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October 4, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: How a GIF Can Hack Your Android and Vulnerabilities That Could Put Hospital Networks at Risk

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:05:54 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how smart home devices can be easily hacked and 11 vulnerabilities that could affect medical devices and hospital networks. Also, read about why AI could…

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October 4, 2019 admin

Google launches leaked-password checker, will bake it into Chrome in December

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 04:06:00 -0700

Google has launched a web-based hacked-password checker, part of its efforts to bake an alert system into Chrome.

Called “Password Checker,” the service examines the username-password combinations stored in Chrome’s own password manager and reports back on those authentication pairings that have been exposed in publicly-known data breaches.

The web version can be found at passwords.google.com<>, the umbrella site for Chrome users who run the browser after logging in with their Google account, then use that to synchronize data – including passwords – between copies of Chrome on different devices.

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October 3, 2019 admin

5 industries that will be disrupted by blockchain

Credit to Author: Bob Violino| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:37:00 -0700

Here are five major industries that will benefit from blockchain technology in the near future: financial services and banking, government, healthcare, energy, and transportation and logistics.

Security Wired

October 3, 2019 admin

The Ukraine Whistle-Blower Did Everything Right

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:28:06 +0000

The Trump administration’s attacks on the whistle-blower aren’t just baseless—they could have a corrosive long-term effect.

Security Wired

October 3, 2019 admin

The Internet’s Horrifying Way to Get Google Apps on Huawei Phones

Credit to Author: Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Just make a Chinese website your device’s remote administrator. It’ll be fine!

ComputerWorld Independent

October 3, 2019 admin

Throwback Thursday: Everybody gets an F

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

As the IT communications manager at this university, pilot fish is the person who sends out memos about IT policy to users. And he does just that when a phishing email starts circulating on campus.

Never send your user name and password to anyone via email, he warns them, and to give them an example of what to look out for, he pastes in the text of the phishing attempt.

Within minutes, his inbox is flooded with responses from students sending him their campus passwords, their Gmail passwords, their Yahoo passwords and more.

Sharky is looking for fish, not phish. Send me your true tales of IT life at sharky@computerworld.com. You can also subscribe to the Daily Shark Newsletter.

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October 2, 2019 admin

Explained: security orchestration

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:20:10 +0000

Security orchestration is a regulator that makes sure security solutions, often from different vendors, work well together to automate response and keep organizations safe.

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