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🔐 How to protect your Nintendo account after the recent data breach 🔐

A breach has impacted the accounts of some 160,000 Nintendo users. Here's what to do if you're one of them.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".

How to protect your Nintendo account after the recent data breach

A breach has impacted the accounts of some 160,000 Nintendo users. Here's what to do if you're one of them.

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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2017-18699

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.40 and R9000 before 1.0.2.52.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".

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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2017-18698

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R6100 before 1.0.1.20, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, and R9000 before 1.0.2.52.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".

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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2017-18697

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.40 and R9000 before 1.0.2.52.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".

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🕴 Find Your Framework: Thinking Fast and Slow 🕴

Economist Daniel Kahneman's classic book has lessons for those in security, especially now.

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via "Dark Reading: ".

Find Your Framework: Thinking Fast and Slow

Economist Daniel Kahneman's classic book has lessons for those in security, especially now.

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🔐 Kapersky offers free cybersecurity training to assist teams working remotely 🔐

Telecommuting comes with its own set of cybersecurity risks. Kaspersky has announced a free training module to help remote teams make more informed cybersecurity decisions.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".

Kaspersky offers free cybersecurity training to assist teams working remotely

Telecommuting comes with its own set of cybersecurity risks. Kaspersky has announced a free training module to help remote teams make more informed cybersecurity decisions.

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🕴 Cybercrime Group Steals $1.3M from Banks 🕴

A look at how the so-called Florentine Banker Group lurked for two months in a sophisticated business email compromise attack on Israeli and UK financial companies.

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Cybercrime Group Steals $1.3M from Banks

A look at how the so-called Florentine Banker Group lurked for two months in a sophisticated business email compromise attack on Israeli and UK financial companies.

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🔐 Adult dating site attacks targeted colleges with remote access trojan 🔐

Aimed at students and faculty at colleges in the US, this phishing campaign tried to infect machines with the Hupigon remote access trojan, says security provider Proofpoint.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".

Adult dating site attacks targeted colleges with remote access trojan

Aimed at students and faculty at colleges in the US, this phishing campaign tried to infect machines with the Hupigon remote access trojan, says security provider Proofpoint.

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🕴 Apple Downplays Threat Posed by Newly Disclosed Zero-Days in iOS 🕴

Bugs don't pose an immediate threat, and there is no evidence they were exploited, as ZecOps claimed earlier this week, Apple says.

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Apple Downplays Threat Posed by Newly Disclosed Zero-Days in iOS

Bugs don't pose an immediate threat, and there is no evidence they were exploited, as ZecOps claimed earlier this week, Apple says.

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267 million Facebook profiles found being sold on the dark web, the virtual NFL draft raises cybersecurity concerns, and email phishing campaigns target US healthcare providers - catch up on the week's news with the Friday Five.

🔏 Friday Five: 4/24 🔏

267 million Facebook profiles found being sold on the dark web, the virtual NFL draft raises cybersecurity concerns, and email phishing campaigns target US healthcare providers - catch up on the week's news with the Friday Five.

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Digital Guardian

Friday Five: 4/24

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❌ Latest Apple Text-Bomb Crashes iPhones via Message Notifications ❌

Sindhi-language characters can crash iPhones and other iOS/macOS devices if a victim views texts, Twitter posts or messages within various apps containing them.

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via "Threatpost".

Latest Apple Text-Bomb Crashes iPhones via Message Notifications

Sindhi-language characters can crash iPhones and other iOS/macOS devices if a victim views texts, Twitter posts or messages within various apps containing them.

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❌ SAS@home Virtual Summit Showcases New Threat Intel, Industry Changes ❌

The free online conference, scheduled for April 28-30, will feature top security researchers from across the industry.

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via "Threatpost".

SAS@home Virtual Summit Showcases New Threat Intel, Industry Changes

The free online conference, scheduled for April 28-30, will feature top security researchers from across the industry.

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❌ Single Malicious GIF Opened Microsoft Teams to Nasty Attack ❌

Now patched flaw allowed attacker to take over an organization’s entire roster of Microsoft Teams accounts.

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via "Threatpost".

Single Malicious GIF Opened Microsoft Teams to Nasty Attack

Now patched flaw allowed attacker to take over an organization’s entire roster of Microsoft Teams accounts.

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Monday review – the hot 16 stories of the week

⚠ Monday review – the hot 16 stories of the week ⚠

It's weekly roundup time!

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via "Naked Security".

Naked Security

It’s weekly roundup time!

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Web shell warning issued by US and Australia

⚠ Web shell warning issued by US and Australia ⚠

The US NSA and its Australian counterpart the ASD have published a set of guidelines to help companies avoid a common kind of attack: web shell exploits.

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via "Naked Security".

Naked Security

The US NSA and its Australian counterpart the ASD have published a set of guidelines to help companies avoid a common kind of attack: web shell exploits.

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❌ Eight Common OT / Industrial Firewall Mistakes ❌

Firewalls are easy to misconfigure. While the security consequences of such errors may be acceptable for some firewalls, the accumulated risks of misconfigured firewalls in a defense-in-depth OT network architecture are generally unacceptable.

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via "Threatpost".

Eight Common OT / Industrial Firewall Mistakes

While the security consequences of firewall errors may be acceptable, the combined risks of misconfigured firewalls are unacceptable.

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🕴 COVID-19 Quarantine: A Unique Learning Opportunity for Defenders 🕴

Use these spare moments at home to master new skills that will help protect your organization and enhance your career.

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COVID-19 Quarantine: A Unique Learning Opportunity for Defenders

Use these spare moments at home to master new skills that will help protect your organization and enhance your career.

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🔐 Container security meets Kubernetes: What IT pros need to know 🔐

Docker brought containers into the enterprise; static scanning makes sure they are secure when the images are created. Who watches them when they run?

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via "Security on TechRepublic".

Container security meets Kubernetes: What IT pros need to know

Docker brought containers into the enterprise; static scanning makes sure they are secure when the images are created. Who watches them when they run?

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