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The Telecom Digest for Fri, 05 Jun 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 141 : "text" format

table of contents
Ethical Hacker Reveals Massive Flaw in Apple Security Protocols
How cyberattackers evade threat signatures
NYC has soft rollout of "text to 911" system
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200603063030.GA15332@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 06:30:30 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Ethical Hacker Reveals Massive Flaw in Apple Security Protocols By David Paul The hacker was paid a $100,000 bounty for finding a flaw which could have left every Apple account open to cyberattack. A cybersecurity researcher in India has claimed a $100,000 (GBP79,640) reward offered by Apple for exposing a critical flaw in its security systems. https://digit.fyi/ethical-hacker-massive-flaw-in-apple-security-protocols/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200603064127.GA23100@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 06:41:27 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: How cyberattackers evade threat signatures How cyberattackers evade threat signatures - The case for behaviour-based threat detection By Mark Bowen Nimble attackers can easily create and hide their exploits in an infinite number of ways. Ammar Enaya, Regional Director - Middle East, Turkey and North Africa at Vectra, says: "The limitations of signatures should be complemented with automated threat management models that continuously learn new attack behaviours and adapt to network changes." https://www.intelligentcio.com/me/2020/06/02/how-cyberattackers-evade-threat-signatures-the-case-for-behaviour-based-threat-detection/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.2006031955360.28218@panix5.panix.com> Date: 3 Jun 2020 19:56:55 +0000 From: "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> Subject: NYC has soft rollout of "text to 911" system No official announcement and it's only available on one carrier (Sprint)... And umpteen years behind schedule, too. But it's a start. https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/3/21279233/new-york-city-activates-911-text-message-system-amid-george-floyd-protests _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 05 Jun 2020
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