Wednesday, 31 January 2018

FBI Pushes for Small Business Information Sharing

Howard S. Marshall, Deputy Assistant Director of the Cyber Division of the FBI, spoke Tuesday before the House Small Business Committee on the subject of 'Small Business Information Sharing: Combating Foreign Cyber Threats.' The purpose was to outline the FBI's role in helping small businesses defend against cyber threats.

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Remotely Exploitable Vulnerability Could Impact 300,000 Oracle PoS Systems

A vulnerability Oracle addressed in the MICROS Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminals with the January 2018 Critical Patch Update could impact more than 300,000 payment systems worldwide.

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Google Booted 700,000 Bad Apps From Its Marketplace in 2017

In 2017 Google removed apps that violated the Google Play policies because they were malicious, purposely copied a more popular app or served up inappropriate content.

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Malware Exploiting Spectre, Meltdown Flaws Emerges

Researchers have discovered more than 130 malware samples designed to exploit the recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities. While a majority of the samples appear to be in the testing phase, we could soon start seeing attacks.

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700,000 Bad Android Apps Removed From Google Play in 2017

Google took down over 700,000 Android applications from the official software marketplace last year, 70% more than were removed from the store in 2016.

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Critical Oracle Micros POS Flaw Affects Over 300,000 Payment Systems

Oracle has released a security patch update to address a critical remotely exploitable vulnerability that affects its MICROS point-of-sale (POS) business solutions for the hospitality industry. The fix has been released as part of Oracle's January 2018 update that patches a total of 238 security vulnerabilities in its various products. <!-- adsense --> According to public disclosure by


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WANTED: Actionable Information, Practical Advice

After High Profile Cyber Incidents, Actionable Information is Often Buried in an Avalanche of Hype, Buzz, and Misinformation

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New AMD Processors to Include Protections for Spectre-like Exploits

AMD’s new Zen 2 and future processors will include protections against Spectre and other similar exploits, the tech giant revealed on Tuesday as it announced its earnings for 2017.

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