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πŸ” With CCPA Looming, Politicians Pitch Last Minute Data Privacy Bills πŸ”

One privacy bill would override state laws already on the books - like the CCPA - another would only pre-empt laws that conflict with certain provisions.

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πŸ•΄ The Edge Cartoon Contest: You Better Watch Out ... πŸ•΄

Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ (Literally) Put a Ring on It: Protecting Biometric Fingerprints πŸ•΄

Kaspersky creates a prototype ring you can wear on your finger for authentication.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Black Hat Europe Q&A: Understanding the Ethics of Cybersecurity Journalism πŸ•΄

Investigative journalist Geoff White chats about why now is the right time for his Black Hat Europe Briefing on hackers, journalists, and the ethical ramifications of cybersecurity journalism.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Shades of Shamoon: New Disk-Wiping Malware Targets Middle East Orgs πŸ•΄

'ZeroCleare' shares some of the same features as its more notorious predecessor, IBM Security says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ Nebraska Medicine Breached By Rogue Employee ❌

Nebraska Medicine is warning that a rogue, former employee accessed patients' medical records, Social Security numbers and more.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ What's in a Botnet? Researchers Spy on Geost Operators πŸ•΄

The investigation of a major Android banking botnet yields insights about how cybercriminals structure and run an illicit business.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ ThreatList: 1 in 9 SMBs Believe Nation-State Actors Are Targeting Them ❌

Larger SMBs are more likely to feel targeted by APTs.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Password-Cracking Teams Up in CrackQ Release πŸ•΄

The open source platform aims to make password-cracking more manageable and efficient for red teams.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ›  Wireshark Analyzer 3.0.7 πŸ› 

Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers.

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
πŸ” How to protect computers that store biometric data from malware πŸ”

More than a third of systems that handle biometric data were hit by at least one malware infection in the third quarter of 2019, according to a new Kaspersky report.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ β€˜Ultimate’ MiTM Attack Steals $1M from Israeli Startup ❌

Researchers uncovers β€œultimate man-in-the-middle attack” that used an elaborate spoofing campaign to fool a Chinese VC firm and rip off an emerging business.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ S2 Ep19: One of us just prevented a ransomware attack – Naked Security Podcast ⚠

Listen now!

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πŸ•΄ The Human Factor: 5 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Is a People Problem πŸ•΄

The industry can only go so far in treating security as a challenge that can be resolved only by engineering.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
⚠ Yodel parcel tracking app blabs about other people’s parcels ⚠

Yodel's mobile parcel delivery app was leaking people's delivery data to others using the app, a security researcher discovered.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ Microsoft Defender ATP Brings EDR Capabilities to macOS πŸ•΄

Mac computers will now have the option to use Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's endpoint and detection response.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ OpenBSD Hit with Authentication, LPE Bugs ❌

The authentication bypass (CVE-2019-19521) is remotely exploitable.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update ⚠

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ HackerOne Breach Leads to $20,000 Bounty Reward ❌

HackerOne has paid out $20,000 to a bounty hunter who discovered a session cookie issue, due to "human error," on the bug bounty platform.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ Machine-raiding Python libraries squashed by community ⚠

Python developers have once again fallen victim to malicious software libraries lurking in their favourite package manager.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ” NERC Refocusing Cybersecurity Efforts πŸ”

In the face of mounting attacks against critical infrastructure, NERC, which oversees the United States' electrical grid, is retooling how it addresses cybersecurity.

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