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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".
⚠ YouTube β€˜influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished ⚠

100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Zebrocy Retools for New Political Attacks ❌

Researchers warn that the Russia-linked APT has freshened up their tools with an improved downloader and more.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Why employees still fall for phishing emails πŸ”

Nearly half of office workers said they had their data compromised. Here's why they keep falling for phishing scams.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Dtrack RAT is Behind Virulent ATM-Espionage Campaign ❌

Seen this month attacking victims in India, the Dtrack malware is bent on financial gain and high-end spying.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Microsoft Defender Bug Fixed with Emergency Patch πŸ•΄

A second out-of-band patch issued this week addresses a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Defender.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ›  Suricata IDPE 4.1.5 πŸ› 

Suricata is a network intrusion detection and prevention engine developed by the Open Information Security Foundation and its supporting vendors. The engine is multi-threaded and has native IPv6 support. It's capable of loading existing Snort rules and signatures and supports the Barnyard and Barnyard2 tools.

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
πŸ•΄ 4 Cybersecurity Best Practices for Electrical Engineers πŸ•΄

Most electrical engineering firms are targeted by threat actors of opportunity because of two necessary ingredients: people and computers. These four tips will help keep you safer.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Russia Chooses Resiliency Over Efficiency in Cyber Ops πŸ•΄

New analysis of the software used by espionage groups linked to Russia finds little overlap in their development, suggesting that the groups are siloed.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Wyoming Hospital the Latest to Be Hit With Ransomware Attack πŸ•΄

A attack has had a significant impact on the operations of Wyoming's Campbell County Memorial Hospital.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” OCR Outlines Best Practices for Managing Malicious Insider Threats πŸ”

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reiterating that when it comes to safeguarding critical data, healthcare organizations need to know the where, who, what, and how.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
πŸ•΄ Cloudflare Introduces 'Bot Fight Mode' Option for Site Operators πŸ•΄

Goal is to help websites detect and block bad bot traffic, vendor says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Adobe Unscheduled Update Fixes Critical ColdFusion Flaws ❌

Overall, Adobe released three patches – one for an β€œimportant” flaw and two for critical flaws –in the 2016 and 2018 versions of ColdFusion.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ How to Define & Prioritize Risk Management Goals πŸ•΄

As risk management programs differ from business to business, these factors remain constant.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ GandCrab Operators Resurface with REvile Malware ❌

Despite claiming they were retiring, GandCrab's authors have been linked to the REvile/Sodinokibi ransomware via a technical analysis.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Iranian Government Hackers Target US Veterans πŸ•΄

'Tortoiseshell' discovered hosting a phony military-hiring website that drops a Trojan backdoor on visitors.

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via "Dark Reading: ".