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❌ ThreatList: 3 Out of 4 Employees Pose a Security Risk to Businesses ❌

Finance-sector employees fared the worst in an awareness survey, with 85 percent showing some lack of cybersecurity and data privacy knowledge.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ Former HS Teacher Admits to 'Celebgate' Hack πŸ•΄

Christopher Brannan accessed full iCloud backups, photos, and other personal data belonging to more than 200 victims.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” How RATs infect computers with malicious software πŸ”

Kevin Mitnick, founder, Mitnick Security Consulting, discusses how remote access Trojans grab data from computers.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ StrongPity APT Changes Tactics to Stay Stealthy ❌

After being exposed, the APT made minor adjustments in their tactics to stay off the security radar.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ” Why the blockchain is not secure πŸ”

At the 2018 Gartner Symposium, Gartner's David Mahdi discussed blockchain's biggest security challenges.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ The Browser Is the New Endpoint πŸ•΄

Given the role browsers play in accessing enterprise applications and information, it's time to rethink how we classify, manage, and secure them.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” How to enable anti-tracking features in Firefox 63 πŸ”

As part of Mozilla's emphasis on user privacy, features intended to limit user tracking have come to Firefox, but are not yet enabled by default.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Russian Research Institute Was Actively Involved In TRITON ICS Attack Activity πŸ•΄

Data shows with a high degree of confidence that Moscow-based Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics helped develop and refine malware, FireEye says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Barclays, Walmart Join New $85M Innovation Coalition πŸ•΄

Innovation incubator Team8 recruits major partners, investors to create new products that help businesses "thrive by security."

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Battling Bots: How to Find Fake Twitter Followers πŸ•΄

Duo researchers explain the approach they used to detect automated Twitter profiles and uncover a botnet.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ City Pays $2K in Ransomware, Stirs β€˜Never Pay’ Debate ❌

Many municipalities hit with ransomware don't have much of a choice when it comes to paying up, experts say.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
⚠ Are you Cyber Aware? How about your friends and family? ⚠

A Cyber Aware survey found 30% of Britons still have just one password for all their accounts - so let's help that 30% change their lives!

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities ⚠

A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities' and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Poorly secured SSH servers targeted by Chalubo botnet ⚠

SophosLabs has detected a new DDoS botnet targeting poorly secured SSH servers - called Chalubo, it is named in honour of its use of the ChaCha stream cipher.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ WordPress takes aim at ancient versions of its software ⚠

If you’re running a very old version of WordPress on your website, the project’s staff would like a word with you.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Are your jilted apps stalking you? ⚠

β€œUninstall?” HA! Uninstall trackers enable app developers to game iOS and Android and continue sending push notifications to fleeing users.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” Access data for 70% of top US and EU websites is being sold on dark web πŸ”

Top companies across the US and Europe have poor cybersecurity measures that allow hackers to gain access to their systems, according to a High-Tech Bridge report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How Colorado voting became a cybersecurity leader long before Russians tried to hack it πŸ”

Colorado offers extensive election official cybersecurity training, paper ballots, and a strong auditing system, giving it top marks in election security.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Why 23% of companies never test their disaster recovery plan, despite major risks πŸ”

Some 95% of companies have a disaster recovery plan, but 27% lost revenue due to an outage within the last year, according to Spiceworks.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Organizations with strong DevSecOps find flaws 11x faster than those without πŸ”

The number of vulnerable applications is incredibly high, but implementing DevSecOps has proven to be effective in mitigating flaws.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Pennsylvania elections bring back paper ballots to improve security and auditability πŸ”

In order to increase transparency and accuracy in the 2020 presidential election, Pennsylvania will replace outdated voting machines with traditional paper ballots.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".