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πŸ•΄ Data Is the New Copper πŸ•΄

Data breaches fuel a complex cybercriminal ecosystem, similar to copper thefts after the financial crisis.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Adobe Fixes Critical Flash Player Code Execution Flaws ❌

Overall Adobe's September security update addressed vulnerabilities in Flash Player and Application Manager.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Solid State Drive Trade Secrets Behind Latest Huawei Case πŸ”

Prosecutors in the U.S. are pursuing criminal charges against a Chinese professor after he purportedly took trade secrets to benefit Huawei. The case is yet another instance of the Department of Justice taking its investigation around Huawei, not to mention the theft of trade secrets, seriously.

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❌ ThreatList: Amidst Data Breaches, Account Creation Fraud Soars in 2019 ❌

Cybercrooks are using bots to create synthetic digital identities, to carry out various types of fraud.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Microsoft Addresses Two Zero-Days Under Active Attack ❌

September Patch Tuesday leads off with two elevation-of-privilege bugs that have been exploited in the wild.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Insider Threats Are Rising – But They Shouldn’t Be ❌

Simply implementing best practices is not enough to address the risk coming from your own employees.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ New Privacy Features in iOS 13 Let Users Limit Location Tracking πŸ•΄

Apple will introduce other features that allow more secure use of iPhones in workplace settings as well.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Security Pros' Painless Guide to Machine Intelligence, AI, ML & DL πŸ•΄

Artificial intelligence, machine learning or deep learning? Knowing what the major terms really mean will help you sort through the morass of words on the subject and the security uses of each.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Two Zero-Days Fixed in Microsoft Patch Rollout πŸ•΄

September's Patch Tuesday addressed 80 vulnerabilities, two of which have already been exploited in the wild.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Third-Party Features Leave Websites More Vulnerable to Attack πŸ•΄

A new report points out the dangers to customer data of website reliance on multiple third parties.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing ⚠

The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users' most restrictive settings are.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Telegram fixes β€˜unsend message’ bug that held on to your pictures ⚠

A security researcher uncovered a flaw in Telegram's 'unsend message' feature.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules ⚠

The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn't violate the CFAA.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Wikipedia fights off huge DDoS attack ⚠

Wikipedia has suffered what appears to be the most disruptive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in recent memory.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Feds Indict 281 People for Involvement in Massive E-Mail Fraud Scheme ❌

A coordinated effort between multiple agencies arrested suspects in Nigeria, the U.S. and eight other countries as well as seized nearly $3.7 million.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Strangest Phishing Lures of 2019: From Divorce Papers to Real Estate Decoys ❌

Proofpoint's senior director of the threat research team discusses the strange levels that attackers are going to in order to persuade victims to click on phishing messages.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ CISO/CIO: Get an iPad and Apple Watch with an App Monitoring your Security 24/7 ❌

The Cynet Dashboard provides 24/7 visibility into an organization's security, with real-time alerts and the ability to react as things happen.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Firmware: A New Attack Vector Requiring Industry Leadership πŸ•΄

It's time for cybersecurity manufacturers and solution providers to step up and show leadership in addressing firmware security. Read why and how.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” IT pros worry about humans but invest in data and cloud security πŸ”

A survey of 1,000 IT pros reveals plans for 2020 security spending.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” What is fileless malware and how do you protect against it? πŸ”

Scanning files you open and save isn't enough to catch malware these days. Here's how Microsoft Defender tools can help you catch attacks that are missed by traditional security software.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".