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Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:09:58 +0000
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How the Huawei ban could become a security threat | TECH(feed)
We’ve already talked about how the Huawei ban may affect business, but how will it affect security? Google has already warned of security threats should the company be unable to send updates to Huawei’s Android-powered devices. And even if Huawei responds with its own OS, will people trust it? In this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet discusses those security implications and what some people think the U.S. should do instead.
Time-Machine Tuesday: Get a room!
Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0700
This security pilot fish is a big believer in automated systems. And he’s very impressed when his company moves into new offices where the meeting rooms take the manual labor out of scheduling meetings.
“There are room wizards outside every door to assist in scheduling,” fish says. “And there’s full integration with Microsoft Exchange, so that your meeting information is accurate and timely and always shows the proper room.”
One of fish’s most important meetings is a committee meeting every month on the day after Patch Tuesday to consider how to handle that batch of Microsoft updates. It’s been a regular meeting for years, and after the move the new scheduling system seems to handle it fine.
Tricky Scam Plants Phishing Links in Your Google Calendar
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Scammers are taking advantage of default calendar settings to try to trick users into clicking malicious links.
Read MoreWWDC: Has Apple closed the door on non-Mac App Store apps?
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:58:00 -0700
Ever since Apple introduced the Mac App Store developers have warned it plans to close off its platform, so news the company will insist on App Notarization in macOC Catalina set those critics off again. The thing is, it’s a little more complicated.
What is Apple doing?
Yes, Apple is making it a little more difficult for Mac users to install apps that aren’t sold at the Mac App Store or made available from bona fide developers happy to submit their software for the company’s speedy App notarization service.
The case against knee-jerk installation of Windows patches
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:10:00 -0700
Heresy. Yes, I know. Any way you slice it, from my point of view anyway, Windows Automatic Update is for chumps.
Just like the “users must be forced to change their passwords frequently” argument that’s no longer au courant, the “users must get patched immediately” argument is based on old, faulty, and totally unsubstantiated claims that make security people feel better — and little else.
With a few notable exceptions, in the real world, the risks of getting clobbered by a bad patch far, far outweigh the risks of getting hit with a just-patched exploit. Many security “experts” huff and puff at that assertion. The poohbahs preach Automatic Update for the unwashed masses, while frequently exempting themselves from the edict.
It’s Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Ad trackers are out of control. Use a browser that reins them in.
Read MoreSecurity News This Week: Telegram Says China Is Behind DDoS
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Voting machine security gets a boost, Have I Been Pwned is for sale, and more of the week’s top security news.
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