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πŸ•΄ Verizon: Attacks on Mobile Devices Rise πŸ•΄

Companies of all sizes are being hit by mobile attacks and feeling the effects for extended periods of time, according to the 2020 Verizon Mobile Security Index.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Wanted: Hands-On Cybersecurity Experience πŸ•΄

Organizations lament a lack of qualified job candidates as they continue to struggle to hire and retain security teams, the new ISACA State of Cybersecurity 2020 report shows.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks ⚠

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico's AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA's child privacy laws.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day ⚠

That smart home speaker isn't listening to everything you say, according to new research - but it is listening a lot more than it should.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ The β€œCloud Snooper” malware that sneaks into your Linux servers ⚠

Fascinating research from SophosLabs into a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing malware sample.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Free Download: The Ultimate Security Pros’ Checklist ❌

The Ultimate Security Pros’ Checklist fully maps the core duties of common security positions, from the core technical security aspect to team management and executive reporting.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Sen. Schumer Pushes for TSA Employee Ban on TikTok App at Work ❌

The Department of Homeland Security and two U.S. military branches already had discontinued use of the app based on concerns over Chinese data-security and censorship practices.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ McAfee Acquires Light Point for Browser Isolation Tech πŸ•΄

Company plans to integrate Light Point Security's technology into the McAfee Secure Web Gateway and its Mvision UCE platform.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Cybersecurity Industry: It's Time to Stop the Victim Blame Game πŸ•΄

There are far more ways to be helpful than adding to the noise of what a company probably did wrong.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Wendy Nather on How to Make Security 'Democratization' a Reality πŸ•΄

Ahead of her keynote at the RSA Conference, Cisco's head of advisory CISOs outlines to Dark Reading a unique paradigm that asks security teams to stop fighting their users, and start sharing control with them.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” McAfee will acquire Light Point Security to help combat browser-based malware πŸ”

The acquisition will allow McAfee to integrate browser isolation technology into its Secure Web Gateway product and MVISION Unified Cloud Edge platform.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ›  Falco 0.20.0 πŸ› 

Sysdig falco is a behavioral activity monitoring agent that is open source and comes with native support for containers. Falco lets you define highly granular rules to check for activities involving file and network activity, process execution, IPC, and much more, using a flexible syntax. Falco will notify you when these rules are violated. You can think about falco as a mix between snort, ossec and strace.

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
πŸ›  WhatWeb Scanner 0.5.1 πŸ› 

WhatWeb is a next-generation web scanner. WhatWeb recognizes web technologies including content management systems (CMS), blogging platforms, statistic/analytics packages, JavaScript libraries, web servers, and embedded devices. WhatWeb has over 1800 plugins, each to recognize something different. WhatWeb also identifies version numbers, email addresses, account IDs, web framework modules, SQL errors, and more. WhatWeb supports an aggression level to control the trade off between speed and reliability.

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
πŸ” Why 40% of privacy compliance tech will rely on AI by 2023 πŸ”

The rise of regulations like GDPR have launched personal data security into the spotlight, and artificial intelligence is here to help.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Digital Guardian Unveils New Managed Detection and Response Service πŸ”

Digital Guardian is pleased to share that effective today, we've launched a new Managed Detection & Response (MDR) service to better help customers secure their most sensitive data.

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⚠ Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it ⚠

Private chat invites aren't meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Android 11 to clamp down on background location access ⚠

Is Android finally about to get on top of the issue of apps that quietly suck up location data?

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” How to hack an election without touching a voting machine πŸ”

In a RSA 2020 simulation, the Red Team compromised email accounts, deepfake videos, and disinformation on Election Day in Adversaria.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ RSAC 2020 Keynote: Changing the World’s False Perception of Cybersecurity ❌

The reality of the cybersecurity industry is starkly different than what's perceived by the rest of the world.

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via "Threatpost".