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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000
They thought their payments were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The untold story of the case that shredded the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
A new report Meta commissioned aims to redefine comprehensive encryption as essential to protecting human rights.
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Credit to Author: Rob Enderle| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:24:00 -0700
Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.
Microsoft this week had an analyst event about Windows 11 and a variety of productivity, management, and security features the company has planned. Over the last couple of years, Microsoft has aggressively improved both Windows and Office 365, but the big change ahead is the potential blend of Windows with Windows 365. We’ll see that start by the end of the year. The end game should be what appears to be a Windows desktop that integrates so well with the cloud that it can, when necessary, seamlessly switch between instances to comply with company policy, assure security, and provide recourse on automatic demand from Azure Cloud.
Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 01:30:07 +0000
For the fourth consecutive year, Microsoft 365 Defender demonstrated industry-leading protection in MITRE Engenuity’s independent ATT&CK® Enterprise Evaluations. These results highlighted the importance of taking an XDR-based approach spanning endpoints, identities, email and cloud, and the importance of both prevention and protection.
The post Microsoft 365 Defender demonstrates industry-leading protection in the 2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:27:56 +0000
More than just a market for illegal drugs, the dark web site allowed criminals to launder or cash out hundreds of millions in stolen cryptocurrencies.
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Credit to Author: Eric Ravenscraft| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
The blockchain isn’t as “anonymous” as you might think.
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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:14:00 -0700
In the mobile world pitting Apple’s iOS devices against Google’s Android devices, Apple has historically had one distinct advantage: patches and updates.
Given the fragmented nature of Android (hundreds of handset manufacturers versus just one for iOS), it is simply far easier for Apple to quickly and efficiently push out updates in a way that allows a large percentage of users get updates quickly. That has been true regardless of whether its new functionality or a critical security patch.
So what’s the problem? Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, has quietly said that Apple has dramatically slowed down auto updates — by as much as a month.