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Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:05:44 +0000

Back in 2005, there were a number of us in a conference room in Austin, Texas working to determine how we would structure it, what we would name it, and how to deal with the potential backlash that would come after we announced it. What is it? I’m referring to our Zero Day Initiative. It’s…

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 23, 2018 admin

More Windows patches — and warnings about the Win10 1709 update KB 4089848

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:52:00 -0700

“Hey, Cortana.” (Pause.) “Is my PC working yet?”

It’s getting to the point that patches come flying out of Microsoft on any odd day. On most odd days, for that matter. Yesterday, Thursday, was no exception. On March 22 we saw all of these new patches:

Cumulative Updates for Win10

All three of the active versions of Win10 got cumulative updates — the second set in the past two weeks:

KB 4089848 brings 1709 (Win10 Fall Creators Update) up to Build 16299.334 – seems to have fixed the problem with the January Delta update
KB 4088891 brings 1703 (Win10 Creators Update) up to build 15063.994
KB 4088889 brings 1607 (Win10 Anniversary Update) up to build 14393.2155 – this one’s a bit surprising because 1607 is due to go off life support in a couple of weeks.

We also got Servicing Stack Updates for two of the three active versions of Win10:

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 23, 2018 admin

Blockchain to ‘radically’ transform anti-fraud, anti-money-laundering efforts

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:20:00 -0700

Blockchain could be the answer to increasingly tough anti-money laundering (AML) statutes and enterprise fraud management (EFM) requirements looming for the financial services industry.

In a report released this week by Forrester Research, blockchain’s distributed ledger technology – because it is both secure and immutable – is ideal for meeting new government requirements and serving as a trusted repository for identification purposes.

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Security TrendMicro

March 21, 2018 admin

Vulnerabilities are a Cybercriminal’s Best Friend

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:29:14 +0000

When discussions around the ways cybercriminals and hackers are able to compromise and penetrate an organization, it regularly leads to the use of exploits and exploit kits. Because all software can contain flaws and bugs, a threat actor only has to either find a new, undisclosed vulnerability (zero-day) or use the many vulnerabilities already disclosed…

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Security Wired

March 21, 2018 admin