iTnews Weekly Security Wrap - Tuesday January 30, 2018

+ Lenovo's fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password; Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

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Tuesday January 30, 2018

Latest News

Cisco ASA VPN feature allows remote code execution

By Juha Saarinen

Not the sort of remote access customers would like.

Lenovo's fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

By Juha Saarinen

And admin creds can be snagged.

Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

By Juha Saarinen

Buggy microcode causes data loss and corruption.

Maersk had to reinstall all IT systems after NotPetya infection

By Ry Crozier

“4000 new servers, 45,000 new PCs, 2500 applications”.

Alphabet unveils Chronicle, its new security business

By Paresh Dave, Staff Writers

Founded in X moonshot incubation unit.

By Juha Saarinen

Slack, Skype, Signal, Node JS Package Manager, Shopify affected.

Immigration's data breach victims could be compensated

By Allie Coyne

OAIC asks those affected to provide info.

Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

By Juha Saarinen

As other vendors back off Spectre fixes.

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