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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 05:02:00 -0700

Time for the final August patching shoe to drop.

Late last night Microsoft released a flurry of patches, posting them on the Microsoft Update Catalog. Some are available through Windows Update, some aren’t.

As of early Friday morning, the Win10 patches are not available through WSUS, the update server service. It’s not clear if that’s a mistake, a hesitation — or if somebody just went home last night and forgot.

Let’s hear it for patching predictability. And transparency.

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ComputerWorld Independent

August 31, 2018 admin

You've got malware!

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 03:00:00 -0700

Flashback to the early 2000s, when this non-IT pilot fish works in a building where the level of computer literacy is hovering near absolute zero.

“I was the only person in my department who had any computer skills at all,” fish grumbles.

“One day we all got an email notice from management about a virus that was going around, spread by email. We were warned about clicking links and opening pages and all the other standard warnings.”

Fish suspects that most people in the department will just delete the warning, since they don’t use their computers for anything but the bare minimum required by company business — and they barely understand even that.

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ScadaICS Schneider

August 30, 2018 admin

Modbus Security – New Protocol to Improve Control System Security

Credit to Author: Daniel Desruisseaux| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:55:46 +0000

In August of 2018, Modbus.org published the Modbus Security protocol. The use of secure protocols is a fundamental component in efforts to secure Industrial Control System (ICS) traffic. Secure protocols… Read more »

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Security Wired

August 29, 2018 admin

3-D Printed Gun Blueprints Are Back, and Only New Laws Can Stop Them

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:25:59 +0000

Despite an injunction against sharing the plans online, Cody Wilson is now selling the blueprints directly.

Security Wired

August 29, 2018 admin

The Fight Over California’s Privacy Bill Has Only Just Begun

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:27:57 +0000

The tech industry lobby has made it clear that they want changes to California’s sweeping privacy protections—and they’ve got plenty of time left to get them made.

Security Wired

August 29, 2018 admin

Android Devices Can Be Exploited With Decades Old-Telephone Tech

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000

So-called Attention commands date back to the 80s, but they can enable some very modern-day smartphone hacks.

ComputerWorld Independent

August 28, 2018 admin

University-customized Alexa devices will answer students’ questions

Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:17:00 -0700

Saint Louis University (SLU) has rolled out 2,300 Alexa-powered Echo Dot virtual assistants to all of its student living spaces to provide answers to university-related queries about events, speakers on campus and more.

The university also plans to extend use of the artificial intelligence assistant into classrooms and meeting rooms in future and aims to use the technology to support workplace productivity for its faculty staff, according to CIO, David Hakanson.

Students arriving at SLU this month can access a custom skill that answers questions relating to university services, such as “When does the library open?” or “Where is the registrar’s office?”

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QuickHeal Security

August 28, 2018 admin

A new ransomware campaign in the wild,Ryuk!!

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:07:23 +0000

Recently, Quick Heal Security Labs observed a new destructive ransomware named ‘Ryuk. Ransomware’. This ransomware campaign has already affected many users worldwide and seems to be a spear phishing attack. The compelling thing, it encrypts victim files without appending any extension but making files unreadable. Ryuk uses robust military algorithms…