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Month: July 2019

Security Sophos 

The security of machine learning

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Credit to Author: Greg Iddon| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:42:37 +0000

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are persistently in the headlines with rich debate over its next advances. Will cybercriminals further leverage machine learning to craft attacks? Can defenders build a machine learning model capable of detecting all malware? We believe machine learning is an essential and critical piece of cybersecurity, but it must be only [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/z8gcd4bDkho” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Security Sophos 

3 reasons attackers love your servers

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Credit to Author: Alex Gardner| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:23:33 +0000

37% of cyberattacks are discovered on servers, making them the most likely place to identify an attack in an organization. That’s one of the alarming stats taken from a recent Sophos survey of 2,700 IT managers around the world. But why are servers such tempting targets for hackers? 1. Servers are high value Servers often [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/A0TpuHYmgz8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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MalwareBytes Security 

Your device, your choice: AdwCleaner now detects preinstalled software

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Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:40:00 +0000

Because you, the user, should be able to decide which software ends up on your devices, Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 7.3.0 now detects preinstalled software.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Utah County to pilot blockchain-based mobile voting

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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:46:00 -0700

Utah County is the latest government entity to pilot a mobile voting application based on blockchain to allow military absentee voters and their family members living overseas to vote in an upcoming municipal primary election.

The county, which has more than a half million residents, is the third in the U.S. to partner with Tusk Philanthropies on a national effort to expand mobile voting. The pilot is a collaboration between the Utah County Elections Division, Tusk Philanthropies, the National Cybersecurity Center and Boston-based voting app developer Voatz.

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Security Sophos 

16 vulnerabilità critiche, alcune delle quali sfruttate, sono state risolte negli aggiornamenti Windows di luglio 2019

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Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:01:52 +0000

Alcuni hacker russi avrebbero sfruttato due vulnerabilità durante i loro attacchi<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/5fzmmHOt0_g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Security Sophos 

WeTransfer invia i link dei file dell’utente alle persone sbagliate

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Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 05:42:58 +0000

Questa volta tocca al popolare servizio di trasferimento file WeTransfer trovarsi in imbarazzo dopo aver ammesso di avere inviato link di file agli utenti sbagliati<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/vGhGT4tCJYw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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