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πŸ” What You Need to Know About Florida’s Information Protection Act of 2014 (FIPA) πŸ”

Learn about the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014 (FIPA) in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of data security.

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πŸ•΄ US Chamber of Commerce, FICO Report National Risk Score of 688 πŸ•΄

While the score was up for large businesses and down for small firms, the report urges all to prioritize third-party risk management.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ VxWorks TCP/IP Stack Vulnerability Poses Major Manufacturing Risk πŸ•΄

A new analysis shows the scale of risk posed by networking vulnerabilities in a popular embedded real-time operating system.

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❌ Google Nest Security Cam Bugs Allow Device Takeover ❌

Eight vulnerabilities would allow a range of attacker activities, including taking the Nest camera offline, sniffing out network information and device hijacking.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Towns Across Texas Hit in Coordinated Ransomware Attack πŸ•΄

The state government and cybersecurity groups have mobilized to respond to a mass ransomware attack that simultaneously hit 23 different towns statewide.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Post GandCrab, Cybercriminals Scouring the Dark Web for the Next Top Ransomware ❌

A detailed look at underground forums shows that cybercriminals aren't sure where to look on the heels of the GandCrab ransomware group shutting its doors - and low-level actors are taking advantage of that by developing their own strains.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Apple Sues Corellium Over iOS β€˜Replica’ Security Testing Software ❌

The phone company has sued the startup for copyright infringement.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ VLC Media Player Allows Desktop Takeover Via Malicious Video Files ❌

VideoLAN has released an updated version of its VLC Player to fix over a dozen bugs.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Instagram Added to Facebook Data-Abuse Bounty Program πŸ•΄

Social media giant also launches invitation-only bug bounty program for 'Checkout on Instagram'.

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πŸ•΄ What Americans Think About Ransomware πŸ•΄

New Harris Poll survey says most will weigh candidates' cybersecurity positions.

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πŸ•΄ 5 Ways to Improve the Patching Process πŸ•΄

So many software vulnerabilities, so little time. But failure to patch them can have serious consequences. Here's help for overwhelmed security teams.

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πŸ•΄ Visa Adds New Fraud Disruption Measures πŸ•΄

Payment card giant creates a 'cyber fraud system' to thwart transaction abuse.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Cyberthreats Against Financial Services Up 56% πŸ•΄

Financial institutions interacting with customers online must prepare for a broader, more sophisticated variety of threats.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Apple iOS Patch Blunder Opens Updated iPhones to Jailbreaks ❌

Apple accidentally re-introduced a vulnerability in its latest operating system, iOS 12.4, that had been previously fixed in iOS 12.3.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Who Gets Privileged Access & How to Enforce It πŸ•΄

Let's begin by re-evaluating IT infrastructures to determine who has access to what, why, and when.

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⚠ Serious Security: Phishing in the cloud – the freemium way ⚠

Here's an interesting phishing trick. It's a way for crooks to get lots of customised web links without doing any programming.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Scammers use bogus search results to fool voice assistants ⚠

The Better Business Bureau reports that scammers have worked out how to game search results for company customer support telephone numbers.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Chrome users ignoring warnings to change breached passwords ⚠

If you were told that the password you had just entered was known to have been compromised in a data breach, what would you do?

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Apple iOS update ends in jailbroken iPhones (if that’s what you want) ⚠

Programmers call it "regresssion" - when fixing a new bug unfixes an old one - and it's a jailbreakers dream!

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via "Naked Security".