Security: Minnesota, Equifax, Virginia, Kaspersky, F-35
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The seven secrets of offensive cyber security
One of the leading exponents of the method is Gary Miliefsky, the CEO of breach prevention firm SnoopWall and a founding member of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
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Hackers {sic} can remotely access and manipulate wireless syringe infusion pumps
The US Industrial Control Systems (ICS) CERT has issued out an alert, which details that Medfusion 4000 wireless syringe infusion pumps, manufactured by Smiths Medical was found riddled with not one or two, but eight vulnerabilities.
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Popular Minnesota state park hit with malicious malware, warns visitors to check their credit cards [iophk: "Windows TCO"]
The popular Tettegouche State Park on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota said its computer systems have been infected with malware, authorities confirmed on Friday (8 September). The malware was discovered on 25 August after security specialists noticed a spike in "unusual activity" around 4pm.
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Visitors to Tettegouche State Park advised to watch credit card accounts following August malware incident
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Equifax hack {sic} : credit monitoring company criticized for poor response
Once customers signed up for the free service, many were perturbed to find in the small print a clause that prevented them from suing Equifax or entering into a class-action lawsuit.
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Virginia scraps touchscreen voting machines
The board decided to phase out the machines this year after the Virginia Department of Elections recommended that the touchscreen voting machines be decertified. The recommendation came after security experts breached numerous types of voting machines with ease at the DEF CON cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas in July, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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In emergency meeting, Virginia elections board votes to scrap all touch-screen voting machines
The Virginia State Board of Elections voted Friday to discontinue use of all touch-screen voting machines throughout the state because of potential security vulnerabilities, forcing 22 cities and counties to scramble to find new equipment just weeks before voting begins for the November gubernatorial election.
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Best Buy pulls Kaspersky products from shelves
American multinational consumer electronics corporation Best Buy has pulled products made by Kaspersky Lab from its shelves and is offering customers assistance if they want to get rid of installed software from the company.
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Best Buy stops selling security software made by Russian firm
The decision was prompted by media reports, congressional testimony and industry discussion raising questions about Moscow-based Kaspersky, a respected cybersecurity firm. The Richfield-based retailer, which has not conducted its own investigation, felt there were too many unanswered questions and so has decided to discontinue selling the products, according to a person familiar with the decision.
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F-35 firmware patches to be rolled out 'like iPhone updates'
Initial software development for the F-35 fighter jet is coming to an end, while future tweaks to the aircraft’s onboard systems will be rolled out like smartphone app updates, according to reports.
“Envision a little window that pops up that says, ‘Your latest [electro-optical distributed aperture system] software update is ready for download: yes or no’?” Vice Admiral Mat Winter, of the US Navy, told aerospace industry magazine Aviation Week.
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