Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Apple to Store Encryption Keys in China

Apple is bowing to pressure from the Chinese government and storing encryption keys in China. While I would prefer it if it would take a stand against China, I really can't blame it for putting its business model ahead of its desires for customer privacy.

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NXP Integrates Layerscape Family of Arm-based Processors with Microsoft Azure IoT for Secure Edge Computing

NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI), a worldwide leader in advanced secure connectivity solutions, today announced that its NXP Layerscape System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms are integrated with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. The result is that developers can easily create a variety of ready-to-use applications within the rich framework provided by … Continue reading "NXP Integrates Layerscape Family of Arm-based Processors with Microsoft Azure IoT for Secure Edge Computing"

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Business Email Compromise: The Secret Billion Dollar Threat

BEC, or Business Email Compromise, is a contemporary twist on a staple scam. Often in the shadow of the more extravagant, media-friendly super-hacks or ransomware compromises, Business Email Compromise is leading the line on both the number of attack victims AND the direct losses encountered by businesses. Although not as en vogue as other ‘nouveau’ […]… Read More

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A Guide to PCI DSS Merchant Levels and Penetration Testing

In order to distinguish the sizes of merchant companies and appropriately determine the level of testing required, the founding credit card companies created four different brackets ranging from Tier 1 to 4. Each tier is based on the number of transactions processed per year by the merchant and also dictates the testing a merchant must […]… Read More

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The user awareness landscape

Overall, technologies can be pretty straightforward to secure. Teach software not to execute a certain command, block a port, or alert on a set of conditions, and it will abide. Humans, on the other hand are not as easy to harden against attacks. These attacks are frequently delivered through emails, text messages, social media, or […]

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How to Create an Effective Incident Response Plan

Introduction An organization’s incident response plan (IRP) should be their first line of defense against attacks and threats. IRPs are manuals that describe how organizations detect and limit the...

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Computer Forensics: The Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) Certification

Introduction In today’s Cyber security world, the ability to conduct a proper forensics investigation at the scene of a crime is of utmost importance. It takes a highly qualified individual to...

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