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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0800

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella seems to agree with Apple CEO Tim Cook when it comes to privacy, calling this a “fundamental human right”.

Microsoft CEO: Privacy a ‘human right’

Despite the lack of a successful smartphone franchise, Microsoft is still very much part of today’s industry with a range of services across the mobile ecosystem. That’s probably why Nadella is such an active attendee at Mobile World Congress 2019.

What’s really interesting about what he said during a speech at the show is the extent to which his thinking aligns with what Apple is doing around privacy, for example:

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Security Wired

February 25, 2019 admin

Android Is Helping Kill Passwords on a Billion Devices

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000

By officially certifying the FIDO2 standard, the mobile OS will soon allow logins to sites and services without having to put in a password.

ComputerWorld Independent

February 25, 2019 admin

Microsoft opens top-tier Defender ATP security to Windows 7 PCs

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:28:00 -0800

Microsoft’s Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service is now available for PCs running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

The decision to add devices powered by those operating systems was first announced a year ago. At the time, Microsoft said ATP’s Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) functionality would be available for the older OSes by summer 2018.

Windows Defender ATP is a service that detects ongoing attacks on corporate networks, then follows up to investigate the attack or breach and provides response recommendations and attack remediation. Software baked into Windows 10 detects attacks, while a central management console allows IT administrators to monitor the status of covered devices and react if necessary. Adding the EDR client software to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs gives enterprise IT the same visibility into those machines as it has had into Windows 10 systems.

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Security Wired

February 23, 2019 admin

A Hidden Nest Secure Mic, Facebook’s Dead VPN, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The 2020 disinformation campaigns have started, DrainerBot is coming for your smartphone’s battery, and more security news this week.

Security Wired

February 23, 2019 admin

The (Non-Trump) Surprise Inside Andrew McCabe’s Memoir

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:30:37 +0000

In *The Threat*, the former FBI deputy director paints a familiar portrait of Trump, but deepens our understanding of a dark time for agency.

ComputerWorld Independent

February 23, 2019 admin

Get ready for the age of sensor panic

Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:00:00 -0800

A passenger on a Singapore Airlines flight this week noticed a small, circular indentation below the image playing on the seatback in-flight entertainment system in front of him. Could that be, he wondered, a camera?

The passenger did the only logical thing: He tweeted out a photo and asked the Twitterverse for opinions, setting off a chorus of complainers on Twitter.

Singapore Airlines also responded to the tweets, saying that the camera was not used by the airline to capture pictures or video. It then told media outlets in a statement that the embedded cameras “have been intended by the manufacturers for future developments. These cameras are permanently disabled on our aircraft and cannot be activated on board. We have no plans to enable or develop any features using the cameras.”

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 22, 2019 admin

Apple is losing value and that’s a good thing

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:50:00 -0800

Apple must be doing something right as the cost of Apple ID data on the Dark Web has dropped, even as the value of Fortnite, Facebook, Netflix and Uber accounts has increased.

Apple is losing value

Last year, I reported that online scammers were spending up to $15 per account on Apple ID information, making Apple customers, “the most appealing targets” for scammers.

That’s changed.

The latest edition of Top10VPN’s Dark Web Market Price Index claims scammers are only willing to spend up to $11 for this information today and are targeting arguably less well-secured services instead.

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February 22, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: Malware and Machine Learning

Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:00:58 +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 an infectious miner-malware and how malware can hide form AV Solutions. Also, understand how to use machine learning to detect malware outbreaks with limited samples….

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