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Windows Hello fingerprint authentication can be bypassed on popular laptops

Malwarebytes

Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked the researchers to evaluate the security of the top three fingerprint sensors embedded in laptops. If you like to read the full technical details, we happily refer you to the Blackwing researcher’s blog: A TOUCH OF PWN – PART I.

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Google takes a bold step toward securing your Gmail, but not without many complaints

CyberSecurity Insiders

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Many people still use poor passwords, and security questions are simply not good enough, as most people choose answers that are easily discovered through a simple social media search. As security professionals, we no longer need to explain that part.

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Top Trending CVEs of May 2023

NopSec

May was a rather quiet month for security research, but an excellent write up filtered to the masses from the Pwn2own 2023 conference held in Vancouver, B.C. Finally, it wouldn’t be a worthy blog post if we didn’t include a nugget from patch Tuesday. tar file manipulation. tar file manipulation.

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Top 7 Data Security Practices for the Workplace

Identity IQ

Top 7 Data Security Practices for the Workplace IdentityIQ As businesses become increasingly reliant on technology, protecting sensitive information is more important than ever. Data breaches and cyberattacks can result in costly consequences, making strong data security practices essential. Financial security. Job security.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 227

Security Affairs

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Boffins hacked Siemens Simatic S7, most secure controllers in the industry. Once again thank you!

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Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2018 Trip Report

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Every June, Gartner hosts a terrific security conference near Washington, D.C. called Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. This event is focused on the needs of senior IT and security professionals, such as CISOs, chief risk officers, architects, IAM and network security leaders. The keyboard of course!

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Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

Security Affairs

In an ideal world, all of the security controls are applied and all of the debugging tools are removed or disabled before the code is released to the public. ” These are very powerful functions for debugging tools, and also useful for executing malicious code without being trapped by the usual security controls.