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The classic phishing techniques are the best.
— The list of entities reporting that employee W-2
data was acquired by phishing.–
Last year, this site compiled 145 W-2
phishing incidents before I somewhat waved a white flag in terms of trying
to keep up, but as I started working on this year’s list, I found even more
cases from 2016, bringing the 2016 list to 175 reports.
Let’s see how 2017 goes. Expect reports to come in over the next months
(not weeks, but months, and perhaps throughout the year). Here’s the list I’ve got so far for 2017, and
it will be updated as I become aware of new incidents. Steve Ragan of Salted Hash has
indicated that he will keep track, too, so do
check his space also for additional information. As of March 13, Steve
estimates 120,000 affected for the 110 incidents we had as of that date.
[List of
143 companies follows. Bob]
An opportunity for my Computer Security students?
The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passwords
and pins'
The way you tilt your mobile while you're using it could
allow hackers to steal your pin numbers and passwords, according to new
research.
Experts at Newcastle University analysed the movement of a
smartphone as the keyboard was used.
They say they cracked four-digit pins with
70% accuracy on the first guess and 100% by the fifth guess.
The team of
cyber-experts claim tech companies know about the problem but can't figure out
what to do about it.
… "But
because mobile apps and websites don't need to ask permission to access most of
them, malicious programmes can covertly 'listen in' on your sensor data."
… "People
were far more concerned about the camera and GPS than they were about the
silent sensors."
The team
said it was able to identify 25 different sensors which come as standard on
most devices.
Evil hackers can’t turn your vacuum cleaning robot into
the Terminator, but they could cause a bit of damage to your self-driving
car.
Robots: Lots of features, not much security
… But there is
plenty of evidence that, like the billions of other connected devices that make
up the Internet of Things (IoT), the growth of robot technology is coming with
loads of features, but not much of a security blanket.
More evidence came in a report on home, business and industrial robots
released last month by security research firm IOActive, which found that “most”
of them lacked what experts generally call “basic security hygiene.”
Those included the predictable list: Insecure
communication channels, critical information sent in cleartext or with weak
encryption, no requirement for user names or passwords for some services, weak
authentication in others, and a lack of sufficient authorization to protect
critical functions such as software installation or updates.
All of which would allow, “anyone to remotely and easily
hack the robots, … install software in these robots without permission and gain
full control over them.”
Do they see his as the opportunity to invest they missed
with Amazon or as a way to slow Amazon’s growth?
Microsoft, eBay, Tencent Invest $1.4 Billion in Amazon’s
India Rival
Indian e-commerce startup Flipkart Group has raised $1.4
billion from Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc. and Tencent Holdings
Ltd, taking a hit to its valuation to raise the cash it needs to defend its
home market from Amazon.com Inc.
Flipkart—which was started in 2007 by two former Amazon employees—said
in a statement Monday that the new investment values the Bangalore company at
$11.6 billion. That allows Flipkart to
retain its title as India’s most valuable startup but is still a step down from
the $15 billion valuation it received during fundraising in 2015.
I think it is a bit thin, but then many PowerPoints
are.
Artificial Intelligence and Law: A Six Part Primer
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Apr 10, 2017
Artificial Intelligence and Law: A Six Part Primer –
Professor Daniel Martin Katz, Chicago Kent College of Law (Updated
Version 03.17.17) – PowerPoint Presentation – 271 slides.
Is it so strange that Social Media loves the
anti-social?
United Airlines Tumbles After Social-Media Storm Goes Global
United Continental Holdings Inc. tumbled early Tuesday as
outrage on social media over the removal of a passenger from a flight spread
across the globe.
The stock dropped as much as 6.3 percent before paring the
loss and trading 2.7 percent lower at 7:27 a.m. in New York.
Perspective. How
can you reach teens with your advertisement?
76% of U.S. Teens Surveyed Using iPhones, 81% Plan to
Purchase
The iPhone continues to be the most popular smartphone
among teens, according to data gathered by investment firm Piper Jaffray in its
most recent semiannual U.S. teen survey.
76 percent of teens surveyed own an iPhone, up from 69
percent in the spring of 2016, and the highest ownership level seen in the teen
survey. A record 81 percent of teens
surveyed said they expect their next phone to be an iPhone, up from 75 percent
a year ago.
Perspective.
Tesla (TSLA) Becomes U.S. Most Valuable Automaker, Passing GM
The California-based luxury electric vehicle company,
which calls itself the “Quickest production car on earth,” has just outpaced
General Motors (GM) in market
value — something I
told you a week ago was poised to happen. Admittedly, I didn’t think it would come this
quickly.
… The bigger story
here is the enormous belief investors have placed in the promises Tesla CEO
Elon Musk has made, which by contrast renders the slow-growing GM and Ford —
despite dominating Tesla in total vehicle sales — to “used car” status. Reuters
noted that Tesla’s market cap — which peaked Monday at $51.105 billion — is now
the equivalent to $102,000 for every car it plans to make in 2018,
or $667,000 per car sold in 2016. This
compares to GM's market cap which is equivalent to $5,000 per car it sold in
2016.
It could happen here!
Here's the Fine Print On The Country's Biggest-Ever Free
College Plan
New York State has passed legislation that would create
the largest experiment in the country to offer free tuition at two- and
four-year colleges. The Excelsior
Scholarship, approved over the weekend as part of the state budget, would cover
full-time students in the State University of New York system, which totals 64
campuses and 1.3 million students.
… Students from
families making up to $100,000 a year would be eligible in the program's first
year, and by the third year that would increase to $125,000 a year.
It's a big step forward in a national trend: In the last
decade, 85 states and municipalities have created similar scholarship
programs, most of them for community college tuition.
Apparently, talk is cheap!
Raspberry Pi 3 gets Microsoft Cortana with Windows 10
Creators Update
… You will very
soon be able to use Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant with the Raspberry Pi 3
and make cool devices that can accept voice commands.
… Users will also
able to build smart devices using Raspberry Pi 3 that will be able to accept
Cortana's commands. But the devices will
need to be based on Windows 10 IoT Core, not Linux-based OSes.
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