This post was originally published here by (ISC)Ā² Management.
Malware through Word, hacked robots and cloud disasters? No wonder we have anxiety. These are the top security headlines for the week of August 21, 2017:
- Clippy never warned us about this! Attackers areĀ exploiting a Microsoft Word featureĀ that auto-updates links to install malware. Ā
- The financial impact of a breach is always being reported on, but what about theĀ mental and emotional cost?
- Whatās its mission?Ā Collaborative and industrial robots are under the āhacker microscopeāĀ according to Dark Reading and could be vulnerable.
- Cloud causing more damage than a hurricane?Ā Itās possible.
- Further proving the āitās not if, but whenā adage,Ā 55% of organizations have suffered a cyberattack.
- Maybe this is why?Ā Most sysadmins (86%) are using basic passwords.
- āYour concerns are validā says Wired, in theirĀ tech-based Anxiety Matrix.
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