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πŸ” What's your organization's cybersecurity strategy? πŸ”

Take this quick, multiple choice survey and tell us about your company's cybersecurity strategies for the upcoming year.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ•΄ Greater Focus on Privacy Pays Off for Firms πŸ•΄

Privacy-mature companies complete sales more quickly, have fewer and less serious breaches, and recover from incidents faster, according to Cisco's annual survey.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2011-4558

Tiki 8.2 and earlier allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code via crafted input to the regexres and regex parameters.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2006-7246

NetworkManager 0.9.x does not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID when 802.11X authentication is used.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
❌ N.Y. Could Ban Cities from Paying Ransomware Attackers ❌

State senators have issued proposals they say would encourage municipalities to upgrade their cyber-postures.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Insider Leaked 1.2K Patient Records for 20 Months πŸ”

The employee accessed information, including names, addresses, and social security numbers, from Feb. 2017 to Oct. 2019.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
❌ As Necurs Botnet Falls from Grace, Emotet Rises ❌

Researchers wonder if a recent "amateur spam" campaign by the once-prevalant malware distribution botnet is a sign of trojans looking to other infection paths.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ Google, Mozilla Ban Hundreds of Browser Extensions in Chrome, Firefox ❌

After discovering a wide pattern of potentially malicious behavior in browser extensions, the two search giants are cracking down.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” How to protect previous Firefox tabs from being hijacked πŸ”

Learn how to secure Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Risk managers: Here are the must-have skills for 2020 πŸ”

The risk management field is growing more challenging as threats evolve. How will these changing threats affect your organization in 2020?

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ›  Aircrack-ng Wireless Network Tools 1.6 πŸ› 

aircrack-ng is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks. It's an enhanced/reborn version of aircrack. It consists of airodump (an 802.11 packet capture program), aireplay (an 802.11 packet injection program), aircrack (static WEP and WPA-PSK cracking), airdecap (decrypts WEP/WPA capture files), and some tools to handle capture files (merge, convert, etc.).

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via "Security Tool Files β‰ˆ Packet Storm".
πŸ•΄ Average Ransomware Payments More Than Doubled in Q4 2019 πŸ•΄

Ransomware attackers collected an average of around $84,000 from victim organizations, up from $41,000 in Q3 of 2018, Coveware says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” Okta ranks the most popular and fastest-growing apps in the enterprise πŸ”

Okta's annual study shows companies investing in apps and tools focused on security, data, and app development; favorites include GitHub and Zoom.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
⚠ Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code ⚠

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous - add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Cisco patches bugs in security admin center and Webex ⚠

Cisco has patched bugs in Webex and in Firepower Management Centre, the device that controls its security products.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints ⚠

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.

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via "Naked Security".
⚠ States sue over rules that allow release of 3D-printed gun blueprints ⚠

The government has flip-flopped, most recently proposing rules that would transfer regulation out of the hands of the State Department.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Zoom Fixes Flaw Opening Meetings to Hackers ❌

Zoom has patched a flaw that could have allowed attackers to guess a meeting ID and enter a meeting.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ LoRaWAN Encryption Keys Easy to Crack, Jeopardizing Security of IoT Networks ❌

New research from IOActive has found that β€œblindly” trusting the encryption of the widely adopted device protocol can lead to DDoS, sending of false data and other cyber attacks.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ New Zoom Bug Prompts Security Fix, Platform Changes πŸ•΄

A newly discovered Zoom vulnerability would have enabled an attacker to join active meetings and access audio, video, and documents shared.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
❌ MTTD and MTTR: Two Metrics to Improve Your Cybersecurity ❌

While there are dozens of metrics available to determine success, there are two key cybersecurity performance indicators every organization should monitor.

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via "Threatpost".