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German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware

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Feb

2017

The My Friend Cayla doll, which is manufactured by the US company Genesis Toys and distributed in Europe by Guildford-based Vivid Toy Group, allows children to access the internet via speech recognition software, and to control the toy via an app. But Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced this week that it classified Cayla as an […]

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Microsoft’s monthlong delay of patches may pose risks

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Feb

2017

Microsoft has decided to bundle its February patches together with those scheduled for March, a move that at least some security experts disagree with. “I was surprised to learn that Microsoft wants to postpone by a full month,” said Carsten Eiram, the chief research officer at vulnerability intelligence firm Risk Based Security, via email. Read […]

Category Vulnerabilities Written by Cio 0 Comments

Growing risk associated with mobile and IoT application security

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Jan

2017

Despite widespread concern about the security of mobile and Internet of Things applications, organizations are ill-prepared for the risks they pose, according to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Mobile and IoT applications are distributed, out in the wild, and easy targets for attackers. While mobile apps have been around for some time, most companies […]

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