Posted: March 29th, 2023

NFR3610U – Week 10 Tutorial Assignment
Instructions:
● This assignment is to be completed and written up individually.
● Please pay careful attention to the submission instructions for each question.
● It is your responsibility to verify that the assignment was properly submitted through
Canvas by the deadline.
● Watch your spelling and grammar; you will lose marks for spelling and grammar mistakes.
● Keep all answers short, clear, and concise. Writing more sentences than necessary will not
result in a better mark.
Goal: Read some recent security news or technology summary and be able to correctly categorize the
incidents or technologies involved as related to OS Security or another part of Cybersecurity.
Post the following to the “Week 10 Tutorial Assignment: is it OS Security?” discussion:
1. (4 points) Identify a recent security news or technology summary article that can be considered as
relating to OS Security. Your article must be different than all preceding articles described in the
“Week 10 Tutorial Assignment: is it OS Security?” discussion. Provide a link to this article, date you
last accessed it, and (if available) also include: the title, author, and date written/posted.
2. (2.25 marks) Explain in 2-4 sentences how the article relates to OS Security (as opposed to other
parts of Cybersecurity such as network security or software security).
Article: “Microsoft warns Windows Hello face authentication can be spoofed with photos or videos” from ZDNet, accessed on March 30, 2023. The article was written by Liam Tung and was posted on March 28, 2023.

The article is related to OS Security because it highlights a security vulnerability in Windows Hello face authentication, a feature within the Windows operating system that allows users to log in using facial recognition. The vulnerability allows attackers to spoof the system using photos or videos, which undermines the security of the operating system.

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