Security in Microsoft Azure
In this article, we highlight some security points of interest, according to the ones explained in the book Microsoft Azure Security, by Roberto Freato.
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Researchers find a way to spy on remote screens through the Webcam mic and...
With a little help from machine learning, you might know what the people on the other end of a Hangouts session are really looking...
Microsoft’s Bing ‘back to normal’ in China
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced of its search engine, Bing, being blocked in China. However, they were unsure if it was due to China’s great...
Facebook discussions with the EU resulted in changes of its terms and services for...
Earlier this week, Facebook updated its terms and services after discussions with the European Commission and consumer protection authorities. Facebook will now clearly explain...
Xenotime, hacker group behind oil and natural gas sites are now targeting US power...
Researchers from the security firm Dragos reported on Friday that a group of hackers behind two potentially fatal intrusions in industrial facilities have expanded...
Puppet and OS Security Tools
In this article by Jason Slagle, author of the book Learning Puppet Security, covers using Puppet to manage SELinux and auditd. We learned a...
The US, UK, and Australian governments call Facebook’s end-to-end encryption plan a hindrance to...
Last week, the US, UK, and Australian governments wrote an open letter to Facebook urging it to drop end-to-end encryption from WhatsApp and halt...
Facebook hires top EEF lawyer and Facebook critic as Whatsapp privacy policy manager
Nate Cardozo, former top legal counsel at Electronic Frontier Foundation and has been hired to undertake a privacy role at Whatsapp. Cardoza, who until...
Deutsche Bank’s decade old faulty software may have stopped it from reporting suspicious transactions
On Wednesday, Germany’s biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, shared that it has found a bug in its decade old software that it has using for...
A Twitter video shows how voting machines used in 18 states can be hacked...
At the 26th Annual DEFCON Conference in Vegas last week, attendees were reminded of US election infrastructure being susceptible to ulterior motives, by an...
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