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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:43:51 +0000
After years of abuse and spreading conspiracy theories, Alex Jones finally went too far for Twitter with a relatively tame rant.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:00:34 +0000
One year ago today, Equifax suffered what remains one of the largest and most impactful data breaches in U.S. history. Last September, it was revealed that the personal information of 145 million Americans, almost 700,000 UK citizens, and 19,000 Canadians was stolen by cybercriminals. This information included names, addresses, birthdays, Social Security numbers, and—in some…
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:12:11 +0000
The Department of Justice has taken its first legal action against North Korea’s cybercrimes, in a massive complaint made public Thursday.
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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:48:25 +0000
As Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg testified before Congress, some of Twitter and Facebook’s most notorious trolls and misinformation artists watched on.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 03:00:00 -0700
New regulations go into effect requiring more physical and electronic security at this health insurance company, so the company hires a chief security officer to oversee the efforts, says a pilot fish there.
“I was involved in the original security implementation on most of the systems and offered to help, but the new CSO refused our input,” fish says. “He put keycard access on the computer room and UPS room and confiscated any physical keys he could find.
“When asked what would happen if the keycard system went down, he responded that ‘mechanisms are in place,'” fish recalls.
Soon, only three people have physical keys: the CSO, chief financial officer and facilities manager.
Credit to Author: Chris Taylor| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:25:23 +0000
If one of your employees receives an email that looks like it’s from the CEO asking to send sensitive data or to make a wire transfer, could that employee spot it as a fake based on how it is written? He or she may be so concerned with pleasing the CEO that they may urgently…
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:29:00 -0700
With the arrival of “Fourth Week” patches on the last working day of August, and having had a few days to vet them, it looks as if we’re ready to release the cracklin’ Kraken.
Microsoft continues to unleash microcode patches for Meltdown and Spectre (versions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, n for n >=4). You won’t get stung by any of them, unless you specifically go looking for trouble.
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:00:47 +0000
Who says Macs don’t get viruses? If you think Windows is a virus magnet, the claim that Macs are completely immune to viruses is false. They may be less frequent and common than the Windows variety, but they do exist. But you’re not helpless against the malware onslaught. There are plenty of ways to improve…
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