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Security updates for Monday
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UEFI BIOS flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware
Earlier this year, a team of researchers from security vendor Cylance demonstrated a proof-of-concept ransomware program that ran inside a motherboard’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)—the modern BIOS.
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Athletes hacked by APT28 'Fancy Bear' Russian hacking crew
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Latest Ikea lightbulb set may cause new botnet attack, cybersecurity group warns
The new Ikea lightbulb is the latest in its line of "Home Smart" products. However, it seems the popular do-it-yourself (DIY) company's new product may pose a cybersecurity risk.
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Malware Attack Targets Open Source Developers [Ed: Articles like these neglect to say that only developers who use Microsoft Windows are at risk. Better headline: malware targets Windows users who are registered at GitHub. Must have Microsoft Word and PowerShell.]
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If A Phone's Facial Recognition Security Can Be Defeated By A Picture Of A Face, What Good Is It?
No technology is perfect and facial recognition software is obviously no exception. But whereas law enforcement groups use this flawed technology in too many instances, device manufacturers are beginning to ship out security features that rely on facial recognition software almost ubiquitously. Many might look at this modern technology and imagine defeating it and logging into another person's phone would resemble some kind of Mission Impossible style convolution. Sadly, as proven again recently with the release of Samsung's Galaxy S8, defeating the security feature is laughably simple.
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