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⚠ S2 Ep6: Instagram phishing, jailbreaking iPhones and social media hoaxes – Naked Security Podcast ⚠

New podcast episode available now!

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” How to remove saved addresses from Firefox Autofill πŸ”

If you're serious about privacy, don't allow Firefox to save and autofill your addresses.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How to remove saved addresses from Firefox Autofill πŸ”

If you're serious about privacy, don't allow Firefox to save and autofill your addresses.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How HackerOne empowers independent hackers to improve security πŸ”

Enabling responsible vulnerability disclosure programs protects companies and hackers in their endeavor to squash software bugs.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Venmo’s Public Transactions Policy Stirs Privacy Concerns ❌

In an open letter, the Mozilla Foundation and EFF scolded Venmo for its data privacy policies, which they say could open the door to stalking and spear-phishing.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ New Botnet Targets Android Set-Top Boxes πŸ•΄

ARES has already infected thousands of devices and is growing, IoT security firm says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Google Cloud Releases Beta of Managed Service to Microsoft AD πŸ•΄

Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory was built to help admins handle cloud-based workloads.

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πŸ•΄ Bug Bounties Continue to Rise, but Market Has Its Own 1% Problem πŸ•΄

The average payout for a critical vulnerability has almost reached $3,400, but only the top bug hunters of a field of 500,000 are truly profiting.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Google Announces New, Expanded Bounty Programs πŸ•΄

The company is significantly expanding the bug-bounty program for Google Play and starting a program aimed at user data protection.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Google Targets Data-Abusing Apps with Bug Bounty Launch ❌

Google is looking to battle the malicious apps - and apps abusing user data - on Google Play by improving its bug-bounty program arsenal.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Biometric Privacy Legislation Catching On Across America πŸ”

The past few years has seen several states in the U.S. adopt, or look to adopt biometric privacy legislation that dictates what type of facial, fingerprint, or retinal data organizations can collect, use, and store.

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πŸ” How much do you know about the Russian Dark Web? πŸ”

Security expert Charity Wright discusses the Dark Web in Russia, how the Dark Web is being used in Vietnam for anonymity from the government, China's surveillance efforts, and more.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Retadup Worm Squashed After Infecting 850K Machines πŸ•΄

An operation involving French law enforcement, the FBI, and Avast forces Retadup to delete itself from victim machines.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ FIN6 Switches Up PoS Tactics to Target E-Commerce ❌

The group is using the More_eggs JScript backdoor to anchor its attack.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ TGI Fridays Delivers Customer Indigestion Over Data Exposure ❌

TGI Fridays Australia restaurant chain warns loyalty reward program member of exposed data incident.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Help! Our VMware Server is infected with ransomware πŸ”

TechRepublic member sagilbert47201 has discovered their VMware backup server is infected with ransomware. Can you help this TechRepublic member recover their data?

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ Google warns of system-controlling Chrome bug ⚠

Google is patching a serious bug in the desktop version of its Chrome browser that could let an attacker take over a computer simply by luring them to a website.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy ⚠

Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook: β€˜Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats ⚠

It won't happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it's handling kids' privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Friday Five: 8/30 Edition πŸ”

Apple recommits to privacy with Siri, news on a bug bounty program for the DHS, plus the IRS warns of a new phishing attack - catch up on the week's news with the Friday Five.

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⚠ Botnet targets set-top boxes using Android OS ⚠

Production systems aren't supposed to have the ADB turned on, but some set-top boxes do.

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via "Naked Security".