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NewsMicrosoft patches SMBv3 wormable bug that leaked earlier this week Pin
Kent Sharkey12-Mar-20 9:45
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NewsNearly all IoT traffic is unencrypted Pin
Kent Sharkey12-Mar-20 9:45
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Mark_Wallace12-Mar-20 11:25
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maze316-Mar-20 0:57
professionalmaze316-Mar-20 0:57 
Lets see if some context can be spun here

Quote:
locations across enterprise IT and healthcare organisations in the U.S.

So we will say these are important locations.

What is missing then is the type of devices and data.
And yes, we can take into account that some data at first might seem harmless, but when linked can give some interesting insight.

Possible low risk example:
A bunch of "dumb" sensors could be setup which indicate "i am still on" + some unique id. Cheap, low power that can attach to anything.

Then internal database which links number to some meaningful human is behind some protection.
Risk is someone intercepting data and possible sending out "still on" info when the device is off.

Keep in mind, Data and Information are separate words.
NewsIBM wants to make computers fluent in human Pin
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NewsWhy I don’t use classes Pin
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NewsBitcoin just crashed in a major way Pin
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NewsHappy 31st birthday, World Wide Web! Pin
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NewsMicrosoft: 'We do not plan to evolve Visual Basic as a language' Pin
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