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Credit to Author: Tim Greene| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:20:00 -0700

BOSTON — Blockchain can help secure medical devices and improve patient privacy, but the key is proper implementation, according to a top security pro at Partners Healthcare.

The downsides would include mistrust of the technology because of blockchain’s potential performance problems, and its association with ransomware and use as payment for illegal items on the Dark Web, Partners’ Deputy CISO Esmond Kane told the SecureWorld audience last week in Boston.

On the other hand, the decentralized, encrypted public ledger could have a wealth of applications in healthcare, Kane says. These include streamlining the resolution of insurance claims, management of internet of things medical devices and providing granular privacy settings for personal medical data.

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 27, 2017 admin

iPad bomb plot allegedly led to electronic device ban on flights

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:58:00 -0700

A plot allegedly involving an iPad bomb was one of the factors which sparked US and UK restrictions on bringing electronic devices larger than a smartphone into the passenger cabin of flights traveling from the Middle East.

It’s unclear if the alleged bomb was inside an iPad knockoff or used an iPad shell, but the tablet filled with explosives was not in itself enough to trigger the electronic device ban. An unnamed source told The Guardian that the US and UK bans “were not the result of a single specific incident but a combination of factors.”

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Kaspersky Security

March 27, 2017 admin

A Caribbean cyber-summit: Gotta love it

Credit to Author: Eugene Kaspersky| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:58:44 +0000

This year’s SAS: no shortage of the world’s top cybersecurity experts who’ll be telling all sorts of scary stories about who’s been hacked, where, and how, and what needs to be done in response.

Security Wired

March 27, 2017 admin

The Eternal Search for a Gun That Doesn’t Kill

Credit to Author: Robin Washington| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:00:25 +0000

Even amid controversy over effectiveness and dangers, the spring-loaded electrified Taser remains pretty much the only option. The post The Eternal Search for a Gun That Doesn’t Kill appeared first on WIRED.

ComputerWorld Independent

March 27, 2017 admin

IDG Contributor Network: Saks self-leaked customer data unencrypted, violating multiple rules

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 04:00:00 -0700

With so many retailers being impacted by cyber attacks, it’s easy to conclude that thieves are necessary for data breaches. Not necessarily. Saks last week made clear that it can breach itself quite efficiently.

That revelation comes courtesy of Buzzfeed News, which visited the site and noticed private data about quite a few fellow site visitors and shoppers.

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 27, 2017 admin

UK official wants police access to WhatsApp messages

Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 03:26:00 -0700

A senior U.K. official is asking that law enforcement be given access to encrypted messages on WhatsApp and similar services, a demand that is likely to fuel an ongoing debate over whether companies should create backdoors into their encryption technologies for investigators.

Khalid Masood, the terrorist who killed four people outside Parliament on Wednesday, had sent a message on WhatsApp shortly before the attack, according to reports.

“We need to make sure that organizations like WhatsApp, and there are plenty of others like that, don’t provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other,” Home Secretary Amber Rudd said on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.

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Security Wired

March 26, 2017 admin

How to Protect Your iCloud Account, Juuust in Case Those Hackers Aren’t Joking

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:00:55 +0000

Hackers claim that they’ll wipe out hundreds of millions of iCloud accounts on April 7. Apple says there’s no breach. Here’s what to do in the meantime. The post How to Protect Your iCloud Account, Juuust in Case Those Hackers Aren’t Joking appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

March 25, 2017 admin

Security News This Week: FedEx Offered Customers Five Bucks to Re-Install Flash

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:36 +0000

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: FedEx Offered Customers Five Bucks to Re-Install Flash appeared first on WIRED.