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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".
⚠ Review that! Fake TripAdvisor review peddler sent to jail ⚠

Jail time for fake reviews is β€œa landmark ruling for the Internet,” TripAdvisor said.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Google reinstates www to URLs in Chrome after user backlash, but only temporarily πŸ”

Less than a week after Chrome was updated to hide the "www" from users, Google have put the subdomain back into the address bar, but only temporarily.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ Review that! Fake TripAdvisor review peddler sent to jail ⚠

Jail time for fake reviews is β€œa landmark ruling for the Internet,” TripAdvisor said.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Major US mobile carriers want to be your password ⚠

Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Blockchain hustler beats the house with smart contract hack ⚠

A hacker used their own code to tamper with a smart contract run by a betting company, and walked off with $24,000.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Magecart Threat Group Racks Up More Hack Victims ❌

The threat group has racked up a list of victims including Feedify, Groopdealz and British Airways.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ” Why 31% of data breaches lead to employees getting fired πŸ”

North America is the region where C-Suite leaders are most likely to be blamed for a breach.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".