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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

Hard drive giant Western Digital is urging users of its MyBook Live brand of network storage drives to disconnect them from the Internet, warning that malicious hackers are remotely wiping the drives using a critical flaw that can be triggered by anyone who knows the Internet address of an affected device.

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Voatz Internet Voting App Is Insecure

Schneier on Security

This paper describes the flaws in the Voatz Internet voting app: " The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain: A Security Analysis of Voatz, the First Internet Voting Application Used in U.S. Abstract: In the 2018 midterm elections, West Virginia became the first state in the U.S. Federal Elections.". News articles.

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Patch Tuesday, November 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

As per usual, most of the critical flaws — those that can be exploited by malware or miscreants without any help from users — reside in Microsoft’s Web browsers Edge and Internet Explorer.

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Patch Tuesday, October 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

The zero-day bug — CVE-2018-8453 — affects Windows versions 7, 8.1, Another vulnerability patched on Tuesday — CVE-2018-8423 — was publicly disclosed last month along with sample exploit code. 10 and Server 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019.

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2018 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar

Troy Hunt

The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2018 editorial calendar. 29: World Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay. The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days can inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively.

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Get ready for security in the age of the Extended Internet of Things, says Claroty

Tech Republic Security

ICS vulnerability disclosures have grown by 110% since 2018, which Claroty said suggests more types of operational technologies are coming online and presenting soft targets. The post Get ready for security in the age of the Extended Internet of Things, says Claroty appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Q&A: Here’s how Google’s labeling HTTP websites “Not Secure” will strengthen the Internet

The Last Watchdog

In a move to blanket the Internet with encrypted website traffic, Google is moving forward with its insistence that straggling website publishers adopt HTTPS Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). W3Techs’ June 2018 survey shows that 35 percent of the top 10 million websites have adopted it. Related: How PKI can secure IoT.

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