Professors from universities in China and the US are warning about the impending danger of “transduction attacks” on sensors deployed with everyday devices. The term “transduction attack” has two meanings. First, the term “transducer” is another word for “sensor,” meaning a device that converts variations in a physical quantity, such as pressure or brightness, into an electrical signal, or vice versa. Second, “transduction” is a...
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A new global study from IBM Security examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, found that people now prioritize security over convenience when logging into applications and devices. Authentication methods perceived as most secure (global perspective) Generational differences also emerged showing that younger adults are putting less care into traditional password hygiene, yet are more likely to use biometrics, multifactor authentication and password managers to improve their...
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Report reveals significant changes in cybercriminal methodology, including: Ransomware was the tool of choice for cybercriminals in 2017 and ransomware attacks increased up to 10 times 2017 saw a massive increase in the malicious use of cryptominers with Malwarebytes blocking an average of 8 million drive-by mining attempts per day Cybercriminals increased their usage of banking Trojans and hijackers to steal data from businesses SANTA CLARA,...
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One of Norway’s largest healthcare providers,Health South-East RHF (translated), has become the victim of a data breach that may have exposed sensitive data from half the country’s population. This amounts to about 2.5 million people. For comparison in the U.S. the Equifax data breach exposed around half the country’s sensitive data to hackers who claimed it was easy. Despite the size of the breach, the healthcare...
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Lenovo has issued security updates for a fingerprint scanner app it shipped with ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinkStation machines. Fingerprint Manager Pro is an application developed by Lenovo that allows users to log into Windows machines and online websites by scanning one of their fingerprints using the fingerprint scanner embedded in selected Lenovo products. “A vulnerability has been identified in Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro,” said Lenovo...
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