk, run and ride a bike, all at the same time,” said Chris Goettl, product manager with patch management vendor Ivanti.

The move to a bulletin-less Patch Tuesday brought an end to months of Microsoft talk about killing the bulletins that included an aborted attempt to toss them.

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April 12, 2017 admin

Crafty Ohio inmates scavenged parts, built PCs for hacking and hid them in ceiling

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:51:00 -0700

What can a computer recycle program and a little shoulder-surfing get you? For inmates at Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution, it got them a great deal, enough to build two PCs from the yanked parts and then hide them in the ceiling, use a former employee’s credentials obtained by looking over his shoulder, and then commit “possible identity fraud along with other possible cyber-crimes.”

The Ohio Inspector General’s 50-page report (pdf) includes a big list of fails for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The report reads like a mini novel of intrigue, weaving lax security as well as players across the prison system and prisoners into the story.

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April 12, 2017 admin

Critical Security Updates from Adobe, Microsoft

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:23:15 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft separately issued updates on Tuesday to fix a slew of security flaws in their products. Adobe patched dozens of holes in its Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader products. Microsoft pushed fixes to address dozens of vulnerabilities in Windows and related software.

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April 12, 2017 admin

What prevents breaches: process, technology or people? One answer is PC, and one is right.

Credit to Author: Ira Winkler| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:00:00 -0700

When I served on a panel about data breaches at the ISACA Silicon Valley chapter conference recently, the moderator asked, “To prevent data breaches, which is more important: process, technology or people?”

My fellow panelists (three CISOs and two highly experienced consultants) all answered ahead of me: “People.” I was surprised. Here I was the only awareness specialist on the panel, yet my answer was process.

Without process, I explained, the people don’t know what to do. Without process, there is no right way to implement technology. Process is implemented through governance. As I discuss in Advanced Persistent Security, without governance your security program is an accident.

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