Friday, March 11, 2016

Wi-Fi hotspot blocking persists despite FCC crackdown

Emergency Flash Player patch fixes actively exploited vulnerability

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

NETWORKWORLD

Network World Security Alert

Mar 11, 2016
Featured Image

Wi-Fi hotspot blocking persists despite FCC crackdown

The FCC has slapped hotels and other organizations with nearly $2.1 million in fines since the fall of 2014 for blocking patrons' portable Wi-Fi hotspots in the name of IT security, or more likely, to gouge customers for Internet service. But Network World's examination of more than a year's worth of consumer complaints to the FCC about Wi-Fi jamming shows that not all venue operators are getting the message. Read More

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Your Must-Read Stories

Emergency Flash Player patch fixes actively exploited vulnerability
Is DevOps good or bad for security?
How eye-tracking could stop PII leaks
FCC wants ISPs to get customer permission before sharing personal data
Squiggly lines: The future of smartphone security?
Cisco patches serious flaws in cable modems and home gateways
Before Moving on From RSA…

White Paper: Blue Coat Systems

Securing Cloud Applications & Services

The cloud creates new risks and compliance issues for organizations already struggling with traditional threats. Get Blue Coat's new E-Book, "Securing Cloud Applications & Services." Read More

Thumbnail Image

Emergency Flash Player patch fixes actively exploited vulnerability

Adobe Systems released new versions of Flash Player in order to fix 18 critical vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take over computers, including one flaw that's already targeted by attackers. Read More

Thumbnail Image

Is DevOps good or bad for security?

Does DevOps give you better security through agility or make development and deployment too fast to secure? Read More

Thumbnail Image

How eye-tracking could stop PII leaks

Personally identifiable information getting inadvertently disclosed through phishing could be reined in by eye-tracking sensors, think scientists. Read More

Thumbnail Image

FCC wants ISPs to get customer permission before sharing personal data

Broadband providers would be required to get opt-in customer permission in many cases to use and share personal data they collect under regulations proposed by the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Read More

Thumbnail Image

Squiggly lines: The future of smartphone security?

If PINs, passwords and biometrics just aren't making you feel secure about your smartphone contents, researchers at Rutgers University might have a new alternative: free-form gestures. Read More

Thumbnail Image

Cisco patches serious flaws in cable modems and home gateways

Cisco Systems has patched high-impact vulnerabilities in several of its cable modem and residential gateway devices that are distributed by some ISPs to their customers. Read More

Before Moving on From RSA…

A few last thoughts I had while fighting through the crowds at the Moscone Center Read More

White Paper: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

2015 Cost of Cyber Crime Study: Global

Discover the most salient findings of this enterprise security and intelligence study and learn what you can do to protect your organization. Read More

Join The Network World Communities

As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity).
Network World on Facebook
Network World on LinkedIn

SLIDESHOWS

Best Apple iPhone 7 design concepts of 2016

Four years of Raspberry Pi: In pictures Read More

Most-Read Stories

1. Microsoft to court: Make Comcast give us the Windows-pirating subscriber's info
2. 11 highest paying tech jobs in America
3. The ultimate hackathon survival guide
4. Wi-Fi hotspot blocking persists despite FCC crackdown
5. Aruba CEO: 'We acquired HP Networking when HP acquired us'
6. Inside Bank of America's IT transformation
7. Microsoft's Kinect may be in its last days
8. Video shows Google self-driving car hitting bus
9. 19 free cloud storage options
10. Windows 95 freaks out teenagers (See video)
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Google+

You are currently subscribed to Network World Security Alert as jonsan98@gmail.com.

Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy

Learn more about INSIDER

Copyright (C) 2016 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701

Please do not reply to this message.
To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com.

ads

Ditulis Oleh : Angelisa Vivian Hari: 7:01 AM Kategori:

0 comments:

Post a Comment

 

Blog Archive