Rio Olympics Cyber Crime: Top Mobile News And Security Edition

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<h1 id&equals;"rio-olympics-cyber-scams-hacking-election-polls-this-weeks-top-mobile-news-security-edition" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-0-28725 headline">Rio Olympics Cyber Scams&comma; Hacking Election Polls&colon; This Week’s Top Mobile News&comma; Security Edition<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"a-rio-olympics-mobile-travel-advisory-is-in-effect" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-1-28725">A Rio Olympics mobile travel advisory is in effect&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Travelers to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro&comma; be on the lookout for free Wi-Fi network scams and malicious apps&period; Mobile security company Skycure identified fake Wi-Fi networks in Rio and fake Olympics apps that are ready to steal your data&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;slate&period;com&sol;blogs&sol;future&lowbar;tense&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;08&sol;wi&lowbar;fi&lowbar;scams&lowbar;mount&lowbar;as&lowbar;the&lowbar;olympics&lowbar;get&lowbar;started&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Read about it at Slate&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"cybercriminals-now-want-your-health-records" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-2-28725">Cybercriminals now want your health records&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>What’s worth more than stolen credit card information&quest; Stolen social security numbers from health records&period; In 2015&comma; more than 100 million health records were compromised&comma; and most came from just three attacks&comma; reports <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bostonglobe&period;com&sol;business&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;07&sol;hackers-turn-health-care-where-records-fetch-bigger-bucks&sol;OSi8imOSGPstvwV6DyYhoJ&sol;story&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Boston Globe<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That’s one reason the healthcare industry&comma; now a huge target for cybercriminals&comma; is embracing a new technology&comma; called the digital workspace&period; Enterprise-grade security and centralized control over data give healthcare IT a huge advantage to combat the growing threats&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerworld&period;com&period;au&sol;article&sol;604814&sol;healthcare-industry-embracing-digital-workspace&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Learn more at Computerworld&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><center><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;nAZ6nwb8Tu4" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment&equals;"1"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&sol;center><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"could-your-vote-get-hacked" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-3-28725">Could your vote get hacked&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Cybersecurity experts warn that ballots submitted electronically in the upcoming presidential election could be tampered with by hackers&period; Experts say voters can use email and web portals with poor security in the 31 states that allow absentee ballots to be returned online&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;technologyreview&period;com&sol;s&sol;602142&sol;these-states-are-at-the-greatest-risk-of-having-their-voting-process-hacked&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>MIT Technology Review has more details&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"big-banks-are-forming-a-security-squad" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-4-28725">Big banks are forming a security squad&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Last year&comma; <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;tag&sol;financial-fraud&sol;" title&equals;"financial" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" data-wpil-monitor-id&equals;"577">financial<&sol;a> services IT spent &dollar;459 billion globally&comma; and 80&percnt; of that was spent on compliance&comma; security&comma; risk&comma; infrastructure and data&comma; according to our newest infographic&period; Now&comma; eight huge U&period;S&period; banks plan to collaborate on security and exchange threat data in order to form a greater&comma; united defense against cyberattacks&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com&sol;articles&sol;big-banks-team-up-to-fight-cyber-crime-1470758719" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Find out more in The Wall Street Journal&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"cars-drones-botsblack-hat-2016-proved-hackers-can-use-it-all-against-you" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-5-28725">Cars&comma; drones&comma; bots—Black Hat 2016 proved hackers can use it all against you&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A hub for all things scary security threats&comma; the Black Hat conference just wrapped up a week of showcasing advances in threat detection and major vulnerabilities&period; From Apple’s bug bounty program to a man-in-the-middle attack on 35&comma;000 devices at the event&comma; PCMag&period;com rounds up &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pcmag&period;com&sol;article&sol;346855&sol;the-good-and-the-terrifying-things-at-black-hat-2016" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Good and the Terrifying Things at Black Hat 2016<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"samsung-oneups-fingerprint-authentication" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-6-28725">Samsung one-ups fingerprint authentication&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The new Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone strengthens security down to the core &lpar;literally&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;samsung&period;com&sol;global&sol;galaxy-note7-security-enhanced-with-updated-knox-2-7" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Knox 2&period;7 security<&sol;a> better fends off kernel attacks&rpar; and enables you to scan your iris to unlock the Knox container&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blogs&period;air-watch&period;com&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;rio-olympics-cyber-scams-hacking-election-polls-weeks-top-mobile-news-security-edition&sol;&num;&period;V7WBb&lowbar;l97AU">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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