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Some of the largest companies in the U.S. have been targets of hackers, including Yahoo, JP Morgan Chase and TJX. Watch as we detail the top 15 breaches and their overall impact on customers or employees.
Credit to Author: Ken Mingis, Fahmida Y. Rashid| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:00:00 -0700
Sometimes, how you say something can be as important as what you say — especially when’s there been a cyberattack and law enforcement officials are trying to figure out who you are.
That’s what CSO senior writer Fahmida Rashid found when she looked into how cybersecurity firms go about tracking down the bad actors behind malware campaigns. While linguistics may not be the first thing companies worry about when trying to protect — or retrieve access to — their data, it can help pinpoint an attack’s origin, Rashid told Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis.
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When it comes to tracking down the bad actors behind malware and ransomware, cybersecurity firms are turning to linguists.
Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:02:19 +0000
The conservative defense of Donald Trump Jr. misses the point.
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Credit to Author: Ashley Feinberg| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:46:23 +0000
As details around Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya become clearer, a look at the man who brokered it, and his ties to the Trumps.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eva Chen| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:21:52 +0000
Right now, we’re living through a period of almost unprecedented technological change. It can be easy sometimes to get caught up in the excitement of this change and miss the bigger picture; the wider themes that tie our past to our future. That’s why at Trend Micro we’re proud to have been able to execute…
Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:05:00 -0700
Apple still has not patched the hole allowing you to bypass the iPhone lock screen. As of iOS 10.3.2 (and the 10.3.3 beta), you can still trick Siri into getting into a person’s iPhone.
It works like this:
Siri will then open the cellular data settings where you can turn off cellular data.
Anyone can do this—it doesn’t have to be the person who “trained” Siri.
By also turning off Wi-Fi, you cut off her connectivity access. You will get an error saying, “Siri not available. You are not connected to the internet.” But you don’t care about that error because you have already bypassed the iPhone lock screen.
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:01:00 -0700
The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger project announced today the availability of Fabric 1.0, a collaboration tool for building blockchain distributed ledger business networks such as smart contract technology.
The Hyperledger project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, said the Hyperledger Fabric framework can be a foundation for developing blockchain applications, products or customized business solutions
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