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πŸ” What the Google+ security flaw and expedited shutdown means for enterprise users πŸ”

The consumer version of the social networking service is being shut down faster than originally announced, but the enterprise version will live on.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Facebook data privacy scandal: A cheat sheet πŸ”

Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” 3 ways dark web data trade will change in 2019, and how to protect your business πŸ”

Sensitive data compromise was a huge problem in 2018 and remains a top concern going into 2019. Here are the three things companies should look out for.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ How Well Is Your Organization Investing Its Cybersecurity Dollars? πŸ•΄

The principles, methods, and tools for performing good risk measurement already exist and are being used successfully by organizations today. They take some effort -- and are totally worth it.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Grammarly Takes Bug Bounty Program Public πŸ•΄

The private bug bounty program has nearly 1,500 participants and is ready for a public rollout with HackerOne.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Biometrics: Security Solution or Issue? ❌

Issues still exist when it comes to securing biometrics.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ” Capitalinstall malware targets healthcare sector, delivers payload via Microsoft Azure πŸ”

Cloud storage providers offer virus and malware scanning, but the existence of that service is not enough to assume files from the cloud are not malicious.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ NetSecOPEN Names Founding Members, Board of Directors πŸ•΄

The organization is charged with building open, transparent testing protocols for network security.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Adobe December 2018 Security Update Fixes Reader, Acrobat ❌

The update includes a raft of critical code-execution problems.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Cobalt Group Pushes Revamped ThreadKit Malware ❌

Threat actors have updated their malware to include a macro-based delivery framework.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Data Privacy Issues Trigger Soul Searching in Tech Industry ❌

Consumers are growing angry when it comes to data misuse - but the real change will need to come from the tech industry's culture when it comes to privacy.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ•΄ The Grinch Bot Before Christmas: A Security Story for the Holidays πŸ•΄

Once upon a time, buyers purchased products from certified sellers. Today, hoarders use botnets to amass goods at significant markup for a new gray-market economy.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 49% of Cloud Databases Left Unencrypted πŸ•΄

Businesses also leave information vulnerable in the cloud by failing to implement MFA and configure Kubernetes settings, new research reveals.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Zero-Day Bug Fixed by Microsoft in December Patch Tuesday ❌

Microsoft patches nine critical bugs as part of December Patch Tuesday roundup.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Facebook Fined $11.3M for Privacy Violations ❌

Italy's regulator found the social giant guilty of misleading consumers as to what it does with their data.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ•΄ Attackers Using New Exploit Kit to Hijack Home & Small Office Routers πŸ•΄

Goal is to steal banking credentials by redirecting users to phishing sites.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Patch Tuesday Arrives with 9 Critical CVEs, 1 Under Attack πŸ•΄

Serious bugs addressed today include a Win32K privilege escalation vulnerability and Windows DNS server heap overflow flaw.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Equifax Breach Underscores Need for Accountability, Simpler Architectures πŸ•΄

A new congressional report says the credit reporting firm's September 2017 breach was 'entirely preventable.'

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Battling Bots Brings Big-Budget Blow to Businesses πŸ•΄

Fighting off bot attacks on Web applications extracts a heavy cost in human resources and technology, according to a just-released report.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Phones are selling location data from β€œtrusted” apps ⚠

Data brokers are tracking 200 million mobile devices in the US, updating locations up to 14,000 times a day, the New York Times has found.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Text CAPTCHAs easily beaten by neural networks ⚠

As CAPTCHA-haters know to their frequent irritation, the death of the text-based Completely Automated Procedures for Telling Computers and Humans Apart tends to be exaggerated.

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via "Naked Security".