Another forum using vBulletin hacked? Zack Whittaker
reports:
A hacker has stolen hundreds of
thousands of forum accounts associated with Unreal Engine and its
maker, Epic Games.
More than 808,000 accounts were
stolen in the attack — with more than half a million from Unreal Engine’s
forums alone. Breach notification site LeakedSource.com,
which obtained a copy of the database, said the attack was carried out August
11.
Read more on ZDNet.
Something for every class I teach. Impacts Data management, IT Architecture, IT
Gavernance and Computer Security.
Lucas Mearian reports:
About 32% of hospitals and 52% of
non-acute providers — such as outpatient clinics, rehabilitation facilities and
physicians’ offices — are not encrypting data in transit, according to a new
survey.
Additionally, only 61% of acute
providers and 48% of non-acute providers are encrypting data at rest.
Read more about the results of the HIMSS
survey on ITWorld.
(Related) Of course, the government is no better.
Norman Leahy reports:
Medicare and Medicaid have
“significant” vulnerabilities in their wireless networks that jeopardize the
personal information of millions of citizens, according to a report issued
Wednesday.
If exploited, the security holes
at certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data operations could
result in “unauthorized access” to personally identifiable information and a
possible “disruption of critical operations,” said a Department of Health and
Human Services inspector general report.
[…]
The HHS inspector general office
conducted a simulated “wireless penetration test” of 13 CMS “data centers and
employee and contractor facilities” between Aug. 31, 2015 and Dec. 4, 2015. It used “tools and techniques commonly used by
attackers to gain unauthorized access to wireless networks and sensitive data.”
The report said that, while CMS
“had security controls that were effective in preventing certain types of
wireless cyber attacks,” the tests identified “four vulnerabilities in security
controls over wireless networks.”
Read more on AMI
Newswire.
Related: WIRELESS
PENETRATION TEST OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES’ DATA
CENTERS (August 2016, A-18-15-30400)
An interesting question!
Will the Insurance industry jump on this?
Ken Kronstadt of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP writes:
If you have turned on a
television recently, you have likely seen advertisements for Wi-Fi-networked
appliances and devices such as refrigerators or thermostats. While these devices represent a giant leap in
consumer convenience, it is not difficult to imagine hackers exploiting a
security vulnerability in such a device to access consumers’ personal
information. Under most cybersecurity
insurance policies, the manufacturer of such a device would be covered for most
of the costs associated with such a breach.
However, this soaring level of
internet connectivity also poses a risk of physical damage to property or
bodily injury as a result of a breach—a risk far less likely to be covered
under a cybersecurity insurance policy. For example, a hacker could access a
web-connected appliance and potentially disable its temperature controls,
overheat the appliance and cause a fire, or exploit a vulnerability in a
driverless car’s control system, take control of the car and crash it. The idea of hacking into web connected
devices, cars, or even medical devices is not mere speculation—it has already
happened.
Read more of this BNA report on KelleyDrye.com.
News from the land of teenage druggies?
Rob Spahr reports:
The Lacey Township Board of
Education approved a new policy Monday night that will create a voluntary
random drug-testing program for middle school students.
[…]
Seventh and eighth grade students
who participate in the school district’s interscholastic athletic programs or
extracurricular programs will be given the option to participate in the random
drug testing program, and then their parents must sign a consent form
consenting to the program’s provisions for 12 months.
Well, if it’s voluntary, and involves consent, that
doesn’t sound too bad, right? Read on….
A student who refuses to consent to the test after being randomly
selected could be considered in violation of the policy and subject to the same
consequences as if they had tested positive for alcohol or drugs.
The discipline for a positive for
alcohol or drug test under the program will be limited to the removal from or
prohibition again participation in interscholastic sports and extra-curricular
activities. No student will be penalized
academically for testing positive for drug or alcohol under the policy.
The first violation of the policy
carries a penalty of the student not being able to participate in an
extracurricular activity for up to 10 days. A second violation carries a 45-day penalty
and the requirement to attend eight counseling sessions. A third violation will result in the student
being prohibited in any interscholastic athletic activity or extracurricular
event.
So if the student refuses, they can be barred from
activities.
Once again, we are teaching kids to just comply with
authority and that they have to give up rights to their own body.
Bah. Hopefully,
parents will think about the pro’s and con’s of signing consent.
Read more on NJ.com.
“Why yes, I use ‘Terrorist-r-us,’ why do you ask?” DHS must have evidence that (at least some)
terrorists are really stupid.
Tech slams Homeland Security on social media screening
… leading tech
companies said Monday that the proposal could "have a chilling effect on
use of social media networks, online sharing and, ultimately, free speech
online."
For my IT Governance students. It’s not just for advertising!
Economic Policy Review: Behavioral Risk Management in the
Financial Services Industry
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Aug 22, 2016
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Economic Policy Review, Special Issue:
Behavioral Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry. The Role of
Culture, Governance, and Financial Reporting. August 2016 [177 pages, PDF]
A legal resource.
Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Aug 22, 2016
American Bar Association – “This free search engine searches the free full-text of over 400 online
law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories hosting academic
papers and related publications such as Congressional Research Service reports.
Several of the law reviews and legal
journals (such as the Stanford Technology Law Review), working papers, and
reports are available online only. Coverage
may vary; for more complete coverage visit your local law library and fee-based
online legal research services. Also see
our list of reviews/journals/document repositories which have free full-text
available online, but which must be searched/browsed
manually. Viewing tip: for PDF
files, click on the “View as HTML” or “Quick View” links for quick viewing.”
Let’s build it into an App for politicians. (Or is that redundant?)
How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Diagnose Mental
Disorders
People convey meaning by what they say as well as how they
say it: Tone, word choice, and the length of a phrase are all crucial cues to
understanding what’s going on in someone’s mind. When a psychiatrist or psychologist examines a
person, they listen for these signals to get a sense of their wellbeing,
drawing on past experience to guide their judgment. Researchers are now applying that same
approach, with the help of machine learning, to
diagnose people with mental disorders.
Apparently the People Republic of Massachusetts still
thinks, “From
each according to his ability, to each according to
his needs” is good economics. Does
subsidizing a failing business model ever work?
Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to
taxis
Massachusetts is preparing
to levy a 5-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft and
spend the money on the traditional taxi industry, a subsidy that appears to be
the first of its kind in the United States.
… "I
don't think we should be in the business of subsidizing potential
competitors," said Kirill Evdakov, the chief executive of Fasten, a ride
service that launched in Boston last year and also operates in Austin, Texas.
It’s not the $4 phone they promised, by at $69 we are
getting closer.
Samsung Z2 Tizen-based smartphone launched in India, priced
at Rs 4,590
My students will not (better not) be surprised.
Target plans to enhance offline-online
shopping experiences
Target will focus on its website, Target.com, and offline-online
experiences such as order pickup and digital marketing, McNamara said in a blog post on the company’s
website.
“Technology and supply chain are the new battlegrounds for
retail,” he said. “The retailers with
the strongest technology and supply chain will have the best chance of
winning.”
(Related) Part of the thinking behind the new IT
Architecture?
Apple Purchases Medical Startup Gliimpse
Apple Inc. quietly
purchased Gliimpse Inc., a three-year-old startup that aims to help patients
make sense of their medical records.
… Gliimpse is free
for consumers. The company makes money
from health-care providers and software developers who pay for its data-sharing
software and services.
Probably has some non-Pokémon applications as well.
The MIT Developed a Mind-Blowing Technology for the Pokémon
Go! Game (and It’s Unreal!)
Think catching wild Pokémons hiding in the bushes is
exciting? Think again! As demonstrated by an MIT project, Pokémon Go
and other augmented reality based games could get even more immersive! How?
By allowing the digital characters to
interact with real world surroundings!
…and all I wanted to do was have my students write their
own textbook.
A Google Apps Guidebook Published by Students
My friend Kern Kelley and his students at Nokomis High
School in Newport, Maine have spent most of this year putting together The Google Apps Guidebook. Kern and his students, collectively referred
to as the Tech Sherpas, created the book for teachers who are new to using
Google Apps for Education. The guidebook
takes teachers through the core features of Google Apps for Education including
Google Drive, Docs, Slides, Sites, Forms, Sheets, and Classroom. They also share tips for learning and leading
Google search lessons.
Perhaps we could get these with the University logo embroidered
onto them?
The Xbox Onesie is So Dumb That I Want It
… The Xbox Onesie
will be available in white and black (much like the Xbox One itself), and touts
a handful of features that could prove useful during a long day of binge
gaming. The most notable benefit is the
set of gigantic pockets meant to hold your Xbox controller or media remote,
which is complemented by a pouch on the arm that lets you store your phone.
There are -- I'm not kidding -- forearm grips to keep you from slipping off of your couch during
a heated Halo match, as well as an extra-large hood designed to accommodate
your gaming headset. You can even get
your Gamertag embroidered onto the chest.
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