Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:21:47 +0000
A few months ago, the company disclosed that apps were siphoning data from up to 9.5 million of its users. It only found out thanks to a bug bounty submission.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:03:27 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read about Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative’s $1.5 million in awards and other noteworthy milestones in 2019. Also, learn about a crafty malware that makes you retype…
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:35:00 -0800
The latest smart home security nightmare sheds light on the risk you take each time you add another connected item to your home, office or industrial network – and even market leading brands make mistakes.
Philips Hue smart lighting systems are probably among the most widely installed smart home solutions in the world, so plenty of people deserve to learn about the latest Check Point research which warns of a major security flaw in them.
Credit to Author: Gilad Edelman| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:33:55 +0000
The nation’s first primary is proudly low-tech, but it’ll take more than paper ballots to defuse the disinformation threat.
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:55:06 +0000
After making it through a criminal investigation and political impeachment unscathed, Trump now has free rein to invite election interference and more.
Read moreCredit to Author: Sachin Bobade| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:45:22 +0000
Introduction to IoT This blog describes one of the current disruptive technologies in the market, i.e. IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The Internet of things (IoT) is the Internet of connected physical devices, vehicles, appliances and everyday objects that can collect & share information without any intervention. Due to IoT…
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:23:00 -0800
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is planning to test a blockchain-based graph database that will allow it to share documents internally as well as throughout the various branches of the Department of Defense and allied governments.
The permissioned blockchain ledger comes from a small Winston-Salem, N.C. start-up, Fluree PBC, which announced the government contract this week. Fluree is working with Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research AFWERX technology innovation program to launch a proof of concept of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) later this year.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:35:00 -0800
After a long delay, Apple is preparing to introduce iCloud Folder Sharing across both its Mac and iOS platforms. This is a big blessing for collaboration, but is it safe?
iCloud Folder Sharing was first announced at WWDC 2019, but delayed until – well, at present it is still delayed and was only recently made available inside the latest iOS and macOS developer betas. Which means it should be on the way.
Probably.
How it works?
Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:42:57 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:56:40 +0000
Five vulnerabilities in Cisco Discovery Protocol make it possible for a hacker to take over desk phones, routers, and more.
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