Security Leftovers (Windows at Fault)
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The beginning of the end of the password [iopkh: marketeering of proprietary gimmicks, devoid of actual information]
Last year — alongside FIDO Alliance, Apple and Microsoft — we announced we would begin work to support passkeys on our platform as an easier and more secure alternative to passwords. And today, ahead of World Password Day, we’ve begun rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. They’ll be an additional option that people can use to sign in, alongside passwords, 2-Step Verification (2SV), etc.
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Give NotPetya-hit Merck that $1.4B, appeals court tells insurers [iophk: Windows TCO]
A New Jersey appellate court this week upheld [PDF] an earlier decision that a group of insurers could not use the war exclusion in their insurance policies — despite the US and UK governments, among others others, attributing NotPetya to Kremlin-backed fiends — because the attack against Merck wasn't specifically linked to Russian military action.
The ruling means Merck may finally claim its $1.4 billion payout. And it's likely going to make it more difficult for insurance companies to use war as an excuse to not pay losses related to cyberattacks, according to industry watchers.
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Ransomware Attack Affects Dallas Police, Court Websites [iophk: Windows TCO]
Dallas was hit with a computer ransomware attack Wednesday that brought down its Police Department and City Hall websites and caused some jury trials to be canceled, officials said.
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City of Dallas impacted by ransomware attack [iophk: Windows TCO]
The City of Dallas is dealing with a ransomware attack that has infected its servers, limiting the delivery of City service.
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[Crackers] hijacked a university's emergency system to threaten students and faculty [iophk: Windows TCO]
Bluefield University, a small, private university on the border of Virginia and West Virginia, is among the long and growing list of U.S. institutions hit by ransomware [crackers], who break into computer systems to then encrypt or threaten to leak files if they are not paid. The school learned of the cyberattack on their systems on Sunday, a Bluefield University spokesperson told NBC News.
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Colleges and schools across US dealing with ransomware incidents, cyberattacks [iophk Windows TCO]
Bluefield University — a private Baptist school in Bluefield, Virginia serving about 1,000 students – published a statement on Sunday announcing that their systems “have been shut down for an unknown period of time due to a recent cybersecurity attack.” Two hours away across the border in West Virginia, BridgeValley Community and Technical College said it continued to deal with a ransomware attack that is now believed to be the work of the Akira cybercrime gang.
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US educational system hit with deluge of cyberattacks [iophk: Windows TCO]
Ransomware attacks against K-12 districts across the U.S. have reached at least 22, while attacks against universities and colleges have totaled at least 27 so far this year, said Emsisoft ransomware expert Brett Callow.