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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0700

Fintech firms, software makers, telecom providers and other businesses have joined forces develop a blockchain-based network that will enable anyone to exchange digital credentials online and without the risk of unintentionally exposing any private data.

The companies are part of the Sovrin Foundation, a new nonprofit organization now developing the Sovrin Network, which could enable anyone to globally exchange pre-verified data with any entity also on the network.

The online credentials would be akin to identify information you or I might have in our physical wallets: a driver’s license, a bank debit card or a company ID.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 9, 2018 admin

A bad day with mobile 2FA

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0700

As a longtime proponent of two-factor authentication (2FA) in a mobile world, I was pained to get hit with two problems using 2FA on Thursday (April 4). But maybe the ability to publicize those two mobile-oriented problems with 2FA will do some good, if sites just pay attention.

The day started with my trying to link to an interesting mobile security story in my social feed (yes, that would shortly prove ironic). The story link wouldn’t work for me, with my browser telling me the site had redirected me too many times. It suggested that I clear out my cookies. That made little sense to me given the immediate problem, but I was overdue for a cookie cleanout anyway, so I gave it a shot.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 9, 2018 admin

This is how blockchain might solve the internet privacy problem

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0700

The online credentials would be akin to identify information you or I might have in our physical wallets: a driver’s license, a bank debit card or a company ID.

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Security Wired

April 7, 2018 admin

Facebook Messenger’s ‘Unsend’ Feature Is What Happens When You Scramble

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:46:22 +0000

It’s good that Facebook is addressing its many privacy woes, but reacting rather than planning leaves some fixes feeling half-baked.

ComputerWorld Independent

April 6, 2018 admin

Get the March patches for your Windows machines installed, but watch out for Win7

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:51:00 -0700

The quality of March’s patches set new lows, even by Windows’ tarnished standards. The Win10 patches flew fast and furious, with new Microsoft-induced bugs introduced and swatted multiple times over the month. The Word 2016 security patch demands that you first install the Word 2016 non-security patch, or Word refuses to open files. That bug hasn’t been fixed. Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2 escaped relatively unscathed. Server 2008 got a fix for its buggy patch, KB 4090450, on April 3. But Windows 7… ah, that’s a dying horse of a completely different color.

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Security Wired

April 6, 2018 admin