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πŸ•΄ NYPD Pulls Fingerprint Database Offline Due to Ransomware Scare πŸ•΄

An infected minicomputer distributed an unidentified threat to 23 machines connected to the LiveScan fingerprint tracking system.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ›  GNU Privacy Guard 2.2.18 πŸ› 

GnuPG (the GNU Privacy Guard or GPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC2440. As such, it is meant to be compatible with PGP from NAI, Inc. Because it does not use any patented algorithms, it can be used without any restrictions.

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
πŸ” The top cybersecurity mistakes companies are making (and how to avoid them) πŸ”

There's not a one-size-fits-all approach to cybersecurity. Learn some of the common mistakes and how you can get on the right path.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ DDoS: An Underestimated Threat πŸ•΄

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have become more common, more powerful, and more useful to attackers. Here's how to fight back.

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❌ Magecart Group Switches Up Tactics with MiTM, Phishing ❌

This new skimming/phishing hybrid threat tactic means that even stores that send customers to external payment processors are vulnerable.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ On the Border Warns of Data Breach πŸ•΄

Malware on a payment system could have stolen credit card info from customers in 28 states, according to the company.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Austin Man Indicted for Stealing Unreleased Music from Artists ❌

He and co-conspirators stole 50 gigs of music and leaked some of it onto the internet.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ 'Dexphot': A Sophisticated, Everyday Threat πŸ•΄

Though the cryptominer has received little attention, it exemplifies the complexity of modern malware, Microsoft says.

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πŸ•΄ An Alarming - and Growing - Number of Software Teams Are Missing Cybersecurity Expertise πŸ•΄

The overwhelming majority of developers worry about security and consider it important, yet many lack a dedicated cybersecurity leader.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ The Implications of Last Week's Exposure of 1.2B Records πŸ•΄

Large sums of organized data, whether public or private, are worth their weight in gold to cybercriminals.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Gamification is Adding a Spoonful of Sugar to Security Training πŸ•΄

Gamification is becoming popular as companies look for new ways to keep employees from being their largest vulnerability.

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ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2011-1939

SQL injection vulnerability in Zend Framework 1.10.x before 1.10.9 and 1.11.x before 1.11.6 when using non-ASCII-compatible encodings in conjunction PDO_MySql in PHP before 5.3.6.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2011-1934

lilo-uuid-diskid causes lilo.conf to be world-readable in lilo 23.1.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2011-1933

SQL injection vulnerability in Jifty::DBI before 0.68.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
πŸ” How Microsoft is using hardware to secure firmware πŸ”

Even full disk encryption can't keep you secure if your PC firmware is compromised, so Secured-core PCs will use the CPU to check if UEFI is telling the truth about secure boot.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ Firefox gets tough on tracking tricks that sneakily sap your privacy ⚠

Firefox is getting ready to turn on its automatic anti-snooping tools to stop web 'fingerprinting" tricks.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey ⚠

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, "Swatting celebrities for a follow back."

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ EU raises eyebrows at possible US encryption ban ⚠

EU officials have warned that they may not take kindly to a US encryption ban or insertion of crypto backdoor technology.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Splunk customers should update now to dodge Y2K-style bug ⚠

Splunk has issued a critical warning regarding a showstopping Y2K-style date bug in one of the platform’s configuration files.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs ⚠

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.

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via "Naked Security".