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Dell is stepping in to protect the boot layer of PCs, tablets
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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Twitter stepping up mobile security – PanARMENIAN.Net
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Twitter stepping up mobile security
PanARMENIAN.Net PanARMENIAN.Net – Twitter is stepping up mobile security once again with another feature aimed at improving (and simplifying) user and login authentication, ZDNet reports. The new two-factor option bypasses texting (and even a phone number) altogether … Twitter Adds Major Mobile Security Update Twitter Introduces 2-Step Verification in Mobile Apps Twitter turns to app-based two-factor authentication |
US says China is stepping up cyber war – Financial Times
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US says China is stepping up cyber war
Financial Times Beijing is engaged in systematic cyber spying on the US military and private businesses to acquire technology to boost military modernisation and strengthen its capacity in any regional crisis, according to the Pentagon. In its annual report to … Pentagon: China Views Information Warfare as Key to Countering US Pacific … US accuses China of cyber-spying on government computers China accused of cyber spying |