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Cyberwarfare with Russia ‘now greater threat than terrorism’, warns British Army chief

  1. Cyberwarfare with Russia ‘now greater threat than terrorism’, warns British Army chief  The Independent
  2. Cyberwarfare with Russia is now a bigger threat to the UK than terrorism, warns army chief  Business Insider
  3. UK urged to up spending on cyber defence  ComputerWeekly.com
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On a Mac running High Sierra? Update now.

The researchers reported that it was possible to gain access to a Mac — and its core settings — without having to use its owner’s username and password. Instead, a potential hacker could type “root” into the username field of key settings in System …
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Navigating your way through the Data Protection Obstacle Course Post-Brexit (aka ‘What the hell do we do now?’) – Lexology (registration)

Navigating your way through the Data Protection Obstacle Course Post-Brexit (aka 'What the hell do we do now?')
Lexology (registration)
Ensure your systems limit the risk of accidental breaches. Improve penetration testing but also review your staff practices (human error is often to blame for data breaches as often as hackers). Audit your data and understand where it is obtained, held

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data breach – Google News

Verizon’s ‘Can you hear me now?’ guy is now selling us Sprint. This is wrong.

Paul Marcarelli – an actor better known as the “Can you hear me now?” guy – spent nine years profiting from a Verizon ad campaign that made his face famous and that phrase a part of the lexicon. That gig ended in 2011.

Now he’s begun selling Sprint. In the new commercial he says he switched teams because Sprint’s service has become so wonderful. In real life, we all know he switched because Sprint is now helping him pay his bills. That’s fine. If AT&T had wanted Marcarelli’s services it would be the wonders of AT&T that the actor would be extolling on TV. Here’s the ad:

Now there’s absolutely nothing to criticize about an actor earning a living. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing wrong here.

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Network World Paul McNamara