Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Security firm Kryptowire recently discovered a backdoor in some budget Android phones that secretly sends information like text messages, location data, and call logs to a server in China.
Scary Beasts Security
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Overview A confluence of two risky design choices, combined with various implementation issues, makes drive-by downloads possible with Google Chrome on Fedora. In total, with the risky design choices first, the issues are: Chrome will auto download files to a user’s desktop with no confirmation. Fedora’s “tracker” software will auto crawl downloaded files to index them, including media files.
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Spinone
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. With the number of data breaches and cybersecurity attacks growing every year , it’s becoming increasingly important for businesses of any size to think seriously about their digital security policies and plans.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
You can download apps to audit your privacy, but who's to say those apps aren't a security risk themselves? Here are five tips for maintaining your privacy in the always-connected world.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
A new bill, recently passed by both parliamentary houses, requires UK ISPs to store user internet history for up to a year, and to decrypt data as needed for police investigations.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
The New York district attorney recently released a report calling for smartphone manufacturers to create operating systems that allow them to more easily access user data.
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Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Attempts to stem the quantity of data that Windows 10 gathers on users continue to this day. Here are the options available if you're uncomfortable with how much data the OS hoovers up.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
IBM and the Ponemon Institute's 2016 Cyber Resilient Organization study found that cyber resilience among enterprise organizations is dropping.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
If you're concerned about the security of your Apache server, these four tips will go a long way to keeping that system secure.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Don't let big data compliance risks take you by surprise. Here are three steps to take today to ease your big data compliance concerns.
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Akamai recently released its State of the Internet and Security Report for Q3 2016, detailing the rise of certain threats and the overall security landscape.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Intel researchers looked into how hackers steal electronic health records (EHR) databases and discovered EHR data on the Dark Web, but there's still one big unanswered question about EHR theft.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
A new vulnerability has been found to affect encrypted Debian and Ubuntu systems. Here's how to put a temporary fix on the Cryptsetup issue.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Dell recently unveiled its Dell Data Protection | Secure Lifecycle product, which protects data at-rest and in-transit, both inside and outside of the corporate network.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Key Management Interoperability Protocol is an obscure yet important 6-year-old encryption standard. Its leaders are looking for a big boost in 2017.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
The cash purchase marks Samsung's biggest move into the connected cars space yet, and will give the company new inroads in IoT and connectivity.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Russian competition authority investigates whether Windows 10 gives Microsoft an "unreasonable advantage" in the security software market.
Scary Beasts Security
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Overview A vulnerability and a separate logic error exist in the gstreamer 0.10.x player for NSF music files. Combined, they allow for very reliable exploitation and the bypass of 64-bit ASLR, DEP, etc. The reliability is provided by the presence of a turing complete “scripting” inside a music player. NSF files are music files from the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
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