In a recent security assessment of ten smartwatches and their iOS and Android companion applications, every single watch had at least one significant security flaw, according to a new report from HP Fortify.One common problem was that the data that …
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According to a new survey of Black Hat attendees released last week, InfoSec professionals are spending the biggest amount of their time and budgets on security problems created within the organization itself.
Security vulnerabilities introduced by…
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the digital world’s top watchdog when it comes to privacy and free expression.But while cops and firefighters are often ready to retire after 25 years on the job, protecting citizens, the EFF has a full agenda a…
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The comment period on a proposed set of software export restrictions ends next Monday, and the rules, as written, would severely restrict international sales, deployment, research and even discussion of cybersecurity tools and exploits, experts say….
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Symantec has identified a group of cybercriminals, whom they’ve named “Morpho,” as targeting corporate intellectual property for financial gains, with Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft among those hit.”Attackers going after intellectual propert…
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Enterprises are still heavily dependent on Windows Server 2003 even though there were plenty of warnings that support is coming to an end on July 14 — and this opens them up to security, compliance and operational risks.According to a June report c…
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According to new recommendations by an IEEE study group, the Wi-Fi protocol needs to be updated to use randomly generated addresses for better security and privacy.Today, the 802.11 Wi-Fi standards are designed so that each mobile device gets its ow…
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Mobile payments – using your phone instead of a credit card to make purchases at retail locations – has not taken off. Yet.
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Up to a year ago, most phishing emails were all about tricking users into clicking on malicious links that led to malware downloads. Starting last fall, however, the use of attachments increased eight-fold, and that increase has persisted to this da…
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The good news about cyber criminals who go in for extortion is that they also tend to be liars. The bad news — they’re extremely difficult to catch.Wade Woolwine, manager of strategic services at Rapid7, has dealt with his share of blackmailers who…
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Modern-day criminals are still following Willie Sutton’s example of going after banks “because there’s where the money is.”According to a new report from Websense Security Labs, the average number of attacks against financial services institutions i…
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I’m starting to see signs for Apple Pay and Google Wallet everywhere I go. Google just announced its Android Pay platform and deals with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to pre-install it on Android phones. Samsung is gearing up for its own payment sy…
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OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its Web site had to be manually re-entered into a variety of back-end systems before they went into effect.
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In an attempt to reduce online credit-card fraud, Visa U.S.A. in San Francisco announced 10 “commandments” for online merchants to guard its cardholders’ information. And, next week, Visa will follow up by releasing the details of a broad online security program.
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A hacker doesn’t have to break into a bank’s computer to steal account numbers and access codes. It may be enough to set up a “spoof” Web site that closely mimics a real bank’s, according to a warning issued last week by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Some customers have provided
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