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⚠ Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week ⚠

From the vulnerable Windows RDS 'feature' to the privacy of US visa applicants - and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Online shops fear 2FA at checkout will increase abandoned carts ⚠

A report says the EU will lose $64b per year once new 2FA rules go into effect, but we support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) wholeheartedly.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by Feds – after 2.5 years ⚠

The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Cryptocurrency attack thwarted by npm team ⚠

Cryptocurrency users narrowly escaped losing all their funds last week after an attacker poisoned a digital wallet with malicious code that stole their blockchain access details.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ The GoldBrute botnet is trying to crack open 1.5 million RDP servers ⚠

Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it’s been a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ Black Hat USA Offers Fresh Perspectives on Enterprise Cybersecurity πŸ•΄

Learn new enterprise-grade techniques for identifying vulnerabilities, improving Active Directory security, and building trust with customers at Black Hat USA this summer.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Unmixed Messages: Bringing Security & Privacy Awareness Together πŸ•΄

Security and privacy share the same basic goals, so it just makes sense to combine efforts in those two areas. But that can be easier said than done.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Microsoft warns of time-travelling equation exploit – are you safe? ⚠

An Office bug that was squashed back in 2017 is still in widespread use - make sure your computer hasn't slipped through the patch cracks!

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via "Naked Security".
❌ VLC Player Gets Patched for Two High-Severity Bugs ❌

Popular media player receives 33 security bug fixes, two of which are rated high severity.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Security Headline Test πŸ•΄

Security Headline Test

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 'Lone Wolf' Scammer Built a Multifaceted BEC Cybercrime Operation πŸ•΄

A one-man 419 scam evolved into a lucrative social-engineering syndicate over the past decade that conducts a combination of business email compromise, romance, and financial fraud.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” How to integrate Spamassassin with Postfix Mail Server πŸ”

The task of preventing the never-ending flow of spam gets a bit simpler with Spamassassin and Postfix.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Want less spam? Learn how to integrate Spamassassin with Postfix Mail Server πŸ”

The task of preventing the never-ending flow of spam gets a bit simpler with Spamassassin and Postfix.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Microsoft Warns of Email Attacks Executing Code Using an Old Bug ❌

The flaw affected all versions of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows and architecture types dating back to 2000, and was patched in November 2017.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ How to Model Risk in an Apex Predator Cyber-World ❌

Large-scale existential threats exist everywhere and can annihilate us with only trivial effort. Should we all throw everything we can at them?

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Stop ignoring hybrid cloud security risks πŸ”

Karen Roby talks with a security expert about safeguarding the enterprise in a hybrid IT world.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Breaking Down LGPD, Brazil’s New Data Protection Law πŸ”

Brazil's GDPR-like data protection law, LGPD, owes a lot to the EU regulation but has several key differences that organizations that do business in the country should be familiar with.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
πŸ•΄ GoldBrute Botnet Brute-Forcing 1.5M RDP Servers πŸ•΄

Botnets are scanning the Internet for servers exposing RDP and using weak, reused passwords to obtain access.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Photos: Cisco Live 2019 keynote and highlights πŸ”

TechRepublic's Teena Maddox attended Cisco's premier education and training event for IT professionals in San Diego, CA.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ WordPress Sites Worldwide Hit with β€˜Call-Girl’ Search-Engine Pollution ❌

A web spam campaign targeting Koreans is affecting non-hacked websites worldwide.

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via "Threatpost".