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Cisco is warning of multiple, critical vulnerabilities in its software-defined networking for wide-area networks solutions for business users. Three critical flaws were found in Cisco smart software manager satellite, which offers businesses real-time visibility and reporting of their Cisco licenses.
NVIDIA has newly disclosed three security vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA Shield TV, which could allow denial of service, escalation of privileges and data loss. The NVIDIA Shield TV is a set-top gadget that acts as a hub for the smart home, streams PC games from a gaming PC to a TV; and allows local and online media playback and streaming.
Remember Apple's TouchID sensor, which created quite a stir way back in 2013 when the iPhone 5s came out with a home button that could also read your fingerprint? What if a court compelled you to unlock your phone with your fingerprint? In the USA, for example, would fingerprint unlock "Codes" enjoy the same Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as numeric or alphabetic lock codes? Would "Something you have" be protected under the right to silence in the same way as "Something you know"? What if your fingerprint data were stolen? Lock codes and passphrases can easily be changed if you think someone else has phished or stolen them.
Malwarebytes is the latest discovered victim of the SolarWinds hackers, the security company said - except that it wasn't targeted through the SolarWinds platform. "While Malwarebytes does not use SolarWinds, we, like many other companies were recently targeted by the same threat actor," it disclosed in a Tuesday web posting.
A recently identified malvertising campaign targeting mobile and other connected devices users makes heavy use of obfuscation and cloaking to avoid detection. Dubbed LuckyBoy, the multi-stage, tag-based campaign is focused on iOS, Android, and Xbox users.
Wherever you're heading, are you sure that your legacy data protection solution is going to keep pace? If your current enterprise backup operation is, shall we say, spotty at best, and tortuously slow at worst, how's it going to perform in the future? Come on, be honest. If you want to find out what data management should look like today, and in the future, you should really join us on January 26 at 0900 PST, for a webcast that examines How backup modernization changes the ransomware game.
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of a surge in dating app users with a sophisticated fraud scheme, which convinces victims to join in on an investment opportunity - and ultimately drains their wallets. "Interpol's Financial Crimes unit has received reports from around the world of this scam and is encouraging dating app users to be vigilant, be skeptical and be safe when entering into online relationships," according to Interpol, in a "Purple Notice" advisory sent to 194 countries.
Be we have to balance this and also not turn remote work into a world where everyone must be available 24/7. People still need to be able to shut off work as well. What we lost in the ability to meet directly with people can be a benefit in a remote world where managers and leaders - who are often the stakeholders the intelligence team needs to talk to - are able to be more efficient.
It turns out people are more concerned about being hacked compared to acts of physical violence a la being murdered or mugged, according to a recent Atlas VPN post. Overall, nearly three-quarters of respondents said they worry frequently or occasionally about having their "Personal, credit card, or financial information stolen by computer hackers," while 12% of respondents said they never worry about this scenario.