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πŸ•΄ Mobile Attack Rates Up 24% Globally, 44% in US πŸ•΄

One-third of all fraud targets are mobile, a growing source of all digital transactions.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Use Android Pie lockdown mode πŸ”

Jack Wallen activates and enables Android Pie's new lockdown mode.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ 4 Trends Giving CISOs Sleepless Nights πŸ•΄

IoT attacks, budget shortfalls, and the skills gap are among the problems keeping security pros up at night.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ New Study Details Business Benefits of Biometrics πŸ•΄

Biometric authentication can be good for security and for business, according to a new study from Goode Intelligence

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ PowerShell Obfuscation Ups the Ante on Antivirus ❌

The development fits a trend that sees threat actors turning to well-known, commodity malware, overcoming its easy detection with ever-better obfuscation methods.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ Creators of Tools for Building Malicious Office Docs Ditch Old Exploits πŸ•΄

In their place is a collection of new exploits for more recently disclosed - and therefore not likely widely patched - vulnerabilities.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Malware Campaign Targeting Jaxx Wallet Holders Shut Down πŸ•΄

A site spoofing the official Jaxx website was discovered packing several infections for Windows and Mac machines, and has been shut down.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
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•΄ Modular Malware Brings Stealthy Attacks to Former Soviet States πŸ•΄

A new malware technique is making phishing attacks harder to spot when they succeed.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Update now! Microsoft’s September 2018 Patch Tuesday is here ⚠

September’s Patch Tuesday is upon Windows users - 61 CVEs, 17 flaws rated as critical, a zero-day and a flaw affecting Adobe Flash Player.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ California bill regulates IoT for first time in US ⚠

California looks set to regulate IoT devices, becoming the first US state to do so and beating the Federal Government to the post.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Experts Bemoan Shortcomings with IoT Security Bill ❌

The infosec community say California's IoT security bill is "nice," but doesn't hit on the important issues.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
⚠ Street gang members indicted for stealing POS terminals ⚠

...and using the credit card terminals to allegedly issue themselves fraudulent returns and to steal taxpayer IDs and bank info.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Veeam leaves MongoDB database wide open, exposes 445m records ⚠

The data-management firm's customer database held names, email addresses, some IP addresses and more: a wealth of ammo for phishers.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ The Increasingly Vulnerable Software Supply Chain πŸ•΄

Nation-state adversaries from Iran to Russia have leveraged the supply chain as a vehicle to compromise infrastructure and disrupt businesses.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Microsoft Office is more dangerous than you think: Doc deliver 45% of all malware πŸ”

Malicious Microsoft Office attachments are more common than malicious batch scripts and PowerShell scripts, according to Cofense Intelligence. Here's how to protect your business.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Bomgar Buys BeyondTrust πŸ•΄

The companies join forces to broaden their privileged access management portfolio and will take on the BeyondTrust name.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Kelihos Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty in Federal Court πŸ•΄

The 38-year-old Russian national operated several botnets and infected thousands of systems with malware.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Enterprise Security Needs an Open Data Solution πŸ•΄

What would it look like if more than a tiny fraction of enterprises had access to all the signals hidden in their big data today?

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ ThreatList: Microsoft Macros Remain Top Vector for Malware Delivery ❌

The second-most popular delivery method is CVE-2017-11882, a patched Microsoft vulnerability that allows the attacker to perform arbitrary code-execution.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
⚠ You didn’t buy β€˜your’ iTunes movies; Apple can delete them anytime ⚠

It's in the terms of service, as one man found out after Apple removed three movies from his iTunes library.

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via "Naked Security".