Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Is Still Calling for an Encryption Backdoor
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:01:00 +0000
At a cybercrime conference Thursday, Rod Rosenstein once again decried “going dark.”
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This Week in Security News: Ethics and Law in the Dark Web
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:49:23 +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 how Trend Micro software can aid in safely securing containers on the AWS Cloud. Also, how the dark web has become a new advertising medium for…
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Read MoreAmazon launches patient data-mining service to assist docs
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 02:59:00 -0800
Amazon this week announced its latest data analytics product, one aimed at scouring unstructured data within electronic medical records (EMRs) to offer up insights that physicians can use to better treat patients.
Amazon’s new Comprehend Medical AWS cloud service is a natural-language processing engine that purports to be able to read physician notes, patient prescriptions, audio interview transcripts, and pathology and radiology reports – and use machine learning algorithms to spit out relevant medical information to healthcare providers.
Amazon’s Comprehend Medical software service is one of 13 new machine learning software products the company announced on Tuesday.
Mueller: Cohen Lied About Trump Organization’s Moscow Project
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:02:37 +0000
Trump’s former lawyer has testified that the Trump Organization pursued a real estate deal with Moscow deep into the 2016 presidential campaign.
Read MoreThe US Leans on Private Firms to Expose Foreign Hackers
Credit to Author: William G. Rich| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:00:00 +0000
Opinion: The government needs to step up in calling out cyber-attackers. Otherwise, we risk playing into their hands.
Read MoreDOJ Indicts 2 Iranian Hackers for Harmful SamSam Ransomware
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:51:28 +0000
A string of attacks hobbled the city of Atlanta, multiple hospitals, and more. The feds now think they know who did it.
Read MoreMicrosoft Patch Alert: After months of bad news, November’s patching seems positively serene
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:30:00 -0800
By far the most important reason for this month’s relative patching calm: Microsoft decided to wait and get the Windows 10 (version 1809) patch right instead of throwing offal against a wall and seeing what sticks.
What remains is a hodge-podge of Windows patches, some mis-identified .NET patches, a new Servicing Stack Update slowly taking form, a bunch of Office fixes – including two buggy patches that have been pulled and one that’s been fixed – the usual array of Flash excuses and Preview patches.
Today’s Data Breach Environment: An Overview
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:04:36 +0000
By now, companies and consumers alike are well aware of the threat of a data breach. Large and small businesses across every sector have been targeted, and many customers are now familiar with the notification that their username, password or other details might have been compromised. The unfortunate fact is that, despite efforts on the…
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