Addressing security concerns around connected ecosystems
The convergence of IoT applications with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Big Data, and context-aware computing could help address current security concerns around connected ecosystems. Pervasive security through context-aware access control is one of the future areas currently being explored by developers.
iPhone X gets facial authentication, is the enterprise next?
This week, Apple debuted the iPhone X which kills the Touch ID fingerprint scanner in favor of a 3D facial scanning technology called FaceID. Soon, iPhone users will depend on face recognition in order to check email, send a text or call a friend. Here’s an excerpt from The Verge’s initial iPhone X review:
Organizations are uncovering a cloud security paradox
The characteristics of modern applications in the cloud are changing, requiring software and IT architects to shift priorities. Businesses of all sizes are transforming in order to compete in the digital era, but are bogged down by legacy technologies and inefficient siloed processes and tools that are ill-equipped to handle today’s volume of data.
Google Patches 81 Android Vulnerabilities With September 2017 Updates
A total of 81 security vulnerabilities have been addressed in this month’s set of security patches for the Android platform. 13 of the flaws were rated Critical severity. The security bulletin has two security patch levels, each focused on addressing vulnerabilities in specific components. The 2017-09-01 security patch level fixes a total of 30 vulnerabilities, 10 of…
How hackers have improved their BEC attack methods
Email is increasingly an integral part of global life, but business email compromise (BEC) attacks could place these communications at risk. Research by The Radicati Group found that 2.9 billion people worldwide will be using email portals by 2019. Each business user will send 126 messages daily by that time, compared to 122 emails sent and…
ROPEMAKER Attack Turns Benign Emails Hostile Post-Delivery
Just because an email is secure when it arrives in your inbox doesn’t mean that it cannot be maliciously modified later. The intersection of email and Web technologies in recent years has given attackers a way to undermine the security and non-repudiation of email, including those that are signed using PGP or SMIME, security vendor…
MindPoint Group and Trend Micro Help Secure NASA’s Successful Journey to the AWS Cloud
For decades NASA has launched countless successful explorations into space, but just recently took on the mission of launching their data into the cloud, similarly to many other organizations today. With the help of MindPoint Group using Trend Micro Deep Security, powered by XGen™, this was yet another successful launch for the organization’s repertoire.
Take a vacation—just not from cybersecurity best practices!
It was the end of my first day of vacation, a spectacular day spent riding the cable cars and hiking in the mountains near Chamonix, France. I’ll admit it: I felt the urge to share some vacation pics via Facebook. After all, I’d spent most of the summer following my friends as they posted their…
Hacking smartphones with malicious replacement parts
Smartphone users can now add a new entry to the list of things they need to worry about: their phones being compromised via replacement parts. A group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has demonstrated that hardware replacements – e.g. touchscreens, NFC readers, wireless charging controllers, and so on – can be equipped…
HBO hackers threaten to leak final episode of Game of Thrones Season 7
The attackers responsible for hacking HBO warned that they are about to leak this year’s final episode of Game of Thrones. You may have to dodge and weave as you navigate the web if you don’t want to know what happens in the final episode. (No worries; no spoilers here.) The hacking group behind the…