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πŸ•΄ DEF CON Invites Kids to Crack Campaign Finance Portals πŸ•΄

DEF CON's Voting Village and AI Village team up with r00tz Asylum to let kids explore simulated campaign financial disclosure portals and disinformation campaigns.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Unique Monokle Android Spyware Self-Signs Certificates ❌

Researchers have linked the surveillance tool to a Russian tech firm that has been sanctioned for interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Highlighting Data Protection Best Practices for IIoT Systems πŸ”

A new paper, released Monday, is designed to act as a best practices guide to IIoT (industrial IoT) systems that connect control systems with enterprise systems and business processes.

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πŸ•΄ Mirai-Like Botnet Wages Massive Application-Layer DDoS Attack πŸ•΄

IoT botnet-made up mainly of routers-hit a service provider with nearly 300,000 requests-per-second in a 13-day deluge of data.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Tech news roundup: Managing IoT, new iPhones, and phishing concerns πŸ”

This week's stories from TechRepublic and ZDNet include AI's influence on retail, the onslaught of malicious emails, and a look at why 50% of employees aren't satisfied.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Tech news roundup: Managing IoT, new iPhones, and phishing concerns πŸ”

This week's stories from TechRepublic and ZDNet include AI's influence on retail, the onslaught of malicious emails, and a look at why 50% of employees aren't satisfied.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ NSA to Form New Cybersecurity Directorate πŸ•΄

Anne Neuberger will lead the directorate, which aims to bring together the NSA's offensive and defensive operations.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ ThreatList: Human Error is Behind One Quarter of Data Breaches ❌

Meanwhile, remediation times are ballooning to a year or more in the case of malicious attacks, according to Ponemon Institute.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ With Data Breach Costs, Time is Money πŸ•΄

The sooner a company can detect and respond to an incident, the less likely they are to pay for it, a new IBM-Ponemon study finds.

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❌ Popular File-Sharing Service WeTransfer Used in Malicious Spam Campaigns ❌

WeTransfer is being used by hackers to circumvent email gateways looking to zap malicious links.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ How to Create Smarter Risk Assessments πŸ•΄

Executives and directors need quantitative measurements - such as likelihood of loss and hard-dollar financial impact - to make more informed decisions about security risks.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ You can probably be identified from your anonymized data ⚠

The idea of de-identifying data has been around for a while. However, a study published this week asserts that it’s even easier to re-identify information than we first thought.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ Android Malware 'Triada' Most Active on Telco Networks πŸ•΄

Google in May disclosed that several Android devices had been shipped pre-installed with the RAT.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ New York City moves to protect citizens’ location data ⚠

New York City is considering a law that could stop cellphone carriers and smartphone app vendors from selling their location data.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ Answer These 9 Questions to Determine if Your Data Is Safe πŸ•΄

Data protection regulations are only going to grow tighter. Make sure you're keeping the customer's best interests in mind.

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πŸ” Email persists as a major avenue for cyberattacks in 2019 πŸ”

A new report from Barracuda Networks reveals that email-based attacks are having a major impact on businesses, despite increased confidence in email security systems.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ EvilGnome – Linux malware aimed at your laptop, not your servers ⚠

EvilGnome was written to target the comparatively small but committed community who use Linux on their laptops.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” 60% of companies experienced insider attacks in the last year πŸ”

Insider attacks are some of the most threatening cyberattacks to data security, according to a Nucleus Cyber report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ Facebook gets its wrist slapped $5b for fumbling our data, confirms FTC ⚠

The FTC initially wanted a fine worth tens of billions, plus potential jail time for execs.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Dutch Data Protection Authority Issues First GDPR Fine πŸ”

The fine, against a large hospital, stems from its apparent lack of internal patient record security.

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