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U.S. Navy Creating a 350 Billion Record Social Media Archive

United States Navy researchers want to build a global social media archive with 350 billion of digital data records as part of ongoing research efforts at the Naval Postgraduate School from Monterey, CA, conducted through the Department of Defense and Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-navy-creating-a-350-billion-record-social-media-archive/
Ireland Gets About Double the Average Breach Reports Under GDPR

The Irish data .watchdog says that it received almost double the number of valid data security breach notifications when compared to the European Union average, with 5,818 reports being filed in Ireland since May 25, 2018, while other EU member states received around 3,188 notifications during the last year. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ireland-gets-about-double-the-average-breach-reports-under-gdpr/
Windows 10 May 2019 Update Blocked by Old Bluetooth Drivers

Microsoft says that computers with Realtek or Qualcomm Bluetooth radios might have issues discovering and connecting to Bluetooth devices after installing or updating to Windows 10 version 1903 because of outdated drivers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-may-2019-update-blocked-by-old-bluetooth-drivers/
DuckDuckGo Android Browser Vulnerable to URL Spoofing Attacks

The open source DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for Android version 5.26.0 with more than 5 million installs makes it possible for potential attackers to launch URL spoofing attacks targeting the app's users by exploiting an address bar spoofing vulnerability. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-android-browser-vulnerable-to-url-spoofing-attacks/
Flipboard Databases Hacked and User Information Exposed

The news aggregation site, Flipboard, has disclosed that their databases had been hacked and unauthorized users have potentially downloaded the data contained within them. This data included the personal account information and digital tokens for some of their over 100 million users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flipboard-databases-hacked-and-user-information-exposed/
Microsoft Boosts Shadow IT Discovery for Cloud Security

Microsoft announced that the Shadow IT discovery capabilities of Microsoft Cloud App Security have been expanded to also allow monitoring of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) resources. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-boosts-shadow-it-discovery-for-cloud-security/
YouTube Cryptocurrency Videos Pushing Info-Stealing Trojan

A scam and malware campaign is underway on YouTube that uses videos to promote a "bitcoin generator" tool that promises to generate free bitcoins for its users. In reality, this scam is pushing the Qulab information-stealing and clipboard hijacking Trojan. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/youtube-cryptocurrency-videos-pushing-info-stealing-trojan/
Windows 10 1903 Cumulative Update KB4497935 Released With Fixes

Microsoft has started to roll out a new cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1903 that includes numerous fixes for the operating system. This update was released to Windows Insiders last week to test before being made publicly available today. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-1903-cumulative-update-kb4497935-released-with-fixes/