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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Despite an increase in the number of companies hit by mobile attacks that led to compromises, four in 10 businesses sacrificed security to meet profit goals or avoid “cumbersome” security processes, according to Verizon’s third annual Mobile Security Index 2020.

It showed that 43% of organizations sacrificed security. More typical reasons for companies exposing themselves to risk, such as lack of budget and IT expertise, trailed “way behind” things such as expediency (62%), convenience (52%) and profitability targets (46%). Lack of budget and IT expertise were only cited by 27% and 26% of respondents, respectively.

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 3, 2020 admin

Will pay by palm be a thing? Should it be?

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Amazon is experimenting with a way to allow shoppers to use a palm-print biometric to authenticate payments and to do so in physical stores far beyond Amazon-owned brick-and-mortars, (Whole Foods, AmazonGo, AmazonBooks, Amazon 4-Star and Amazon Pop-Up). Amazon is reportedly looking at QSRs (quick-service restaurants), especially coffee shops.

Palm prints have several advantages over more popular mobile biometric methods, such as fingerprint (prescription drugs, cleaning chemicals, burns and various other things can interfere with fingerprint readings) and facial recognition (finicky method that requires the face to be a precise distance from the scanner — not an inch too close or too far — and can suffer from hair growth, lighting, cosmetic changes, some sunglasses, as well as giving false positives to close relatives). And unlike my favorite biometric for security (retina scan), it’s far less invasive. It’s fairly accurate, convenient and (other than forcing customers to remove gloves, which could be a problem with outdoor shops in the winter) should be well-received.

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Security Wired

March 2, 2020 admin

WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

Credit to Author: Klint Finley| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing.

MalwareBytes Security

March 2, 2020 admin

Lock and Code S1Ep1: On RSA, the human element, and the week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:15:47 +0000

We look at all the interesting security news from last week and also present the latest episode of our podcast, Lock and Code.

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 2, 2020 admin

Memory-Lane Monday: The cruelest password

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