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Time to get real about Russia cyber war: Max Boot – USA TODAY

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Time to get real about Russia cyber war: Max Boot
USA TODAY
Our democracy is under attack by Russia, but almost no one is treating the situation with the gravity it deserves. President Obama is loathe to retaliate. Would-be president Donald Trump denies that any attack is happening. And the media are acting as …
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Microsoft rushes to fix issue that unlocks devices protected by Secure Boot

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Microsoft is scrambling to fix an issue that unlocks Windows tablets, phones, and other devices protected by Secure Boot.

David Bisson reports.

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New Satana ransomware encrypts user files and master boot record

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Attackers are developing an aggressive new ransomware program for Windows machines that encrypts user files as well as the computer’s master boot record (MBR), leaving devices unable to load the OS.

The program is dubbed Satana — meaning “Satan” in Italian and Romanian — and, according to researchers from security firm Malwarebytes, it is functional but still under development.

Satana is the second ransomware threat affecting the MBR and seems inspired by another program, Petya, that appeared in March.

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Dell is stepping in to protect the boot layer of PCs, tablets

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Dell’s business laptops and tablets will get an extra layer of protection from hackers with a new security tool being loaded into the company’s portable computers.

The new Dell security tool focuses on protecting the boot layer so PC hardware or software don’t malfunction. It secures the low-level UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), which sits in a protected layer above the OS. An attack on this firmware can compromise a system at boot time.

Hacking the firmware can cause the OS and hardware components to malfunction. Hackers have shown increasingly sophisticated ways in which the UEFI — which has replaced the conventional BIOS — can be infected with malware. 

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