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S2 Ep16: BlueKeep, ransomware and sextortion – Naked Security Podcast

BlueKeep's back, ransomware batters Spain, and yet more sextortion - listen now!

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via "Naked Security".
Gamers Hit with Nvidia GPU Driver, GeForce Flaws

Vulnerabilities in several PC gaming products offered by Nvidia can lead to escalation of privilege, denial of service and other malicious attacks.

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via "Threatpost".
🔐 How can you protect yourself from hackers? An IBM social engineer offers advice 🔐

Stephanie "Snow" Carruthers, Chief People Hacker at IBM, gives advice about protecting yourself online. She also explains how the robocalls and spoofing process works.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔐 How a hacker at IBM uses disguises and devices to steal private information 🔐

An IBM X-Force Red team member explains how her background in makeup and sales helps her social engineering career. Also, she demonstrates how cybercriminals can easily clone your work ID badge.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔐 How cybercriminals trick you into giving your information over the phone 🔐

IBM's Chief People Hacker Stephanie "Snow" Carruthers describes how criminals use caller ID spoofing to get your private data.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔐 Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008: Here's what you need to know. 🔐

Support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 is ending in January 2020. Here's how to protect your systems.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🕴 Find New Talent, Don't Fight Over CISSPs: Insights from (ISC)2 COO 🕴

The skills gap will only be closed by attracting and retaining new talent. So don't limit your talent search to CISSPs, says the COO of the organization that issues the CISSP certification.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 PayPal Upsets Microsoft as Phishers' Favorite Brand 🕴

Several factors edged the world's most popular payment service into the top spot.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
Amazon Kindle, Embedded Devices Open to Code-Execution

Flaws in Das U-Boot affect third-party hardware that uses the universal bootloader as an underlying component.

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via "Threatpost".
🕴 Kaspersky Lab Analysis Shines Light on DarkUniverse APT Group 🕴

Threat actor was active between 2009 and 2017, targeting military, government, and private organizations.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 Capital One Shifts Its CISO to New Role 🕴

The bank is searching for a new chief information security officer months after its major data breach.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 To Prove Cybersecurity's Worth, Create a Cyber Balance Sheet 🕴

How tying and measuring security investments to business impacts can elevate executives' understanding and commitment to cyber-risk reduction.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTION New - CVE-2010-2250

Drupal 6.x before 6.16 uses a user-supplied value in output during site installation which could allow an attacker to craft a URL and perform a cross-site scripting attack.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2010-2243

A vulnerability exists in kernel/time/clocksource.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 where on non-GENERIC_TIME systems (GENERIC_TIME=n), accessing /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource results in an OOPS.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
Ex-Twitter Employees Spied on Saudi Dissidents: DoJ

The DoJ charges former Twitter employees for allegedly accessing thousands of accounts on behalf of Saudi Arabia.

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via "Threatpost".
🔐 How to control location tracking on your iPhone in iOS 13 🔐

The latest version of iOS offers some convenient ways to manage location tracking by apps.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔏 Breaches at Two Maine Healthcare Providers Exposes Data on 52,000 🔏

Two breaches at healthcare providers in Maine recently led to the exposure of 52,000 patients' protected health information.

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🕴 How Can I Help My Team Manage Security Alerts? 🕴

Smart prioritization, great staff and supportive tools are a good start.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 How Might I Be Worsening the Problem of Alert Fatigue? 🕴

Security operations must focus on three key areas: detection, response, and prediction.

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🕴 How Can I Help My Team Manage Security Alerts? 🕴

Smart prioritization, great staff, and supportive tools are a good start.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 TA542 Brings Back Emotet with Late September Spike 🕴

Overall volumes of banking Trojans and RATs increased during the third quarter, when Emotet was suspiciously absent until mid-September.

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via "Dark Reading: ".