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⚠ Hacker asking $300 for 250,000 records stolen from sex worker site ⚠

In spite of prostitution being legal in the Netherlands, this could lead to the same type of blackmail attempts/suicide from Ashley Madison.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Computing enthusiast cracks ancient Unix code ⚠

Old passwords never die... they just become easier to decode.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Soldering spy chips inside firewalls is now a cheap hack, shows researcher ⚠

The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Apple Shares Some Browsing History with Chinese Company ❌

The company acknowledged it’s using β€˜safe browsing’ technology from Tencent, which has ties to the Chinese government.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps ⚠

A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” FBI urges businesses to use biometric factors to mitigate multi-factor authentication risk πŸ”

The FBI Cyber Task Force recently issued a Private Industry Notice on how businesses can deal with vulnerabilities tied to token and phone-based multi-factor authentication methods.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ The Connected Cybercrime Ecosystem & the Impact of the Capital One Breach πŸ•΄

A company's security battle is not between that company and a specific fraudster; rather, it's between the company and connected cybercriminal ecosystem.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Draft Regulations for CCPA Released πŸ”

The California Attorney General's Office finally released draft regulations around the CCPA last week, outlining the requirements of businesses and consumers

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
πŸ•΄ When Using Cloud, Paranoia Can Pay Off πŸ•΄

Journalists are increasingly concerned about what cloud providers may access or share with governments - and companies should worry as well.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Tamper Protection Arrives for Microsoft Defender ATP πŸ•΄

The feature, designed to block unauthorized changes to security features, is now generally available.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Pitney Bowes Hit by Ransomware πŸ•΄

The attack does not appear to have endangered customer data, but it has had an impact on orders for supplies and postage refills.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Cyber Theft, Humint Helped China Cut Corners on Passenger Jet πŸ•΄

Beijing likely saved a lot of time and billions of dollars by copying components for its C919 plane from others, a new report from CrowdStrike says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Sophos for Sale: Thoma Bravo Offers $3.9B πŸ•΄

Sophos' board of directors plans to unanimously recommend the offer to the company's shareholders.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ 350+ hackers hunt down missing people in first such hackathon ⚠

Organizers said 100 leads were generated every 10 minutes by contestants using OSINT - open-source intelligence such as online searches.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits ⚠

Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users' website requests for malicious URLs.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company ⚠

Gone: Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago. Of six payments firms first involved in Libra, just one, PayU, remains.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ A Deepfake Deep Dive into the Murky World of Digital Imitation ❌

Deepfake technology is becoming easier to create – and that’s opening the door for a new wave of malicious threats, from revenge porn to social-media misinformation.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Update now! Windows users targeted by iTunes Software Updater zero-day ⚠

The flaw is a rare β€˜unquoted path class’ described as "so thoroughly documented that you would expect programmers to be well aware..." But that's not the case.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Pitney Bowes Hit with Ransomware Attack ❌

The attack left customers unable to access key services for shipping and mailing, the company said.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” How to disable Facebook location tracking πŸ”

If your privacy is more important than Facebook knowing exactly where you are at all times, you might want to disable location tracking.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How to secure your Apple Card πŸ”

Learn how to secure and protect your Apple Card, both the virtual card and the physical one.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".