Collaborate Disseminate
David Bisson explains how Opera users can clear their caches, browsing history, and cookies for better privacy.
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Tripwire is so excited for everything it has planned for Infosecurity Europe 2017. In particular, it’s really looking forward to all the speakers it has lined up for the conference. Here are eight talks in particular that attendees to this year’s event won’t want to miss! Assessing Your AWS Cloud with Tripwire Speaker: Ben Layer, […]… Read More
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A malware campaign on Google Play has victimized as many as 36.5 million Android users with adware known as “Judy.”
David Bisson reports.
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A law firm lost more than £100,000 to a business email compromise (BEC) scam around the same time that a serial fraudster received a prison sentence. The law firm in question helped orchestrate the sale of property owned by three individuals, who asked to receive their share of the sales money separately. On the date […]… Read More
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Hundreds of millions of Americans rely on community water systems for their daily supply of water. But these public services aren’t guaranteed. On the one hand, the United States’ water infrastructure is in desperate need of an overhaul. In 2012, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) said it would cost over one trillion dollars over […]… Read More
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A series of “vulnerabilities and design shortcomings” in the Android user interface sets the stage for a new class of attacks called “Cloak and Dagger.”
David Bisson reports.
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It’s imperative that organizations protect their industrial control systems (ICS) against intentional and accidental security threats. As I discussed in a previous article, that effort begins with understanding the potential threats confronting their network. Organizations can then leverage that information to create a digital security strategy, or a plan that hopefully protects assets that are […]… Read More
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It’s imperative that organizations protect their industrial control systems (ICS) against intentional and accidental security threats. As I discussed in a previous article, that effort begins with understanding the potential threats confronting their network. Organizations can then leverage that information to create a digital security strategy, or a plan that hopefully protects assets that are […]… Read More
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Samba network filesystem administrators are being urged to patch a seven-year-old remote execution vulnerability as soon as possible.
David Bisson reports.
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Five hospitals in the Australian state of Queensland have suffered IT outages after a botched attempt to patch their systems against ransomware. On 25 May, Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick provided some details to The Courier-Mail about the failures: “Over the course of that weekend as part of protecting our systems from cyber-attack, a series […]… Read More
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