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A week in security (August 27 – September 2)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:00:36 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 27 – September 2, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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University-customized Alexa devices will answer students’ questions

Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:17:00 -0700

Saint Louis University (SLU) has rolled out 2,300 Alexa-powered Echo Dot virtual assistants to all of its student living spaces to provide answers to university-related queries about events, speakers on campus and more.

The university also plans to extend use of the artificial intelligence assistant into classrooms and meeting rooms in future and aims to use the technology to support workplace productivity for its faculty staff, according to CIO, David Hakanson.

Students arriving at SLU this month can access a custom skill that answers questions relating to university services, such as “When does the library open?” or “Where is the registrar’s office?”

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Official Cardi B website plagued by spammers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Over the past few days, fans of singer Cardi B noticed her website was slowly filling up with spam. We take a look at what happened.

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A week in security (August 20 – 26)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:06:17 +0000

A roundup of the security news from August 20 – 26, including a look at insider threats, several breaches, and what tech giants Google and Facebook are doing about their privacy issues.

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Get serious about privacy with the Epic, Brave and Tor browsers

Credit to Author: Barbara Krasnoff| Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 03:00:00 -0700

Privacy is one of the hardest things to find today — and one of the most prized, especially online. Most people, even those not technologically adept, are concerned about the amount of personal information that is being harvested by governments, corporations, third-party advertising agencies and/or unethical hackers.

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