A Mugshots.com Indictment, Lost Grenades, and More Security News This Week
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 13:00:00 +0000
Critical Cisco bugs, lost grenades, and more of the week’s top security news.
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A Location-Sharing Disaster Shows How Exposed You Really Are
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 11:00:00 +0000
The failures of Securus and LocationSmart to secure location data are the failures of an entire industry.
Read MoreEasy mobile security the Faraday way
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 03:00:00 -0700
Have you heard about those special bags, cases and wallets that protect your electronics from hack attacks?
It’s a signal-blocking container, basically a tinfoil hat for your gadget.
Tinfoil hats are associated with conspiracy theorists concerned about secret government mind-control programs. But when it comes to your wireless gadgets, they really are out to get you.
For example: It’s not a conspiracy theory to believe that companies you’ve never heard of are tracking your location.
In the past two weeks, we’ve learned that a company called Securus Technologies sold the real-time location data of millions of people. It got this data from another company called LocationSmart, which itself was buying the data from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.
What is blockchain technology?
Cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin has garnered most of the media coverage and hype to date, but keep your eye on blockchain – this new technology is poised to change IT in much the same way open-source software did a quarter century ago.
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 14, 2018
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 14:52:12 +0000
It’s one thing when your security solutions help protect your organization from a devastating cyberattack. It’s another thing when the company who develops your security solutions takes it to the next level to actually help catch those responsible for some of the biggest cyberattacks in the world. Earlier this week, Trend Micro disclosed the details…
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Read MoreTech Talk: As GDPR looms, companies rush to comply
Credit to Author: Ken Mingis| Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 04:00:00 -0700
For many companies, GDPR has become a four-letter acronym.
The European Union’s new General Data Protection Rule – which applies to virtually any kind of data that can be used to identify a person – goes into effect May 25. And companies around the world are rushing to make sure they’re in compliance, or at least can demonstrate that they’re hard at work trying to meet the EU demands.
GDPR is designed to protect personal privacy, (hopefully) make companies more secure from data breaches and force them to get their collective hands around all the data they collect, use and distribute.
Tech Talk: Prepping for GDPR
CSO's Michael Nadeau and Steve Ragan join Computerworld's Ken Mingis and IDG Communications' Mark Lewis to look at what the new EU privacy rules means. They offer insights on how companies can prepare – and what happens if they don't.
Patch update: Monthly Rollup previews arrive for Win7, 8.1, along with updates for Win10 1607, 1703
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 12:22:00 -0700
We just got a smattering of patches that seem to be in the “Oh yeah, we forgot” bucket. Windows 7 and 8.1 received Previews (which you should never install, of course). Win10 1607 (out of support for Home and Pro on April 10) and 1703 got the usual laundry list of minor fixes.
I bet Win10 1709 and 1803 updates will be out soon.
Here’s the roundup:
KB 4103713 – Win7 Monthly Rollup preview. Doesn’t solve the network driver uninstallation bug, but does add a new “SMB1 access auditing on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.” You have to turn on the auditing with a registry change.