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⚠ Terrorists told to hijack social media accounts to spread propaganda ⚠

Facebook has removed 14 million pieces of content dubbed likely to come from terrorists, as determined by new machine learning technology

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Botnet pwns 100,000 routers using ancient security flaw ⚠

Researchers have stumbled on another large botnet that’s been hijacking home routers while nobody was paying attention.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Headmaster fired over cryptocoin mining on the school’s dime ⚠

O, that constant whirring noise? And the sky-high electricity bill? Why, it's those darn air conditioners and heaters!

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ 'CARTA': A New Tool in the Breach Prevention Toolbox πŸ•΄

Gartner's continuous adaptive risk and trust assessment for averting a data breach addresses the shortcomings of static security programs.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ New Boom in Facial Recognition Tech Prompts Privacy Alarms ❌

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Malware-Laced App Lurked on Google Play For a Year ❌

Google Play’s policy prohibits apps or SDKs that download executable code, such as dex files or native code, from a source other than Google Play

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
⚠ How to fit all of Shakespeare in one tweet (and why not to do it!) ⚠

A security researcher squoze 1,299,999 words into a single tweet, thanks to image metadata that Twitter doesn't remove.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ U.S. Chip Cards Are Being Compromised in the Millions ❌

A full 60 million U.S. cards were compromised in the past 12 months. While 93 percent of those were EMV chip-enabled, merchants continued to use mag stripes.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ” How CIOs can manage blockchain security: 4 tips πŸ”

By 2020, an exploited vulnerability will disrupt a major blockchain platform, causing significant damage, Gartner predicts. Here's how to protect your blockchain efforts.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How--and why--you should enable Housekeeping in Elementary OS Juno πŸ”

Elementary OS Juno includes a number of improvements and additions, including a slight security bump over previous releases.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Cyberattacks Top Business Risks in North America, Europe, EAP πŸ•΄

The World Economic Forum reports cyberattacks are a top enterprise concern following WannaCry and the rise of e-commerce.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 7 Cool New Security Tools to be Revealed at Black Hat Europe πŸ•΄

Black Hat Europe's Arsenal lineup will include demonstrations of tools addressing everything from unsecured cloud buckets to unknown IoT devices.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Veterans Find New Roles in Enterprise Cybersecurity πŸ•΄

Facebook and Synack create programs to educate vets and grow employment opportunities while shrinking the cybersecurity talent gap.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Paris Agreement on Cybercrime Falls Short of Unanimous Agreement πŸ•΄

More than 50 nations and 150 global companies agree to join effort to fight cybercrime.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Emotet Campaign Ramps Up with Mass Email Harvesting Module ❌

The new variant can exfiltrate emails for a period going back 180 days, en masse.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ” ​4 best practices to combat new IoT security threats at the firmware level πŸ”

Firmware may be the next frontier for IoT hacks. See below how the healthcare industry addresses these threats.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ 2018 On Track to Be One of the Worst Ever for Data Breaches πŸ•΄

A total of 3,676 breaches involving over 3.6 billion records were reported in the first nine months of this year alone.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Does wiping your iPhone count as destroying evidence? ⚠

Police say it's a felony, but a woman arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting says she doesn't even know how to remotely wipe.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Ransomware no. 1 cyberthreat to SMBs, and the average attack costs $47K πŸ”

More than half of SMBs experienced a ransomware attack in the first half of 2018, according to a Datto report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ DEA and ICE hiding cameras in streetlights and traffic barrels ⚠

Drug and immigration cops in the US are buying surveillance cameras to hide in streetlights and traffic barrels.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ WordPress GDPR compliance plugin hacked ⚠

There's no obvious executable payload in the attack but the attackers may be building a collection of websites and biding their time.

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via "Naked Security".