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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 20:16:17 +0000
Nearly three out of four federal agencies is unprepared for a cyberattack, and there’s no system in place to fix it.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 06:48:00 -0700
Have you installed iOS 11.4? Once you’d looked at AirPlay 2and Messages in iCloud, did you happen to take a look at the contents of the security updates?
If you did you’ll have been disappointed.
Apple hasn’t disclosed details concerning the security content of the new software. It hasn’t revealed anything concerning USB Restricted Mode, which apparently makes it harder for people to hack into your device.
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 18:27:53 +0000
In his new book, Facts and Fears, James Clapper describes the outrage and anxiety that pulled him back into public life and his new role as a Trump dissenter.
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 15:37:16 +0000
The island nation is considering blocking Facebook for one month in order to collect information on fake profiles, pornography, and more. But the impact could be severe.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 05:30:00 -0700
Along with key HomePod improvements, Apple also introduced Messages in iCloud with iOS 11.4. It’s a useful feature designed to store your Messages and attachments in iCloud, but enterprise users should think twice before enabling it.
I’m not saying iCloud is not secure – so long as you use a six-or more digit passcode or (better, but more awkward) an alphanumeric passcode, it’s highly secure. I’m reasonably confident a strong password, Apple’s own systems and its insistence you use two-factor authentication is enough for most of us.
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 03:49:00 -0700
Once more we have a monthly Windows/Office patch scorecard that needs a guidebook. Or two. And we just got a handful of buried warnings about problems in old patches, plus a brand new way to fry your network interface card.
Thus continues the tradition of two cumulative updates per month for all of the supported Windows 10 versions – that’s eight cumulative updates in total – in addition to bobs and weaves and a very long list of acknowledged bugs introduced by recent security patches in Windows 7.
The strange behavior of the CredSSP update – where the Patch Tuesday fixes for all versions of Windows seemed to break Remote Desktop Protocol with a strange error message: “This could be due to CredSSP encryption oracle remediation” has been resolved.
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 18:44:45 +0000
Let’s take a closer look at cryptocurrency mining, the rise of these attacks within the threat environment, and why businesses should be concerned.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 08:01:00 -0700
Apple will open up fresh opportunities for developers as it extends Near Field Communications (NFC) support in iOS to more uses.
Apple introduced support for a new NFC framework called Core NFC at WWDC 2017. Developers were pleased, but the implementations were rather limited.
Core NFC let developers build apps that read NFC tags, but only for things like visitor attractions and museum exhibitions.