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Complying with CCPA: Answers to common questions
Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act begins this summer, but lawsuits are already being filed. To help you comply and avoid being sued, CSO contributor Maria Korolov joins IDG TECH(talk) host Juliet Beauchamp to discuss critical components of the CCPA and answer viewers’ questions.
Hundreds of Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000
A researcher discovered that hundreds of extensions in the Web Store were part of a long-running malvertising and ad-fraud scheme.
Read MoreHundreds of Millions of PC Components Still Have Hackable Firmware
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000
The lax security of supply chain firmware has been a known concern for years—with precious little progress being made.
Read MoreDump Windows 7 already! Jeez!
Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:00:00 -0800
Why am I still writing about Windows 7? It’s dead, Jim! The tombstone reads, “June 22, 2009 – January 14, 2020.” It was a good run, but unless you’re shelling out some serious coin for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU), you shouldn’t be running Windows 7.
But many of you are. According to the best survey of who’s running what, the U.S. government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), on Feb. 14, weeks after Win7’s end of life, just over one in 20 of Windows users was still using Windows 7! Oh, come on! More than 5%! A dead and buried OS! Get with the program!
Mobile security: Worse than you thought
Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800
Many security professionals have long held that the words “mobile security” are an oxymoron. True or not, with today’s mobile usage soaring in enterprises, that viewpoint may become irrelevant. It’s a reasonable estimate that 2020 knowledge workers use mobile devices to either supplement or handle much of their work 98% of the time. Laptops still have a role (OK, if you want to get literal, I suppose a laptop can be considered mobile), but that’s only because of their larger screens and keyboards. I’d give mobile players maybe three more years before that becomes moot.
That means that security on mobile needs to become a top priority. To date, that usually has been addressed with enterprise-grade mobile VPNs, antivirus and more secure communication methods (such as Signal). But in the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report — always a worthwhile read — Verizon eloquently argues that aside from wireless, the form factor of mobile in and of itself poses security risks.
How blockchain could help block fake news
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800
In 2018, a video of former President Barrack Obama surfaced on YouTube explaining how easily technology could be used to manipulate video and create fake news. It got more than 7.2 million views.
In the video, Obama explains how we live in dangerous times when “enemies” can make anyone say anything at any point in time. Moments later, it’s revealed that the video was itself faked.
Whether its news articles, images or video, fake and misleading content has proliferated across the internet over the past five or so years. One possible solution to the problem now being proposed would standardize how content is delivered online, with anything outside those standards not trusted.
Over 500 Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000
A researcher discovered that hundreds of extensions in the Web Store were part of a long-running malvertising and ad-fraud scheme.
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