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Wi-Fi versions to get names people can actually understand
2018-10-05 11:38

The high priests of Wi-Fi just made your life - and the lives of wireless network equipment vendors everywhere - a little easier.

Facebook doubles cooling off period to cash in on your FOMO
2018-10-05 10:53

Facebook has doubled its grace period because so many leavers are getting cold feet.

D-Link Patches Code Execution, XSS Flaws in Management Tool
2018-10-05 10:26

D-Link has released patches for several remote code execution and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities found by researchers in the company's Central WiFiManager access point management tool....

Man the harpoons: The KRACK-en reawakens in updated WPA2 attack
2018-10-05 10:20

Belgium, home of fine chocolate, fries-with-mayo, and Wi-Fi key reinstallation attacks The Belgian researcher who last year gave the world the KRACK attack has returned with what he says is a...

Google’s Intra app secures older Androids with encrypted DNS
2018-10-05 10:19

DNS encryption is the Next Big Thing in web encryption and Google doesn't want Android users to miss out.

Report: Chinese Spy Chip Backdoored US Defense, Tech Firms
2018-10-05 09:18

If Accurate, Bloomberg Report Would Mark a New Era of Mass Hardware CompromiseDid the Chinese government pull off one of the most secretive hardware hacks of all time? That's what information...

New Splunk IoT Solution Helps Secure ICS
2018-10-05 09:15

Splunk this week unveiled a new solution designed to help industrial organizations protect control systems, monitor and diagnose equipment, and predict downtimes. read more

Safe IT/OT integration with unidirectional security gateways
2018-10-05 08:00

The reason SCADA security is so controversial stems primarily from the intense consequences that come from a compromise in this area. In this podcast, Andrew Ginter, VP of Industrial Security at...

New infosec products of the week​: October 5, 2018
2018-10-05 08:00

Detect, investigate and act on all threats with Splunk Security solutions Splunk’s expanded suite of security solutions helps security analysts monitor, visualize, detect, investigate and act on...

Heading into October Patch Tuesday on the heels of big announcements from Microsoft
2018-10-05 06:48

October is here and Patch Tuesday is next week, followed quickly by Halloween. Don’t be scared (unless you are a Facebook user)! The winds of change are blowing this fall season, starting with...