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πŸ•΄ YouTube Creators Hit in Account Hijacking Campaign πŸ•΄

The victims, who post car reviews and other videos about the auto industry, were targeted in a seemingly coordinated campaign to steal account access.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” 46 Million Person Airline Breach Caused by Ex-Contractors πŸ”

It appears this summer's 46-million-person breach at a Southeast Asian airline carrier wasn’t caused by a misconfigured bucket but by two ex-staffers at a contracting firm.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
πŸ•΄ How Can I Ensure Cyber Insurers Will Pay My Claim? πŸ•΄

To get the best out of your policy, do more than just sign on the dotted line.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” How to enable a randomized MAC address in Android 10 πŸ”

Don't let your Android's MAC address give away your location--use a Randomized MAC address instead.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Microsoft Issues Out-of-Band Patch for Internet Explorer πŸ•΄

The security update fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely execute code at the same privilege as the legitimate user.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ More U.S. Utility Firms Targeted in Evolving LookBack Spearphishing Campaign ❌

A spearphishing campaign first uncovered in July is hitting more utilities firms and spreading the LookBack malware, which has capabilities to view system data and reboot machines.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Rethinking Risk Management πŸ•΄

Where most organizations fall short in risk management tools, technologies, and talent, and how they can improve.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Microsoft Internet Explorer Zero-Day Flaw Addressed in Out-of-Band Security Update ❌

Microsoft has issued a patch for an Internet Explorer remote code execution flaw that is being actively exploited in the wild.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ›  XSSer Penetration Testing Tool 1.8-1 πŸ› 

XSSer is an open source penetration testing tool that automates the process of detecting and exploiting XSS injections against different applications. It contains several options to try to bypass certain filters, and various special techniques of code injection.

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
⚠ Instagram phish poses as copyright infringement warning – don’t click! ⚠

Your Instagram account has value to the crooks - so they're coming up with some cunning tricks to get at your passsword.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Jira development and ticketing software hit by critical flaws ⚠

Atlassian admins have a spot of patching work on their hands after the company released updates addressing two critical flaws.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Apple restricts adblocking extensions ⚠

Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps ⚠

400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook's audit, it says.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” How to use the new Firefox Private Network πŸ”

Need to hide your location and encrypt your Firefox browser data? Look no further than the new Firefox Private Network add-on.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Malicious Ad Blockers for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme ❌

'AdBlock' and 'uBlock' impersonate legitimate extensions but instead engage in cookie stuffing to defraud affiliate marketing programs, a researcher has found.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Bridging the Gap Between Security & DevOps πŸ•΄

An inside look into the engineering mindset of DevOps from the vantage of a career security professional.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ 6 Best Practices for Performing Physical Penetration Tests πŸ•΄

A cautionary tale from a pen test gone wrong in an Iowa county courthouse.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Financial impact of ransomware attacks increasing despite overall decrease in attacks πŸ”

Vulnerabilities originally discovered by US government security services have been used by cybercriminals against municipalities, costing taxpayers an estimated $11.5 billion in 2019.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How to add a password manager to Nextcloud πŸ”

Add a password manager to Nextcloud so your users can start using strong passwords more easily.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".