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πŸ” COVID-19: How universities made the pivot to e-learning πŸ”

One Rhode Island university has transitioned nearly seamlessly into remote learning. Here's how they did it safely and effectively.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ How InfoSec Pros Can Help Healthcare During the Coronavirus Pandemic πŸ•΄

Security pros are banding together to ensure healthcare facilities can focus on saving lives instead of defending against cyber attacks. Here are a few places you can volunteer your services.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ SMB Security Catches Up to Large Companies, Data Shows πŸ•΄

Small and midsize businesses face issues similar to those of large organizations and have updated security practices to respond with threat hunting, patch management, and dedicated personnel.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Stay-at-Home Students Offered Lessons to Boost Cybersecurity πŸ•΄

Stuck at home with a primary- or secondary-school student? Organizations from professional training groups to national governments are teaming up to offer virtual cybersecurity training for teens -- in some cases, for free.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Airplane Hack Exposes Weaknesses of Alert and Avoidance Systems ❌

Researchers warn commercial airplane systems can be spoofed impacting flight safety of nearby aircraft.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Reveal the identities of alleged pirates, court tells ISP ⚠

It's not the first ISP to be held accountable for alleged piracy: Cox is looking at a $1b damage order.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Firefox’s Private Relay service tests anonymous email alias feature ⚠

Mozilla has announced that it is testing an experimental service called Firefox Private Relay that it thinks will offer an appealing solution to the issue of having to hand over your email address every time you want to set up any online account.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ It Was 20 Years Ago Today: Remembering the ILoveYou Virus πŸ•΄

The virus infected some 50 million systems worldwide, often rendering them unusable, and cost more than $15 billion to repair.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” This common online behavior puts you and your data at great risk πŸ”

A LastPass report reveals 91% use the same passwords on multiple accounts, and 53% haven't changed passwords in 12 months, despite high-profile security breaches.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Bad password habits continue with 53% admitting to using the same password πŸ”

Ahead of World Password Day, a survey finds management is worse than junior staff at practicing good password hygiene, according to SecureAuth.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Top 5 ways to make video conferencing safer πŸ”

Password protection, user authentication, and keeping software patched are a few ways you can keep video conferencing secure. Tom Merritt suggests five things to do to ensure safer video meetings.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Designing Firmware Resilience for 3 Top Attack Vectors πŸ•΄

Firmware has become an increasingly prevalent target for hackers. Here's how to stop them.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Google Android RCE Bug Allows Attacker Full Device Access ❌

The vulnerability is one of 39 affecting various aspects of the mobile OS that the company fixed in a security update this week.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ New Kaiji Botnet Targets IoT, Linux Devices ❌

The botnet uses SSH brute-force attacks to infect devices and uses a custom implant written in the Go Language.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Post-Pandemic Presentation Plans πŸ•΄

Coming to a conference near you -- who knows when.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ GoDaddy Hack Breaches Hosting Account Credentials ❌

The domain registrar giant said that the breach started in October 2019.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ GoDaddy – β€œunauthorized individual” had access to login info ⚠

Web hosting behemoth GoDaddy just filed a data breach notification with the US state of California.

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via "Naked Security".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2017-18867

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects D6100 before 1.0.0.55, D7800 before V1.0.1.24, R7100LG before V1.0.0.32, WNDR4300v1 before 1.0.2.90, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.48.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".