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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 12:58:00 -0700

Microsoft today asked enterprise customers to test a new anti-malware, anti-exploit technology in Windows 10’s baked-in browser.

Windows 10’s latest preview, tagged as build 16188 and released Thursday, includes Windows Defender Application Guard, a virtualization-based feature that isolates the contents of a tab in Edge, the OS’s default browser, from the rest of the system.

While Application Guard was announced in September, and went through limited testing in the months since, today marked its first appearance to all Insiders running Windows 10 Enterprise. Users must manually toggle on Application Guard from a setting dialog, then open a tab within Edge by selecting “New Application Guard Window” from the browser’s menu.

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ComputerWorld Independent

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Cybercrime group abuses Windows app compatibility feature

Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 12:00:00 -0700

When Microsoft made it possible for enterprises to quickly resolve incompatibilities between their applications and new Windows versions, it didn’t intend to help malware authors as well. Yet, this feature is now abused by cybercriminals for stealthy and persistent malware infections.

The Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure allows companies and application developers to create patches, known as shims. These consist of libraries that sit between applications and the OS and rewrite API calls and other attributes so that those programs can run well on newer versions of Windows.

Shims are temporary fixes that can make older programs work even if Microsoft changes how Windows does certain things under the hood. They can be deployed to computers through Group Policy and are loaded when the target applications start.

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Security Wired

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US Sanctions Didn’t Stop Russia’s Election Hacking—Or Even Slow It Down

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 16:07:32 +0000

The Fancy Bear group’s continued attacks on electoral campaigns shows how easily the Kremlin brushed off Obama’s sanctions. The post US Sanctions Didn’t Stop Russia’s Election Hacking—Or Even Slow It Down appeared first on WIRED.

ComputerWorld Independent

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The BlackBerry KeyOne: A surprising phone with a hardware keyboard

The BlackBerry KeyOne packs in productivity features and is worth a look if you're in the market for a new phone. It's the first time BlackBerry's iconic keyboard has been paired with Android.

ComputerWorld Independent

May 4, 2017 admin

The BlackBerry KeyOne – a surprising phone with a hardware keyboard

The BlackBerry KeyOne packs in productivity features and is worth a look if you're in the market for a new phone. It's the first time BlackBerry's iconic keyboard has been paired with Android.

Security TrendMicro

May 4, 2017 admin

Leading by Example at the HITRUST Annual Healthcare Cybersecurity Conference

Credit to Author: Blake Sutherland| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 13:00:37 +0000

If we’ve learned anything from the past year in cybersecurity, it’s that cybercriminals do not discriminate when it comes to their victims. Hospital systems have been forced to shut down for crucial periods, denying patients vital treatment as healthcare organizations struggle to contain the ransomware epidemic spreading across the globe. It’s clear from new trends…

ComputerWorld Independent

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Sneaky Gmail phishing attack fools with fake Google Docs app

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 03:51:00 -0700

Google Docs was pulled into a sneaky email phishing attack on Tuesday that was designed to trick users into giving up access to their Gmail accounts.

The phishing emails, which circulated for about three hours before Google stopped them, invited the recipient to open what appeared to be a Google Doc. The teaser was a blue box that said, “Open in Docs.”

In reality, the link led to a dummy app that asked users for permission to access their Gmail account.