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πŸ•΄ Norsk Hydro Shuts Plants Amid Ransomware Attack πŸ•΄

The cyberattack, first detected on Monday night, has shut down Norsk's entire global network.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ New scam accuses you of child abuse, offers to remove evidence ⚠

This scam is both intimidating and disturbing - the crooks are presenting themselves as corrupt CIA officials who will take a bribe.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Old Tech Spills Digital Dirt on Past Owners ❌

Researcher buys old computers, flash drives, phones and hard drives and finds only two properly wiped devices out of 85 examined.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ The Case of the Missing Data πŸ•΄

The latest twist in the Equifax breach has serious implications for organizations.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Help Needed to Solve AI Data Protection Challenges πŸ”

The UK's data protection authority is hoping that advances to artificial intelligence incorporate data protection by design and is seeking the public's opinion on how to do so.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
πŸ•΄ 6 Ways Mature DevOps Teams Are Killing It in Security πŸ•΄

New survey shows where "elite" DevOps organizations are better able to incorporate security into application security.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Podcast: The High-Risk Threats Behind the Norsk Hydro Cyberattack ❌

Threatpost talks to Phil Neray with CyberX about Tuesday's ransomware attack on aluminum producer Norsk Hydro, and how it compares to past manufacturing attacks like Triton, WannaCry and more.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ DDoS Attack Size Drops 85% in Q4 2018 πŸ•΄

The sharp decline follows an FBI takedown of so-called "booter," or DDoS-for-hire, websites in December 2018.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Host of Flaws Found in CUJO Smart Firewall ❌

Some of the flaws would allow remote code-execution.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Cardinal RAT Resurrected to Target FinTech Firms ❌

A long-quiet malware family has been spotted targeting financial technology firms, armed with new obfuscation techniques to avoid detection.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Microsoft Office Dominates Most Exploited List πŸ•΄

Lone Android vulnerability among the top 10 software flaws most abused by cybercriminals.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Elsevier exposes users’ emails and passwords online ⚠

The science publisher is blaming a misconfigured server that exposed a constant stream of its users’ credentials.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Hacked tornado warning systems leave Texans in the dark ⚠

Add this latest public warning system sabotage to a growing list of fear-and-panic-spreading hacking incidents.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Firefox 66 now blocks autoplaying audio by default ⚠

From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Researchers fret over Netflix interactive TV traffic snooping ⚠

No sooner has Netflix made an interactive TV show than people are already pulling apart its privacy implications.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Google researcher discovers new type of Windows security weakness ⚠

Microsoft will patch a new Windows security bug discovered by Google Project Zero - despite finding no evidence that it poses a threat.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Why 91% of IT and security pros fear insider threats πŸ”

Insider threats are a larger concern for most organizations than cybercriminals or hacktivists, according to a BetterCloud report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Vulnerability in SoftNAS Cloud allows attackers to bypass authentication πŸ”

The vulnerability allows attackers to run arbitrary commands as root, which clearly undermines the security of the SoftNAS Cloud platform and data stored on it.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ Ep. 024 – Sextortion, malicious adverts and randomness [PODCAST] ⚠

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - listen now!

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ TLS 1.3: A Good News/Bad News Scenario πŸ•΄

Stronger encryption standards are improving the privacy of data in motion, but enterprises will need to adapt their security architectures to maintain visibility into network traffic.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ What the Transition to Smart Cards Can Teach the US Healthcare Industry πŸ•΄

Healthcare information security suffers from the inherent weakness of using passwords to guard information. Chip-based smart cards could change that.

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via "Dark Reading: ".