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8 secure file transfer services for the enterprise

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The ability to securely share and synchronize files across systems is a cornerstone of enterprise IT. Millions of transfers occur every day, involving files of all types, sizes and structures.

At its most basic, file transfer technology moves data from one system to another system over a network. Unfortunately, legacy file transfer mechanisms, such as email and FTP, have historically lacked built-in security features.

Today’s organizations need confidence that file transfers will not compromise their data’s confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA), the primary requirements of information security. The stakes are especially high in large-scale enterprises, where massive amounts of potentially sensitive information constantly move among internal and external users and systems. Secure file transfer services aim to protect an organization’s data while moving it from point A to point B.

How secure file transfer works

Secure file transfer services all have a common approach to protecting files: access control.

How this access control is achieved may vary widely among classes of products, not to mention individual products within each class. But the basic idea is that there is some sort of shared secret between the sender and the recipient. It could be as simple as a hard-to-guess URL transferred via email or an agreed-upon password. Or it could be as complex as integration with an enterprise identity and access management system. This shared secret is used to encrypt the file before it is transferred from the sender to the recipient. After getting the encrypted file, the recipient’s computer uses the shared secret to decrypt the file.

To meet the CIA requirements of today’s enterprises, secure file transfer services need a two-pronged approach:

  1. Secure data. The data itself should have embedded security. Encryption, for example, ensures no one else on a network can access, read or modify the contents of a file as it moves between systems.
  2. Secure delivery. Secure file transfer also involves some sort of reliable delivery, even if it’s just provided by TCP/IP Secure file transfer services use a variety of protocols and standards, ranging from established ones, such as Secure…

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Walmart sued by FTC over large-scale money transfer fraud • The Register

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America’s Federal Trade Commission has sued Walmart, claiming it turned a blind eye to fraudsters using its money transfer services to con folks out of “hundreds of millions of dollars.”

In a lawsuit [PDF] filed Tuesday, the regulator claimed the superstore giant is “well aware” of telemarketing fraudsters and other scammers convincing victims to part with their hard-earned cash via its services, with the money being funneled to domestic and international crime rings.

Walmart is accused of allowing these fraudulent money transfers to continue, failing to warn people to be on their guard, and failing to adopt policies and train employees on how to prevent these types of hustles.

The FTC wants the courts to order Walmart to return the money to victims and make the corporation cough up penalties for, in the regulator’s view, breaking the FTC Act and Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.

“While scammers used its money transfer services to make off with cash, Walmart looked the other way and pocketed millions in fees,” said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “Consumers have lost hundreds of millions, and the Commission is holding Walmart accountable for letting fraudsters fleece its customers.”  

Walmart, unsurprisingly, has a different version of events.

“This lawsuit is factually misguided and legally flawed and Walmart will defend against it aggressively,” a spokesperson told The Register.

“Claiming an unprecedented expansion of the FTC’s authority, the agency seeks to blame Walmart for fraud that the agency already attributed to another company while that company was under the federal government’s direct supervision,” the company added in a canned statement.

“Walmart will defend the company’s robust anti-fraud efforts that have helped protect countless consumers, all while…

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WhatsApp to soon let users transfer chats from Android to iOS

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Instant messaging app, WhatsApp will soon let users migrate their chat history from Android to Apple iOS devices. The company first introduced the in October, which allowed iOS users to transfer their chats to Samsung and Google Pixel devices, and is looking to expand to more.

As reported by WABetaInfo, the company is working on a ‘move chats to iOS’ feature, that asks for permission before importing chat history. Unfortunately, going by the shared screenshots, it seems like users will only get one shot at starting the migration process. Skipping the step will not show you the prompt again.

whatsapp chat transfer WhatsApp chat transfer prompt. (Image credit: WABetaInfo)

To do so, one might have to download the ‘Move to iOS’ app, which allows for secure transfer of content such as contacts, message history, photos, and email accounts. Once you choose to migrate data, the app creates a private Wi-Fi network and searches for nearby Android devices. Select the one that is yours, enter a security code, and the transfer process begins. Users will also have to keep their phones and app unlocked during the session.

In a tweet, WABetaInfo had previously noted that iOS to Android transfer is imminent, albeit only for those running on the latest Android 12 version. This was further confirmed by Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, who announced that the feature is coming to both phone ecosystems soon.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp is planning to introduce new editing features that allow users to draw on images before sending them out. Users will soon be able to pick between three pencil sizes and types. A blur feature is also on its way, which would be handy when sending out screenshots with sensitive data.

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Massachusetts Man Admits to Attempting to Entice a Minor, Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sex, Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor | USAO-RI

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Massachusetts man faces between 10 years to life in federal prison when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence after pleading guilty on Wednesday to an indictment charging him with attempted enticement of a minor, attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., Cody J. Hansen, 38, of Orange, MA., admitted that he posted an online classified advertisement seeking to connect with “someone that likes to play when the girl is passed out.” In May 2018, he engaged in a series of online communications with a person who responded to his posting; Hansen believed this person to be the father of 12 and 8-year-old girls living in Rhode Island. The father provided Hansen with an email address he could use to contact the 12-year-old girl. In actuality,  Hansen was communicating with an undercover Rhode Island State Police (RISP) detective assigned to the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.

Hansen admitted to the court that he engaged in a series of email communications with someone whom he believed to be the 12-year-old girl, admitting that these email communications turned sexually graphic and included an obscene photo of his genitalia. Hansen then arranged with the RISP detective, still acting as the girl, to travel to Rhode Island on May 21, 2018, to engage in sex with the girl and her younger sister.

According to information presented to the court, on May 21, 2018, the RISP detective and Hansen spoke by telephone, during which time Hansen confirmed that he was traveling to Rhode Island the next day with the intention of having sex with his daughters. When he arrived at the agreed upon location, he parked his car next to the detective’s vehicle and got into the front passenger seat of the detective’s car.  In conversation with the detective, Hansen confirmed that he knew the ages of the girls that he came to meet and to have sex with. He was immediately arrested by members of the ICAC Task Force and Homeland Security…

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