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πŸ•΄ Cisco Reports SIP Inspection Vulnerability πŸ•΄

Advisory addresses active exploitation of vuln in the wild, with no clear solution in sight.

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πŸ•΄ NITTF Releases New Model for Insider Threat Program πŸ•΄

The Insider Threat Program Maturity Framework is intended to help government agencies strengthen their programs.

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πŸ•΄ Ex-Employees Allegedly Steal Micron Trade Secrets Valued At Over $400 Million πŸ•΄

Three individuals who worked for DRAM maker's Taiwan subsidiary stole Micron IP to benefit company controlled by China's government, US says in indictment.

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❌ Facebook Blames Malicious Extensions in Breach of 81K Private Messages ❌

Investigators posed as buyers and were offered the messages at 10 cents per Facebook account.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ Worst Malware and Threat Actors of 2018 πŸ•΄

Two reports call out the most serious malware attacks and attackers of the year (so far).

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⚠ Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week ⚠

Passcodes are protected by the Fifth Amendment, browsers are being made to cough up browsing history, and an exploit in Microsoft Word. Catch up with this and everything we wrote in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time!

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ PortSmash attack steals secrets from Intel chips on the side ⚠

Researchers have developed an exploit that uses a feature in Intel chips to steal secret cryptographic keys.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Should company bosses face jail for mishandling your privacy? ⚠

A proposed bill calls for executives to be jailed for not protecting consumers' data, or at least for lying about it.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ FIFA, hacked again, is leaking like a sieve ⚠

Football shockers started to flow on Friday, after journalists analyzed more than 70m exfiltrated documents, totaling 3.4 terabytes of data.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Private Facebook data from 81,000 accounts discovered on crime forum ⚠

Stolen data from the 81,000 accounts that appeared to be genuine included intimate exchanges between Facebook users.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” How big data can help identify and motivate voters πŸ”

Chris Wilson of WPA Intelligence explains how data analytics experts could help increase voter turnout.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Why the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal makes connecting with voters more difficult πŸ”

Chris Wilson of WPA Intelligence reflects on why he thinks the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica incident makes it more difficult to reach voters.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Election security: Tuesday and beyond πŸ”

CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains hacking threats for Tuesday's elections.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ After the Breach: Tracing the 'Smoking Gun' πŸ•΄

Systems, technology, and threats change, and your response plan should, too. Here are three steps to turn your post-breach assessment into a set of workable best practices.

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πŸ” Election security: US voting system faces multiple cyber threats during 2018 midterms πŸ”

From social media manipulation to voting machine hacks, CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains the cyber threats that could compromise the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Why you should be using a password manager πŸ”

Jack Wallen discusses why everyone should be using a password manager.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How automation can fill the enterprise cybersecurity skills gap πŸ”

Automation is the way that teams gain a humongous amount of leverage in the speed and effectiveness of cyberdefense, says LogicHub CEO and co-founder Kumar Saurabh.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Smart City Security Testing: Research -> Tooling -> Methodology -> Go! πŸ•΄

The idea and concept of Smart Cities is certainly gaining traction. Cities around the world are already investing in trials, testbeds and in many cases operational system deployments such as smart energy, smart lighting, smart parking; the list goes on...

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❌ Passwords: Here to Stay, Despite Smart Alternatives? ❌

"Password-killing" authentication efforts may be on a road to nowhere.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
❌ PortSmash Side-Channel Attack Siphons Data From Intel, Other CPUs ❌

An exploit was released for a flaw existing in a process in CPUs called Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT).

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
❌ Newsmaker Interview: Tom Kellermann on Hacking the Midterm Elections ❌

Concerns over midterm election tampering reach a boiling point in the days leading up to actual voting.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".