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❌ Facebook Data Breach Impacts Almost 50 Million Accounts ❌

Hackers exploited a flaw in Facebook’s code impacting its β€œView As” feature.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
⚠ Big Facebook breach: 50 million accounts affected ⚠

Facebook has suffered a data breach affecting almost 50 million accounts. Another 40 million have been reset as a "precautionary" measure.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Facebook discloses network breach affecting 50 million user accounts πŸ”

Facebook said attackers exploited a vulnerability in its code that let them steal access tokens when users switched over to a public profile view via the "View As" feature.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ FBI IC3 Warns of RDP Vulnerability πŸ•΄

Government agencies remind users that RDP can be used for malicious purposes by criminal actors.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 'Torii' Breaks New Ground For IoT Malware πŸ•΄

Stealth, persistence mechanism and ability to infect a wide swath of devices make malware dangerous and very different from the usual Mirai knockoffs, Avast says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 4 Traits of a Cyber-Resilient Culture πŸ•΄

Companies with a solid track record of cybersecurity share these practices and characteristics.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Monday review – the hot 23 stories of the week ⚠

From the big Facebook breach to vulnerable Android password managers - catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days. It's weekly roundup time.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Monero fixes major β€˜burning bug’ flaw, preventing mass devaluation ⚠

The flaw arises from the use of stealth wallet addresses, an anonymity concept that's especially important to privacy-sensitive Monero users.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook: turn off SMS 2FA if you don’t want your number used for ads ⚠

Facebook has been adding phone numbers registered for 2FA to the other data it uses to target people with advertising.

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via "Naked Security".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2015-9268

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 has unsafe implicit linking against Version.dll. In other words, there is no protection mechanism in which a wrapper function resolves the dependency at an appropriate time during runtime.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2015-9267

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 uses temporary folder locations that allow unprivileged local users to overwrite files. This allows a local attack in which either a plugin or the uninstaller can be replaced by a Trojan horse program.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
❔ 50 Million Facebook Accounts Hacked – Time to act before it’s too late! ❔

Estimated reading time: 2 minutesThe afternoon of September 28th 2018 brought in a wave of shock for 50 million Facebook users, when they found themselves logged out of Facebook!! In one of the worst data breach attacks in the history of Facebook, over 90 million users on Friday afternoon, were forced to log out and login back to their accounts. The step was initiated as a precautionary measure by Facebook to reset the access tokens for over 90 million of its users, as hackers managed to exploit a vulnerability in Facebook coding. For this social media giant, its β€˜View As’ feature proved extremely vulnerable, as hackers managed to log into Facebook accounts of other people, by stealing access tokens. The View As feature was basically meant to allow users to see how their profiles appear for other users. Upon learning about this exploit, Facebook immediately reset the access tokens of more than 50 million of its registered accounts. So, while the whole world is busy browsing the internet for answers to HOW and WHY this data breach happened, it’s better to spare sometime to read about immediate actions you can take, to prevent your own data from getting breached: #1 Reset Your Password In case your account was one amongst the 50 million Facebook accounts that got hacked on Friday and the hacker managed to change your password, DO NOT PANIC! You can still try your best to regain access to your account by clicking on β€œForgot your password?” option under your Facebook login. Start by finding your account by entering the primary or secondary email address, you had used for registering with Facebook. Once you are successful in finding your account, you can easily choose to Reset Your Password. However, this process of password recovery holds true, only if you continue to have access to those email addresses. Just in case, you no more access those email ids but would like to reset your password, you can always use the β€œNo longer have access to these?” link, in which case, facebook will ask you for an alternate option to verify your identity. #2 Change Your Password Immediately Even if you were lucky enough to not have your account compromised, as a precautionary measure it’s better to change your password before it’s too late. All you need to do is to click on Security and Login under Settings and scroll down to Login > Change password. Try to choose a stronger password this time and something that is unique only for your Facebook account. Once you have reset your account with a new password, it is advisable to log out of all sessions, provided the fact that your security settings and contact details are up to date. #3 Check Passwords of Other Accounts Registering with Facebook requires you to enter an email ID and often times, you tend to use the same login details for logging into Facebook as well. Thus, while you reset/change the password of your Facebook account, it is a good move to change the password of other accounts also that have the same login details. #4 Check Your Privacy & Security Settings Here are few steps you can take to improve your privacy and security on Facebook: Update contact details, mobile numbers and email addresses under General Limit the visibility of your posts by selecting a comfortable Privacy setting and allow only friends to see your posts. Boost up your security measures by opting for notifications for unrecognized logins and select only couple of trusted friends for recovery of account, in case your account gets locked out. The post 50 Million Facebook Accounts Hacked – Time to act before it’s too late! appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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via "Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice".
❌ Dark Web Azorult Generator Offers Free Binaries to Cybercrooks ❌

The Gazorp online builder makes it easy to start stealing passwords, credit-card information, cryptocurrency wallet data and more.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ Exclusive: Cisco, Duo Execs Share Plans for the Future πŸ•΄

Cisco's Gee Rittenhouse and Duo's Dug Song offer ideas and goals for the merged companies as Duo folds under the Cisco umbrella.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” 5 signs that blockchain will hit wide enterprise adoption soon πŸ”

Blockchain has the potential to enable new business models and reshape industries, but many enterprises are struggling to implement the technology, according to Deloitte.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Why nearly 50% of organizations are failing at password security πŸ”

Employees are sharing an average of six passwords with their coworkers, according to the LastPass 2018 Global Password Security Report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ The Right Diagnosis: A Cybersecurity Perspective πŸ•΄

A healthy body and a healthy security organization have a lot more in common than most people think.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ How to have that difficult β€œstay safe online” conversation with your kids ⚠

As your children start using the internet with greater independence, help keep them - and their data - safe with these simple tips.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Despite digital growth, 25% of SMBs still track finances on paper πŸ”

Companies are putting their finances and security at risk by not using digital-based tracking, according to a Clutch report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Employees Share Average of 6 Passwords With Co-Workers πŸ•΄

Password-sharing and reuse is still prominent, but mulit-factor authentication is on the rise, new study shows.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ California Enacts First-in-Nation IoT Security Law πŸ•΄

The new law requires some form of authentication for most connected devices.

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via "Dark Reading: ".