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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:18:00 -0700

October started out on an extraordinarily low note. On Oct. 3, Microsoft released an “out of band” security update to protect all Windows users from an Internet Explorer scripting engine bug, CVE-2019-1367, once thought to be an imminent danger to all things (and all versions) Windows.

It was the third attempt to fix that security hole and each of the versions brought its own set of bugs.

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Security Wired

October 29, 2019 admin

How to Keep Your Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Voice Recordings Private

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:59:17 +0000

Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant now all give you ways to opt out of human transcription of your voice snippets. Do it.

Security Wired

October 29, 2019 admin

Russian Hackers Are Still Targeting the Olympics

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:00:19 +0000

Fancy Bear has attacked 16 anti-doping agencies around the world, indicating that its Olympics grudge is far from over.

ComputerWorld Independent

October 29, 2019 admin

Earn your IoT security certification

Credit to Author: Insider Pro staff| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:59:00 -0700

Insider Pro is teaming up with CertNexus to offer subscribers access to an online course that leads to a Certified IoT Security Practitioner (CIoTSP) certification.

ComputerWorld Independent

October 28, 2019 admin

Memory-Lane Monday: Please tell me his name wasn’t Jones

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Pilot fish and his help desk colleagues do a lot of password resets and have learned that it’s best to sympathize with the callers and normalize forgetting those strings of letters, numbers and symbols. It can happen to anybody is the message.

But some forgetfulness is more normal than others, finds fish, who told one user, “I’m going to reset your password to your last name, with the first letter capitalized.”

Reports fish: “He said, ‘Wait a minute. Let me get a pencil and paper to write that down.

“I then spelled his last name for him and reminded him to capitalize the first letter. He thanked me and hung up the phone.

“Surreal doesn’t even begin to describe how this felt!”

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Security Wired

October 26, 2019 admin

Rudy Giuliani Butt-Dialed a Reporter (Twice!)

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 13:31:02 +0000

A UN phishing attack, Adobe accounts exposed, and more of the week’s top security news.

Security Wired

October 26, 2019 admin

TikTok, Under Scrutiny, Distances Itself From China

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:31:41 +0000

Three senators have called for an investigation into the social media app, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.

Security TrendMicro

October 25, 2019 admin

3 Ways for MSPs to Increase Their Managed Security Footprint

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:05:35 +0000

Managed service providers looking to increase their business often face the choice of whether to focus on finding new customers or expanding their existing base. But there’s a growing opportunity making the latter option especially appealing. The small and midsize businesses that comprise the bulk of the MSP customer base have a limited understanding of…

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