Technical

[bob3160]

Folks with Autism usually excel at something.

[DavidR]

Folks with Autism usually excel at something.

Absolutely and there have been several cases of them getting around site security, more from being inquisitive, very tenacious and not malicious.

[Asyn]

Doctor Web: over 40 models of Android devices delivered already infected from the manufacturers
https://news.drweb.com/show/?lng=en&i=11749&c=5

[DavidR]

Doctor Web: over 40 models of Android devices delivered already infected from the manufacturers
https://news.drweb.com/show/?lng=en&i=11749&c=5

Never heard of any of those 40 Android devices before, it doesn't appear to include any of the major brands.  Thought it does say that this is not a comprehensive list.

[Asyn]

LTEInspector: A Systematic Approach for Adversarial Testing of 4G LTE
http://wp.internetsociety.org/ndss/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2018/02/ndss2018_02A-3_Hussain_paper.pdf

[Asyn]

FinFisher exposed: A researcher’s tale of defeating traps, tricks, and complex virtual machines
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/03/01/finfisher-exposed-a-researchers-tale-of-defeating-traps-tricks-and-complex-virtual-machines/

[bob3160]

As a long time user of Ccleaner, I'm very happy that the product is now part of Avast Software.
Here is why:
https://blog.avast.com/new-investigations-in-ccleaner-incident-point-to-a-possible-third-stage-that-had-keylogger-capacities

[Asyn]

Dark Web Market Price Index (Feb 2018 - US Edition)
https://www.top10vpn.com/privacy-central/privacy/dark-web-market-price-index-feb-2018-us/
https://www.top10vpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Dark-Web-Market-Price-Index-Feb-2018.pdf

[Asyn]

OlympicDestroyer is here to trick the industry
https://securelist.com/olympicdestroyer-is-here-to-trick-the-industry/84295/

[Asyn]

BAD TRAFFIC: Sandvine’s PacketLogic Devices Used to Deploy Government Spyware in Turkey and Redirect Egyptian Users to Affiliate Ads?
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/03/bad-traffic-sandvines-packetlogic-devices-deploy-government-spyware-turkey-syria/
https://github.com/citizenlab/badtraffic

[Asyn]

TLS 1.3 and Proxies
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2018/03/10/tls13.html

[Asyn]

Greedy cybercriminals host malware on GitHub
https://blog.avast.com/greedy-cybercriminals-host-malware-on-github

[Asyn]

The March 2018 Security Update Review
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2018/3/13/the-march-2018-security-update-review

[bob3160]

The March 2018 Security Update Review
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2018/3/13/the-march-2018-security-update-review

I was delayed yesterday after my presentation.
I had been asked to hook up to their wifi and after the presentation, I was greeted with the
notification not to shut down the computer till the update completed.
Love this new update feature in Windows 10. 

[DavidR]

The March 2018 Security Update Review
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2018/3/13/the-march-2018-security-update-review

I was delayed yesterday after my presentation.
I had been asked to hook up to their wifi and after the presentation, I was greeted with the
notification not to shut down the computer till the update completed.
Love this new update feature in Windows 10. 

I do hate this authoritarian approach to windows updates by MS.

First off I did the this is a metered connection, delaying my updates until I chose to do it.  Now that options is ignored, but the one thing that does seem to still have an effect is setting the Active Hours so it is way outside of any possible conflict with work.

Windows Update > Update settings > Change active hours - mine is set at 14:00 to 22:00 (Maximum 18 hours).  Or you could try the Restart options > Schedule a time - I have this turned off.

I don't know if that first option could have helped you in conjunction with the second option.