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Security Headlines: Word Malware, Cloud Disasters and More
Aug 25, 2017
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 are exploiting a Microsoft Word feature that auto-updates links to install malware.
- The financial impact of a breach is always being reported on, but what about the mental and emotional cost ?
- What’s its mission? Collaborative and industrial robots are under the “hacker microscope” according to Dark Reading and could be vulnerable.
- Cloud causing more damage than a hurricane? It’s possible .
- Further proving the “it’s not if, but when” adage, 55% of organizations have suffered a cyberattack .
- Maybe this is why? Most sysadmins (86%) are using basic passwords .
- “Your concerns are valid” says Wired, in their tech-based Anxiety Matrix .