article thumbnail

Norton Crypto, the controversial cryptomining feature of Norton 360

Security Affairs

Many users ignore that Norton 360 comes with a cryptomining feature, dubbed Norton Crypto, that could allow them to earn money mining Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle. Norton keeps a 15% of the mined cryptocurrency. “ Will Norton 360 mine my device without my permission?

Mining 97
article thumbnail

Do You Have the Right Stuff to Transition to Information Governance?

ARMA International

When you come right down to it, what we’re trying to do is: Find information when you need it, Leverage it and protect it, and Secure and assure it …. … all of which require the same disciplines we utilize when managing our records. The task before us now is to apply these to all of the rest of our information.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. Environmental effects caused by pollution.

article thumbnail

Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

combinations Enables automated response to quickly and effectively contain threats based upon policy from moderate (move to guest network, assign to self-remediation VLAN, apply OS updates/patches, etc.) to stringent (quarantine assets, turn off switch port, block access, disable network card, etc.)

IoT 73
article thumbnail

NYT Report: U.S. Cyber units planted destructive Malware in Russian Power Grid

Security Affairs

.” In July 2018, the US Department of Homeland Security declared that Russia’s APT groups have already penetrated America’s critical infrastructure, especially power utilities, and continue to target them. “In the past few months, Cyber Command’s resolve has been tested. ” concludes the NYT. ” concludes the NYT.