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January 23, 2019

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Why one of America’s top experts thinks election security is improving

Voting machines and elections in general are still vulnerable to hacking, says Matt Blaze, but adoption of risk-limiting audits and software independence gives hope for improvement. Read more ▶

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Center for Internet Security releases Microsoft 365 benchmarks

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12 famous passwords used through the ages

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The clean desk test

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I can get and crack your password hashes from email

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Temporary micropatch available for zero-day Windows exploit

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Data from smartwatch provided ‘key evidence’ against hitman

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EMA Megatrends in Cyber-Security

Join leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) for a webinar that will reveal the current state of enterprise security readiness within the context of security management tools, issues, and practices. Read more ▶

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Center for Internet Security releases Microsoft 365 benchmarks

Follow the guidance in this CIS document to configure Microsoft 365 security settings to the level that suits your organization. Read more ▶

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12 famous passwords used through the ages

Passwords seem like a recent thing, but they've been in use for a long time. Here are a dozen of the more memorable ones. Read more ▶

 
 
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The clean desk test

Ten ways a messy desk puts confidential information at risk. Read more ▶

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I can get and crack your password hashes from email

Malicious hackers can use a simple trick to get your Windows computer to authenticate to a remote server that captures your password hash — just by sending you an email. Take these steps to test for the vulnerability. Read more ▶

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Temporary micropatch available for zero-day Windows exploit

A publicly disclosed Windows zero-day vulnerability could allow attackers to take full control of systems once they compromise a low-privilege account. Here's a fix. Read more ▶

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Data from smartwatch provided ‘key evidence’ against hitman

Police used data from a Garmin GPS watch to help get a man convicted for killing a crime boss known as Mr. Big. Read more ▶

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As the fastest path to a modern data center, hyper-converged infrastructure is the hero program under the IT Transformation campaign. Read more ▶

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