News - Results from #8541

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 18 March 2018; Hits: 674

Finding the path to a secure Internet of Things (IoT) is like the old joke about a tourist asking for directions, according to Tom Uren. "Well if I were you, I wouldn't start from here."

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: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 18 March 2018; Hits: 662

When the blockbuster twin security exploits ^[1] known as Meltdown and Spectre appeared in early 2018, Mozilla was among the first to respond, retroactively changing several behaviors of Firefox ^[2] to help prevent them.

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: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 18 March 2018; Hits: 658

Is blockchain -- the network of global online ledgers -- really secure? Its proponents say yes, as it assigns transactions or smart contracts to an immutable ledger, verifiable by multiple parties. However, a recently published paper calls out...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 17 March 2018; Hits: 854

(Image: file photo) A data analytics company that helped propel Donald Trump to election victory harvested private information from 50 million Facebook profiles without their permission.

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The story exploded over the weekend after Facebook

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 17 March 2018; Hits: 659

Cambridge Analytica, a data analysis firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 campaign, and its related company, Strategic Communications Laboratories, pilfered data on 50 million Facebook users and secretly kept it, according to two reports in

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: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 17 March 2018; Hits: 965

Arguably the biggest news in security this week was also the strangest; a company barely a year old announced a series of AMD vulnerabilities ^[1], giving the chip company only a day or so advance...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 17 March 2018; Hits: 692

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I don't normally take a look at Kickstarter products, but in a moment of weakness when I was approached by the Energen team to take a look at the DroneMax 360, I decided to give it a...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 17 March 2018; Hits: 866

With businesses fumbling, Singapore must take more care in data aspirations

With businesses capturing more data about their customers, Singapore needs to reassess its guidelines and codes of conduct for the industry to ensure personal information is used responsibly and securely.

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Pointing to the data "gold rush", Rajnesh

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 17 March 2018; Hits: 693

Take a look back at the biggest open source headlines of the past two weeks.

Synaptic Web News

The sad old-but-true joke of IoT security

Meltdown, Spectre, and the Costs of Unchecked Innovation

9 reasons to be cautious with blockchain

Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested data on 50 million Facebook profiles to help target voters

Trump Campaign Data Consultants Cambridge Analytica Took 50 Million Facebook Users' Data

Security News This Week: A Smartphone Botnet Army Keeps Growing Stronger

DroneMax 360 hands-on: A portable power station that does it all

Singapore industry needs stronger codes of conduct as consumer data gains value

Open source news roundup for March 15, 2018