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Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:07:22 +0000

Vulnerabilities found in Broadcom Wi-Fi adapter of Lenovo laptop chipsets Lenovo recently released an advisory, warning customers about two critical Broadcom vulnerabilities which impact 25 models of its popular ThinkPad lineup. The Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets used by Lenovo ThinkPad devices are affected by the CVE-2017-11120 & CVE-2017-11121 vulnerabilities. Both these issues…

Security TrendMicro

February 12, 2018 admin

How Hackers Are Leveraging Machine Learning

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:34:40 +0000

Unfortunately, like many advanced and innovative technological processes, machine learning can be leveraged for both beneficial enterprise purposes as well as malicious activity.

Security Wired

February 12, 2018 admin

Cryptojacking Found in Critical Infrastructure Systems Raises Alarms

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:09:20 +0000

Once confined to browsers, hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency has branched out to dangerous places.

Security Wired

February 12, 2018 admin

‘Olympic Destroyer’ Malware Hit Pyeongchang Ahead of Opening Ceremony

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:45:03 +0000

Researchers at Cisco Talos detail a new piece of disruptive, highly infectious malware with a clear target: the Pyeongchang Olympics IT infrastructure.

Security Wired

February 12, 2018 admin

Snapchat’s Snap Map Will Now Be Available On the Web

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000

By bringing the Snap Map out of the app and onto the web, Snap hopes to bring Snapchat to the masses like never before.

ComputerWorld Independent

February 12, 2018 admin

Get Windows Update locked down in preparation for this month’s problems

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:44:00 -0800

January 2018 will go down in history as one of the worst patching months in Microsoft’s very checkered history. That isn’t an isolated muck-up. It’s a harbinger. We had a couple of really bad months in 2017 — February and November come immediately to mind — but an unconscionable number of patches left bricked machines and busted programs in their wake.

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 12, 2018 admin

Managing open-source mobile security and privacy for activists worldwide | Salted Hash Ep 18

Nathan Freitas, who heads The Guardian Project, talks with host Steve Ragan and senior writer J.M. Porup about the group's easy-to-use secure apps, open-source software libraries, and customized mobile devices being used around the world.