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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 28th of April 2019 10:06:31 AM Filed under
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  • Marcus Hutchins Stopped a Global Cyberattack. Now He Deserves a Pardon.

    In May 2017, a cyberattack called WannaCry infected hundreds of thousands of [Windows] computers across 150 countries. Among the victims: FedEx, the French carmaker Renault, the Russian Interior Ministry and Britain’s National Health Service. The effect on the health service was particularly devastating: ambulances were diverted, patient records were inaccessible, surgical procedures were canceled, telephone calls could not be received.

    In the midst of all of this, Marcus Hutchins, then a 22-year-old British security researcher, stumbled upon a “kill switch” in the WannaCry code — and slammed the brakes on a global crisis. “The kill switch is why the U.S. hasn’t been touched so far,” one expert told The Times then.

  • Here’s how Internet of Things malware is undermining privacy

    A more general problem is that once an attacker is inside a home network, whether through vulnerabilities in a router or a camera, for example, it is possible that other IoT devices on it will be open to attack. Sometimes devices are abused not by external actors that have by-passed security measures, but by the very people who installed them. For example, the F-Secure report mentions how IoT devices are increasingly being used against victims of domestic abuse. The New York Times reported on this worrying trend last year, noting that “Abusers – using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the internet-enabled devices – would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to intimidate and confuse.”

    Even though poor security and abuse of IoT systems are a serious and growing problem, legal remedies are slow in coming. One of the most forward-looking moves comes from the UK government. Last October it released a Code of Practice for consumer IoT security, which contains a number of important ideas, notably that the security of personal data should be protected. But the Code of Practice is purely voluntary, which means that its impact will be limited.

  • Windows 10 updates - One small step for man, one big ...

    You may feel this article is all over the place - but it's not. It's a culmination of about four years of a process that ended up being rather superfluous. Automatic - and forced - updates did not yield better quality, stability or security to Microsoft Windows users, something the vendor has acknowledged and is gradually rolling the clock back from agile to awesome. In this regard, there are almost no documented cases where giant corporations admitted mistakes and managed to steer themselves to a different track. So this is hugely important, no matter what you think or feel about Microsoft.

    That said, there's still a lot more to be done to regain the legendary quality of yore - and also restore the user trust. Updates are a first step on that journey. For me, the end will have been achieved when I realize I need not make any changes to the system defaults ever again. And if Microsoft plays their card right, they can win big here. Because mobile systems are all about being closed and locked with little to no user control, so Microsoft has the opportunity to do the opposite. We're not there yet, the hope is strong, the perils high. But for now, as far as Windows Updates are concerned, it's a step in the right direction. One small step for man one giant leap for ... whatever.

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