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โš  EARN IT Act threatens end-to-end encryption โš 

The bill, which would undercut Section 230 protections for online publishing, presents itself as a way to stop online child abuse.

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via "Naked Security".
๐Ÿ” Dang... How Did I Miss International Womenโ€™s Day on Sunday, March 8?! ๐Ÿ”

While there have been some successes when it comes to getting women involved in tech, by and large, we haven't made enough progress.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
โŒ ACLU Sues Over U.S. Airport Facial-Recognition Technology โŒ

Civil-liberties group wants more transparency about who the government is partnering with and how they are using the information gathered in biometric checks.

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via "Threatpost".
๐Ÿ•ด A Lesson in Social Engineering ๐Ÿ•ด

What kind of school project is this?

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTIONโ€ผ New - CVE-2009-5159

Invision Power Board (aka IPB or IP.Board) 2.x through 3.0.4, when Internet Explorer 5 is used, allows XSS via a .txt attachment.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
๐Ÿ•ด Princess Cruises Confirms Data Breach ๐Ÿ•ด

The cruise liner, forced to shut down operations due to coronavirus, says the incident may have compromised passengers' personal data.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
๐Ÿ•ด What Cybersecurity Pros Really Think About Artificial Intelligence ๐Ÿ•ด

While there's a ton of unbounded optimism from vendor marketing and consultant types, practitioners are still reserving a lot of judgment.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
โŒ Coronavirus-Themed APT Attack Spreads Malware โŒ

The APT group was spotted sending spear-phishing emails that purport to detail information about coronavirus - but they actually infect victims with a custom RAT.

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via "Threatpost".
๐Ÿ” Friday Five: 3/13 ๐Ÿ”

Ryuk Ransomware targets another U.S. city, University of Kentucky ends a month-long cyberattack, and a secret-sharing app exposes user data - catch up on the week's news with the Friday Five.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
๐Ÿ•ด Beyond Burnout: What Is Cybersecurity Doing to Us? ๐Ÿ•ด

Infosec professionals may feel not only fatigued, but isolated, unwell, and unsafe. And the problem may hurt both them and the businesses they aim to protect.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
๐Ÿ•ด Big BEC Bust Brings Down Dozens ๐Ÿ•ด

Two dozen individuals have been named in the latest arrests of alleged participants in a business email compromise scheme that cost victims $30 million.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
โŒ WordPress Plugin Bug in Popup Builder Threatens 100K Websites โŒ

The high-severity flaw allows malicious code injection into website pop-up windows.

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via "Threatpost".
โŒ Working from Home: COVID-19โ€™s Constellation of Security Challenges โŒ

Organizations are sending employees and students home to work and learn -- but implementing the plan opens the door to more attacks, IT headaches and brand-new security challenges.

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via "Threatpost".
๐Ÿ•ด DDoS Attack Trends Reveal Stronger Shift to IoT, Mobile ๐Ÿ•ด

Attackers are capitalizing on the rise of misconfigured Internet-connected devices running the WS-Discovery protocol, and mobile carriers are hosting distributed denial-of-service weapons.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
๐Ÿ” How hospital CIOs can prepare for the onslaught of coronavirus patients ๐Ÿ”

There are steps that IT departments can take to strengthen their technical infrastructure in advance of COVID-19's arrival at their facility.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
๐Ÿ›  AIEngine 1.9.2 ๐Ÿ› 

AIEngine is a packet inspection engine with capabilities of learning without any human intervention. It helps network/security professionals to identify traffic and develop signatures for use them on NIDS, Firewalls, Traffic classifiers and so on.

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via "Security Tool Files โ‰ˆ Packet Storm".
โš  Monday review โ€“ the hot 23 stories of the week โš 

Amazon and eBay shopper data was exposed, and the EARN IT act threatens end-to-end encryption. These stories and more in the weekly roundup.

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via "Naked Security".
โš  Senate bill would ban TikTok from government phones โš 

Concerns over cybersecurity risk and possible spying by China have already brought about bans from DHS, DoD, TSA, and the State Department.

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via "Naked Security".
โš  Open source bugs have soared in the past year โš 

Open source bugs have skyrocketed, according to a report from WhiteSource, with XSS flaws account for a quarter of those bugs.

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via "Naked Security".