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❌ 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".
⚠ Samsung fixes flaws that could have let attackers hijack your account ⚠

Flaws in the mobile site were leaving users vulnerable to attackers who could have reset their user passwords and hijacked their accounts.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Supply Chain Security: Managing a Complex Risk Profile ❌

Experts sound off on how companies can work with their third-party suppliers and partners to secure the end-to-end supply chain.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ•΄ Higher Education: 15 Books to Help Cybersecurity Pros Be Better πŸ•΄

Constant learning is a requirement for cybersecurity professionals. Here are 15 books recommended by professionals to continue a professional's education.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Super Micro Says Its Gear Wasn’t Bugged By Chinese Spies ❌

The news comes amid reports that a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort was behind the massive Marriott hotel data breach.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Operation Sharpshooter Takes Aim at Global Critical Assets ❌

Operation Sharpshooter uses a new implant to target mainly English-speaking nuclear, defense, energy and financial companies.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ•΄ Forget Shifting Security Left; It's Time to Race Left πŸ•΄

Once DevOps teams decide to shift left, they can finally look forward instead of backward.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Microsoft, PayPal, Google Top Phishing's Favorite Targets in Q3 πŸ•΄

One out of every 100 emails an enterprise receives is a phishing scam, and the attackers behind them are getting more sophisticated.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Arctic Wolf Buys RootSecure πŸ•΄

The purchase adds risk assessment to Arctic Wolf's SOC-as-a-service.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” 8% of organizations are not properly governing its own data πŸ”

Some 88% of organizations aren't correctly managing access to data stored in files, according to a SailPoint report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".