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⚠ Bust the password for an air-gapped machine – with its keyboard LEDs ⚠

Researchers have developed a technique for reading data from air-gapped PCs using LEDs. Cue dynamic hacker music now!

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Top 5 cybersecurity challenges for CISOs πŸ”

CISOs must drive business strategy amid an expanded attack surface and increasing security complexity, according to Fortinet.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Is Machine Learning the Future of Cloud-Native Security? πŸ•΄

The nature of containers and microservices makes them harder to protect. Machine learning might be the answer going forward.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2014-10374

On Fitbit activity-tracker devices, certain addresses never change. According to the popets-2019-0036.pdf document, this leads to "permanent trackability" and "considerable privacy concerns" without a user-accessible anonymization feature. The devices, such as Charge 2, transmit Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packets with a TxAdd flag indicating random addresses, but the addresses remain constant. If devices come within BLE range at one or more locations where an adversary has set up passive sniffing, the adversary can determine whether the same device has entered one of these locations.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
πŸ” Infographic: Why email is your weakest security link πŸ”

Employees receive nearly five phishing emails per work week, according to Avanan.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Where Businesses Waste Endpoint Security Budgets πŸ•΄

Too many systems, failure to test tools, and fear of replacement drive endpoint complexity and render products less effective.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Researcher Bypasses Instagram 2FA to Hack Any Account ❌

An independent researcher earned a $30,000 bug bounty after discovering a weakness in the mobile recovery process.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Instagram bug could have allowed anyone to take over your account ⚠

The good news is that Facebook updated Instagram's server-side defences automatically, so you don't have to do anything to fix this one.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ 18% of Enterprises Holding Back on Windows 10 Upgrade πŸ•΄

Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. Many large businesses aren't ready.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” How to solve the dreaded Wordpress site maintenance error πŸ”

If your Wordpress site is stuck in maintenance mode, there's a simple fix.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Latest Trade Secret Theft Case Involves Train Manufacturer πŸ”

It's believed the suspect, a software engineer, took the trade secrets with him to China, where he now resides.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
πŸ•΄ Software Developers Face Secure Coding Challenges πŸ•΄

Seven in ten developers are expected to write secure code, but less than half receive feedback on security, a survey finds.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ FTC Reportedly Ready to Sock Facebook with Record $5 Billion Fine πŸ•΄

The fine, for the social media giant's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, would be the largest ever against a tech company.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Turla APT Returns with New Malware, Anti-Censorship Angle ❌

A dropper called β€œTopinambour" is the first-stage implant, which in turn fetches a spy trojan built in several coding languages.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Flaws in Telegram & WhatsApp on Android Put Data at Risk πŸ•΄

App settings combined with Android behavior can put data integrity at risk for WhatsApp and Telegram users.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Privacy Experts: Facebook’s $5B Fine Unlikely to Do Much ❌

The FTC has levied its biggest fine ever against the social network, but it's unlikely to have much effect.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Alan Turing chosen for the UK’s new Β£50 note – a cracking result! ⚠

In case you were wondering, scientists really can change the world, and change it for the better, too.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Asian consortium plans blockchain-based mobile ID system ⚠

A group of Asian companies want to create a blockchain-based service to turn your phone into a mobile ID system.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Ransomware attackers demand $1.8m from US college ⚠

The school, located in the Bronx and serving around 8,000 students, has declined to say whether it will pay up.

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via "Naked Security".