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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:32:00 -0700

With police departments and federal agencies lining up to buy technology from two companies whose products can bypass iPhone security mechanisms, experts said users concerned about privacy should use a strong passcode to help prevent unwanted access to data.

That’s also true for enterprise users with iPhones that access potentially sensitive coporate data.

Simply put, complex passcodes are always better for security, according to Phil Hochmuth, IDC’s program director for enterprise mobility. Common best practices for creating a hard-to-crack passcode includes using both upper- and lower-case characters, numbers and uncommon words.

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Security Wired

April 18, 2018 admin

‘Trustjacking’ Could Expose iPhones to Attack

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Think twice before you tell your iPhone to trust that laptop when you charge it.

Security Wired

April 18, 2018 admin

Inside the Unnerving CCleaner Supply Chain Attack

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:30:00 +0000

CCleaner owner Avast is sharing more details on the malware attackers used to infect legitimate software updates with malware.

Security Wired

April 18, 2018 admin

Ultrasonic Signals Are the Wild West of Wireless Tech

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:15:00 +0000

Inaudible signals that your phone can hear—but you can’t—are often based on ad hoc tech, which makes for risky security.

Security TrendMicro

April 18, 2018 admin

Endpoint Security Testing Matters: New NSS AEP Test Results

Credit to Author: Eric Skinner| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:05:19 +0000

NSS Labs, Inc. has just released the 2018 edition of their Advanced Endpoint Protection testing, and Trend Micro’s endpoint solutions have performed very well, resulting in a “recommended” rating. We had strong performance on “security effectiveness,” meaning that we detected and blocked threats effectively. We also had a low total cost of ownership relative to…

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 18, 2018 admin

Patches for Win10 1703 and 1607, and a brain-twisting update to the Win7 IP bug fix

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:32:00 -0700

Yesterday, the third Tuesday of the month, Microsoft dumped another big bucket of patches:

KB 4093117 brings Win10 1703 up to build 15063.1058, many miscellaneous fixes, no known issues.
KB 4093120 brings Win10 1607 to build 14393.2214, a similarly large bunch of fixes, no known issues.
KB 4093113 is the regular Monthly Rollup Preview for Win7.
KB 4093121 is the similar Monthly Rollup Preview for Win 8.1.
The Update Catalog says there’s a new version of KB 4099950, the abandoned patch for fixing the NIC/static IP bug in Win7.

There are lots of oddities in this motley collection.

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Security TrendMicro

April 17, 2018 admin

The connected workforce: The importance of protecting home and corporate networks

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 01:19:52 +0000

In an age when data breaches are occurring increasingly frequently, it’s critical that chief information security officers and other IT admins don’t disregard the risk employees’ at-home activities can pose to their business security posture.

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