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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:00:00 -0800

After a network manager unexpectedly tightens up the rules for passwords and forces the expiration of all user passwords on the main application system, calls flood into the help desk, reports a pilot fish on the scene. They’re having trouble because of the new complexity rules.

One of the calls:

User: I can’t seem to change my password.

Help desk tech: Your new password needs to contain letters, numbers and punctuation. Do not use any words such as you’d find in a dictionary.

User: OK. (Pause.) No, it still won’t let me change it.

Tech: What is the password you are trying to use?

User: April.

Tech: “April” is a word.

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Security Wired

February 29, 2020 admin

Clearview AI’s Massive Client List Got Hacked

Credit to Author: WIRED Staff| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Clever malware, student surveillance, and more of the week’s top security news.

Security Wired

February 29, 2020 admin

The Long Path out of the Vulnerability Disclosure Dark Ages

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:04:52 +0000

Letting a company know about flaws in their products has gotten easier since 2003—but not by much.

Security Wired

February 28, 2020 admin

Dangerzone Lets You Open Email Attachments Safely

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:12:00 +0000

Dangerzone takes potentially malicious files and safely sanitizes them for you.

Security Wired

February 27, 2020 admin

A Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers.

Security Wired

February 27, 2020 admin

How a Hacker’s Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden’s Computer

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:59:20 +0000

Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses. He sent the best person for the job: his mother.

Kaspersky Security

February 27, 2020 admin

Where to back up your iPhone if iCloud runs out of space

Credit to Author: Sergey Golubev| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:00:06 +0000

If you don’t want to pay for extra gigabytes in iCloud, try these other ways to backup your photos and other iPhone files.

ComputerWorld Independent

February 27, 2020 admin

How and why you need HomeKit-secured smart homes

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:40:00 -0800

Once upon a time the Internet was amazing, enabling niche interests and connecting people. Apple’s iMac was the epitome of the era, while the iPhone became the prophet of change.

What is HomeKit-secured and why should you use it?

These days hackers break into home networks using our routers and smart home devices, which is why everyone must learn how to use HomeKit-secured routers to keep their connected homes safe.

Apple announced HomeKit-secured routers at WWDC 2019. The first few devices to support the tech recently began to reach market, including options from Linksys and (now) Amazon’s Eero routers.

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