Windows
10 announced. I am really
impressed by the preview
that I have running.
PLEASE check your Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email program for updates.
FF needs to be at least at version 32.1.2 and TB at version 31.1.2
A really serious bug in some common, standard encryption code was updated.
Shellshock bug in Linux/Unix:
At first I assumed the worst, we’d have to buy new routers. But home routers are not at risk!
We do not have to worry about Android or Apple phones from this - so far at least and if we use common sense.
PLEASE check your Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email program for updates.
FF needs to be at least at version 32.1.2 and TB at version 31.1.2
A really serious bug in some common, standard encryption code was updated.
Shellshock bug in Linux/Unix:
At first I assumed the worst, we’d have to buy new routers. But home routers are not at risk!
We do not have to worry about Android or Apple phones from this - so far at least and if we use common sense.
If you have a cloud-enabled NAS device you are potentially at risk. Switch off remote access until the manufacturer releases updated software.
Mostly enterprise systems running Linux or Unix are at risk.
It is a good idea to check your home router for firmware updates anyway.
For-Pay
Windows maintenance tools worthless
Home Depot got stripped of 56 million customers credit card data
Home Depot got stripped of 56 million customers credit card data
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It ignored security warnings from staff
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It failed to update Symantec Anti Virus since 2007
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It did not consistently monitor its network for signs of attack
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It failed to properly audit its eventually-hacked payment terminals
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It's executives reportedly told pleading staff that "we sell hammers"
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Former unnamed HD security staff were so concerned of the poor state of IT systems that they warned friends to 'use cash' instead of credit cards.
Have these banks been as sloppy as Home Depot? See above.
As I repeatedly have said: Management, management, management.
Can
your account be pwned?
Check on Have
I been pwned? Well, HD and Chase cases probably not yet included.
Why
do people create virus programs? MONEY!
CryptoWall alone cashed over six months more than $1.1 million
CryptoWall alone cashed over six months more than $1.1 million
Apple Mac security
programs: Only three of 18 very good, a few good. Fuhgetabout the
rest. 17,000 Macs in just one botnet.
Marriott fined $600k for JAMMING guests' Wi-Fi hotspots
Posh hostel borked guests' networks to sell their pricey WiFi
Marriott fined $600k for JAMMING guests' Wi-Fi hotspots
Posh hostel borked guests' networks to sell their pricey WiFi
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