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πŸ” Your best bet for tracking protection in Firefox is this one-two punch πŸ”

Jack Wallen outlines what he believes is the ideal combination to prevent browser tracking in Firefox.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How to use Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger to prevent browser tracking in Firefox πŸ”

Jack Wallen outlines the ideal combination of Firefox extensions to prevent browser tracking.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ ThreatList: Ransomware, EKs and Trojans lead the Way in Q3 Malware Trends ❌

After a two-quarter lull in the action, malware activity resurged in the third quarter of the year, especially on the business front.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ 8 Threats That Could Sink Your Company πŸ•΄

Security researchers warn of both new and re-emerging threats that can cause serious harm.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Twitter User Discloses Second Microsoft Zero-Day πŸ•΄

The vulnerability can be used to elevate privileges and delete files on target systems.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ sLoad Banking Trojan Downloader Displays Sophisticated Recon and Targeting ❌

The sLoad downloader is an example of the stealthy, smart malware trend.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ Tackling Supply Chain Threats πŸ•΄

Vendor-supplied malware is a threat that has been largely overlooked. That has to change.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Abandoned Websites Haunt Corporations πŸ•΄

Websites that never go away continue to bring security threats to their owners, says a new report.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Gallery: Modern home security products feature ingenuity, flair, and plenty of IoT πŸ”

For those of us working from home offices, protecting sensitive data from authorized access can also mean protecting our homes from illegal entry. With IoT technology, home security technology is now a DIY project.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Windows β€˜Deletebug’ Zero-Day Allows Privilege Escalation, Destruction ❌

The unpatched flaw allows an attacker to delete any kind of file on a victim machine, including system data.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ Windows 7 End-of-Life: Are You Ready? πŸ•΄

Microsoft will terminate support for Windows 7 in January 2020, but some there's still some confusion among enterprises about when the OS officially gets retired.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Magecart Cybergang Targets 0days in Third-Party Magento Extensions ❌

Over two dozen third-party ecommerce plugins contain zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in a recent Magecart campaign.

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via "The first stop for security news | Threatpost ".
πŸ•΄ ICS Networks Continue to be Soft Targets For Cyberattacks πŸ•΄

CyberX study shows that many industrial control system environments are riddled with vulnerabilities.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2016-10730

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2016-10729

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
⚠ Could TLS session resumption be another β€˜super cookie’? ⚠

Researchers think they’ve spotted a tracking technique that nobody has been paying attention to - TLS session resumption.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Google and Facebook accused of secretly tracking users’ locations ⚠

Google and Facebook have been hit separately by class action lawsuits accusing them of secretly tracking user locations.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Firefox 63 gets tough with trackers ⚠

Mozilla's Enhanced Tracking Protection is going mainstream.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” 82% of security pros fear hackers using AI to attack their company πŸ”

Cybersecurity workers are most concerned about losing company data and customer trust in an attack, according to a report from Neustar.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” How to create an encrypted vault with KDE Vaults πŸ”

Jack Wallen shows you how to create encrypted folders the easy way, with

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Online Malware and Threats: A Profile of Today's Security Posture πŸ•΄

This report offers insight on how security professionals plan to invest in cybersecurity, and how they are prioritizing their resources. Find out what your peers have planned today!

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via "Dark Reading: ".