The Window to Rein In Facial Recognition Is Closing
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:55:04 +0000
As Congress continues to punt on facial recognition, advocacy groups have redoubled their efforts.
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How to set up Microsoft Cloud App Security
This new add-on will let you set up alerts about suspicious sign-on activity for Office 365 and other cloud apps.
Migrating Network Protection to the Cloud with Confidence
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:11:50 +0000
For modern organizations, speed and agility is the key to success – built on enhanced IT efficiency and performance driven by the cloud. Anything less could see your business outpaced by the competition. As always, security must be a priority when migrating to the cloud, but network teams are being let down by existing tools….
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Read MoreNew Windows 7 'security-only' update installs telemetry/snooping, uh, feature
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 03:16:00 -0700
Back in October 2016, Microsoft divided the Win7 and 8.1 patching worlds into two parts.
Those who got their patches through Windows Update received so-called Monthly Rollups, which included security patches, bug fixes – and we frankly don’t know what else – rolled out in a cumulative stream.
The folks who were willing to download and manually install patches were also given the option of installing “security-only” patches, not cumulative; these were meant to address just the security holes.
Zoom Will Fix the Flaw That Let Hackers Hijack Webcams
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:07:05 +0000
While it at first dismissed the vulnerability, Zoom says it will release a patch Tuesday night.
Read MoreMicrosoft delivers Defender ATP security service to Macs
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:42:00 -0700
Microsoft on Monday made good on a March pledge by announcing that its most sophisticated endpoint security service is now available for Macs.
Microsoft Defender ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) for Mac shifted to what the company calls “general availability” on June 28, wrote Helen Allas, a principal program manager on the enterprise security team, in a July 8 post to a company blog. Core components of Defender ATP, including the latest – “Threat & Vulnerability Management,” which made it to general availability a week ago – now serve Macs.
A Zoom Flaw Gives Hackers Easy Access to Your Webcam
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:18:30 +0000
All it takes is one wrong click, and the popular video conferencing software will put you in a meeting with a stranger.
Read MoreWhere Will Ransomware Go In The Second Half Of 2019?
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:37:14 +0000
Ransomware has been an evolutionary malware family that continues to shift and change over the years. From the first fakeAV, to police ransomware, to the now oft-used crypto-ransomware, this threat just will not go away. Based on the latest trends, we predict this threat will grow in the second half of this year. At Trend…
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