Security News > 2020 > May
Microsoft has announced a new security research / bug bounty program aimed at testing and improving the security of Azure Sphere, its comprehensive IoT security solution. Through the Azure Sphere Security Service, the MCU can securely connect to the cloud and web, and the service makes sure that the booted software is genuine, that OS security updates are downloaded and installed securely and automatically.
More than six years after Facebook launched its ambitious Free Basics program to bring the Internet to the masses, the social network is back at it again with a new zero-rating initiative called Discover. The service, available as a mobile web and Android app, allows users to browse the Internet using free daily data caps.
More than six years after Facebook launched its ambitious Free Basics program to bring the Internet to the masses, the social network is back at it again with a new zero-rating initiative called Discover. The service, available as a mobile web and Android app, allows users to browse the Internet using free daily data caps.
A forgotten subdomain on PricewaterhouseCoopers' dot-com has been hijacked to host ads for porno websites and apps, neatly demonstrating why you should not neglect your corporate DNS records. While PwC declined to comment, both Fedulov and El Reg were able to figure out how the subdomain was commandeered and plastered with filthy ads.
While CIOs and CISOs have a significant role in ensuring front line healthcare workers have the tools and technologies they need to treat patients, healthcare organizations must also prioritize protecting medical devices and critical infrastructure during this crisis. As healthcare organizations look to ramp up their operations to prepare for treating the victims of this disease, many are bringing on new equipment and devices to help.
Whilst we can assume that relocating to a home office will become de-facto for many people over the coming months, remote working needs "Bigger picture" thinking with respect to how organizations need to be delivering IT in the future. Remote working is only one of the areas that a modern workspace technology delivers.
People aren't protecting themselves from cybersecurity risks even though they know they should, a study on password psychology by LogMeIn reveals. Data from the survey shows that 91 percent of people know that using the same password on multiple accounts is a security risk, yet 66 percent continue to use the same password anyway.
The device people use to communicate online - a smartphone, desktop, or tablet - can affect the extent to which they are willing to overshare intimate or personal information about themselves, according to University of Pennsylvania researchers. When consumers receive an online ad that requests personal information, they are more likely to provide it when the request is received on their smartphone compared to their desktop or laptop computer.
Transport company Toll Group has been slugged by ransomware for the second time in three months. "As a result of investigations undertaken so far, we can confirm that this activity is the result of a ransomware attack. Working with IT security experts, we have identified the variant to be a relatively new form of ransomware known as Nefilim."
Sensitive data is building up on enterprise devices. There has been a 46 percent increase in the number of items of sensitive data - such as Personally Identifiable Information and Protected Health Information - identified on enterprise endpoints, compared to pre-COVID-19.