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❌ Shamoon Reappears, Poised for a New Wiper Attack ❌

One of the most destructive malware families ever seen is back, and researchers think its authors are gearing up to again take aim at the Middle East.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
⚠ Border agents are copying travelers’ data, leaving it on USB drives ⚠

It's just one of many SOP SNAFUs of a pilot program for advanced searches of travelers' devices that doesn't even have performance metrics.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ The Economics Fueling IoT (In)security πŸ•΄

Attackers understand the profits that lie in the current lack of security. That must change.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” 15 skills you need to be a whitehat hacker and make up to $145K per year πŸ”

Aspiring hackers and cybersecurity pros are joining the ethical hacking community to earn extra cash, according to Bugcrowd.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Education Gets an 'F' for Cybersecurity πŸ•΄

The education sector falls last on a list analyzing the security posture of 17 US industries, SecurityScorecard reports.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2017-1268

IBM Security Guardium 10 and 10.5 uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software does not also use a salt as part of the input. IBM X-Force ID: 124743.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
❌ Google Beefs Up Android Key Security for Mobile Apps ❌

Changes to how data is encrypted can help developers ward off data leakage and exfiltration.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Secure Critical Infrastructure Top of Mind for U.S. ❌

Attacks targeting critical infrastructure system are ramping up - and defense has become a top priority for the U.S. government.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
❌ Grammarly Launches Public Bug Bounty Program ❌

The online spell check platform is taking its private bounty program public in hopes of outing more threats.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ” The biggest phishing attacks of 2018 and how companies can prevent it in 2019 πŸ”

Phishing attacks flourished in 2018, but organizations can protect themselves with the three tips below.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Setting the Table for Effective Cybersecurity: 20 Culinary Questions πŸ•΄

Even the best chefs will produce an inferior product if they begin with the wrong ingredients.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Cybercrime Is World's Biggest Criminal Growth Industry πŸ•΄

The toll from cybercrime is expected to pass $6 trillion in the next three years, according to a new report.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Bomb Threat Bitcoin Demands Cause Disruption, Evacuations ❌

An email campaign is demanding large sums of money in return for not blowing up schools, banks and businesses.

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via "Threatpost | The first stop for security news".
πŸ•΄ Despite Breaches, Many Organizations Struggle to Quantify Cyber-Risks to Business πŸ•΄

Enterprises are struggling with familiar old security challenges as a result, new survey shows.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Universities Get Schooled by Hackers πŸ•΄

Colleges and universities are prime targets for criminals due to huge sets of personal information and security that is weaker than in many businesses.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Update now! WordPress 5.0.1 release fixes seven flaws ⚠

Don't delay, update your Wordpress website today.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Kanye West tops the charts for year’s worst password pratfall ⚠

Kanye, please keep your "all zeroes! all the time!" password away from the media. And Nutella? No, "Nutella" is NOT a good password.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook has filed patents to predict our future locations ⚠

One such use would be to pre-stuff our devices with ads and other content before we wander into a Wi-Fi dead zone.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ YouTube is reading text in users’ videos ⚠

Google keeps tabs on much of your activity. Now, it turns out that its YouTube service is also reading what’s in your videos too.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Google is reading text in YouTube videos for search crawling without user consent πŸ”

Videos uploaded as private or unlisted are subject to being crawled, but Google's documentation does not acknowledge this behavior at all.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Cybercriminals Change Tactics to Outwit Machine-Learning Defense πŸ•΄

The rise in machine learning for security has forced criminals to rethink how to avoid detection.

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via "Dark Reading: ".