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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:13:00 -0800

Blockchain, which began to emerge as a real-world tech option in 2016 and 2017, is poised to change IT in much the same way open-source software did a quarter century ago. And in the same way Linux took more than a decade to become a cornerstone in modern application development, Blockchain will likely take years to become a lower cost, more efficient way to share information and data between open and private business networks.

Based on a distributed, peer-to-peer (P2P) topology, blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) allows data to be stored globally on thousands of servers – while letting anyone on the network see everyone else’s entries in real-time. That makes it difficult for one user to gain control of, or game, the network.

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ComputerWorld Independent

January 29, 2019 admin

Get 140+ Hours Of CompTIA Certification Training For $59 (90% Off)

Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:35:00 -0800

Knowing how to design, build out, grow, and manage Internet Technology (IT) firms, departments, and facilities provides what you need to take charge in today’s most challenging and lucrative IT environments. And lifetime access to the Complete CompTIA Certification Training Bundle is exactly what you need to get the required training and ensuing certifications.

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Security Wired

January 29, 2019 admin

Apple Takes Drastic Measures to Stop a Nasty FaceTime Bug

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:28:12 +0000

Group FaceTime chats let people eavesdrop on whoever they called, a bug so bad that Apple pulled the plug until it comes up with a fix.

Security Wired

January 29, 2019 admin

Security Isn’t Enough. Silicon Valley Needs ‘Abusability’ Testing

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:40:31 +0000

Former FTC chief technologist Ashkan Soltani argues it’s time for Silicon Valley companies to formalize and test not just their products’ security, but its “abusability.”

Security TrendMicro

January 29, 2019 admin

Informing Your Security Posture: How Cybercriminals Blend into the Background

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:00:23 +0000

Maintaining protection over an enterprise’s critical data, systems and assets is a continual uphill battle. Not only are chances good that the business’s digital footprint is growing through new applications, but hackers are also constantly bolstering their capabilities to silently breach platforms and maintain a presence under the radar of the IT team. In the…

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ComputerWorld Independent

January 29, 2019 admin

Apple’s Group FaceTime: A place for spies?

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:30:00 -0800

Apple has disabled Group FaceTime following discovery of a flaw that could potentially let people hear audio from other people’s devices without permission. What’s going on and what can you do about it?

The bug, in brief

A 9to5Mac report based on a video published to Twitter by @BmManski revealed that this flaw lets a user listen to audio captured using another person’s device before they accept or reject the call requesting a FaceTime chat. The problem only affects iOS devices running iOS 12.1 or later (pending an update).

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ComputerWorld Independent

January 29, 2019 admin

The race to lock down industrial control systems | Salted Hash Ep 44

Guest host Juliet Beauchamp and CSO senior writer J.M. Porup talk about the challenges around securing the systems and networks used to control industrial plants and infrastructures.

QuickHeal Security

January 28, 2019 admin

Anatova, A modular ransomware

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:09:49 +0000

While everyone was engaged in new year celebrations, malware authors were busy creating new ransomware for 2019. Quick Heal Security Labs has discovered the first ransomware of 2019 — Anatova ransomware. During our analysis, we found that Anatova is not just ransomware but a modular one. By modular ransomware we…