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πŸ•΄ Orgs Are Quicker to Disclose Breaches Reported to Them Via External Sources πŸ•΄

Companies that find a breach on their own take substantially longer to report a breach, a new analysis shows.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Critical Flaw in Cisco Elastic Services Controller Allows Full System Takeover ❌

Cisco has patched a critical flaw in its virtualized function automation tool, Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Baltimore City Network Struck with Ransomware Attack πŸ•΄

Government employees are working to determine the source and severity of a cyberattack that forced most city servers offline.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Researchers’ Evil Clippy cloaks malicious Office macros ⚠

A team of security researchers has exploited Microsoft’s patchy macro documentation to hide malicious code inside innocent-looking macros.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ School lunch company exec arrested for skewering rival’s site ⚠

The Choicelunch CFO is accused of hacking student data out of The LunchMaster's site and anonymously ratting it out for bad security.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Malvertiser behind 100+ million bad ads indicted in the US ⚠

A Ukrainian and his gang allegedly smeared malvertising for 4.5 years and tried to rent out a botnet full of infected computers.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Latest Android security updates, and Google to fix patch delays for Pixel ⚠

Google's May security update for Android is out – but will you be lucky enough to get it this week? If you own one of a Pixel device, then yes.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Cynet Provides Security Responders with Free IR Tool to Validate and Respond to Active Threats ❌

Cynet Free IR empowers its users with a solution that is accessible and easy to use, bringing crucial incident response services in-house, while saving them valuable time and resources.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Top 5 Configuration Mistakes That Create Field Days for Hackers ❌

Having appropriate security configurations requires your applications, servers and databases to be hardened in accordance with best practices.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Are passwords obsolete? 5 things that could replace them πŸ”

Employees are still using "123456" and "qwerty" far too often. Here are five ID forms that could better protect the enterprise to consider on World Password Day.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ The Fine Line of Feedback: 6 Tips for Talking to Security Pros πŸ•΄

Feedback is a two-way street in terms of giving, receiving, and knowing how to give and receive.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Verizon Data Breach Report: Espionage, C-Suite and Cloud Attacks on the Rise ❌

Cloud misconfigurations, business email compromise (BEC) and intellectual property theft are all up in the Verizon DBIR 2019 from last year.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Google Touts Android Q’s New Security Update Process and Better Privacy Controls for Apps ❌

At Google I/O, the tech giant announced it is beefing up security in phones with its latest Android Q operating system by offering direct updates and privacy controls.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Americans overestimate their online safety, despite putting forward little effort πŸ”

A survey of 10,000 Americans found that 90% believe they are doing enough to protect themselves online, though less than half are even doing the bare minimum.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Lax Telco Security Allows Mobile Phone Hijacking and Redirects ❌

A Q&A with Kaspersky Lab researcher David Jacoby examines a gaping hole in the telco customer-service process that allows adversaries to commandeer phone calls.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Google Patches Critical Remote Code-Execution Flaws in Android ❌

The Android security update patches 15 bugs, four rated critical, 10 rated high and one ranked moderate in severity.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Fix on the way for Google Chrome flaw allowing malicious websites to break back button πŸ”

Google Chrome users have complained for years about how browser handles history, allowing malicious websites to inhibit back button usage.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ FBI: Cybercrime Losses Doubled in 2018 πŸ•΄

The world has embraced digital technology, but cybercrime is putting a serious dent in corporate finances, the FBI finds.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Today's most innovative enterprise solutions πŸ”

Max Wessel spoke with TechRepublic at the 2019 SAP SAPPHIRE NOW conference about the most beneficial enterprise solutions organizations should be using.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Cyberespionage, Social Engineering, Misconfiguration Errors Culprits in Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Report πŸ”

The latest edition of the report analyzed over 40,000 security incidents to identify trends and changes by threat actors.

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πŸ” How to create an SSH jailed user on Debian 9 πŸ”

Learn how to limit what SSH users can do by jailing them with the help of Jailkit.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".