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❌ Twitter Flaw Exposed Direct Messages To External Developers ❌

The company said it has issued a patch for the issue, which has been ongoing since May 2017.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ” 10 signs you aren't cut out to be a cybersecurity specialist πŸ”

A career as a cybersecurity specialist requires more than just technical skills. Cybersecurity professionals also tend to have specific personalities. Do you qualify?

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” 10 signs you aren't cut out to be a cybersecurity specialist πŸ”

A career as a cybersecurity specialist requires more than just technical skills. Cybersecurity professionals also tend to have specific personalities. Do you qualify?

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ The 'Opsec Fail' That Helped Unmask a North Korean State Hacker πŸ•΄

How Park Jin Hyok - charged by the US government for alleged computer crimes for the Sony, Bank of Bangladesh, WannaCry cyberattacks - inadvertently blew his cover via email accounts.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Critical Vulnerability Found in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager ❌

Cisco has patched vulnerability in its video surveillance manager software that could give an unauthenticated, remote attacker the ability to execute arbitrary commands on targeted systems.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ” ProTip: Automate setting a firmware password on Apple computers πŸ”

Securing Mac computers means more than just protecting the data. Limiting the ways a user can gain access to a device--including bypassing the existing OS or resetting account passwords is easily enabled with a simple command.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Podcast: Two Billion IoT Devices Still Vulnerable to BlueBorne Bug ❌

Up to two billion devices are still vulnerable to the BlueBorne IoT attack - and may not ever get a patch.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
⚠ Monday review – the hot 19 stories of the week ⚠

From iOS security updates to Netflix phishing attacks, catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ iTunes is assigning you a β€˜trust score’ based on emails and phone calls ⚠

It's just a number to detect fraud, not a Black Mirror-esque score that's going to rate us all as social misfits unworthy of wedding invitations.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Police accidentally tweet bookmarks that reveal surveilled groups ⚠

The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) accidentally spilled some of its opsec onto Twitter last week, uploading a screenshot that revealed browser bookmarks.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ App developers are STILL allowed to read your Gmails ⚠

Google is still allowing third-party developers access to access its users’ Gmail data, it said in a letter to Senators last week.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook faces sanctions if it drags its feet on data transparency ⚠

The EU justice commissioner said she's out of patience. Also, she quit Facebook because it's a "channel of dirt."

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Bankrupt NCIX customer data resold on Craigslist ⚠

What happens to sensitive customer data when a large company that has collected it over many years suddenly goes bust?

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Will Microsoft finally kill the password with its Authenticator upgrade? πŸ”

Microsoft has extended its support for passwordless login using the app to the hundreds of thousands of Azure Active Directory-connected apps used by business, one of a series of security improvements announced at Ignite.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Tricky DoS Attack Crashes Mozilla Firefox ❌

There are currently no mitigations for the Firefox attack, a researcher told Threatpost.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ” Cisco: We've killed another critical hard-coded root password bug, patch urgently πŸ”

This time a 9.8/10-severity hardcoded password has been found in Cisco's video surveillance software.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Hacking Back: Simply a Bad Idea πŸ•΄

While the concept may sound appealing, it's rife with drawbacks and dangers.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 'Scan4Yyou' Operator Gets 14-Year Sentence πŸ•΄

A citizen of the former USSR is sentenced to 168 months for running Scan4you, an online counter antivirus service.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Assessing the Human Element in Cyber Risk Analysis ❌

The human factor doesn't have to be an intangible when assessing cyber risks within a company.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
❌ Google’s Forced Sign-in to Chrome Raises Privacy Red Flags ❌

Chrome users are now automatically signed into the browser if they're signed into any other Google service, such as Gmail.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
❌ Adwind RAT Scurries By AV Software With New DDE Variant ❌

The spam campaign mostly targets victims in Turkey and Germany.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".