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Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:18:00 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about Trend Micro’s new research on radio frequency technology and the risks of radio remote controllers. Also, understand why there is a rise in physical crime…

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Independent Krebs

January 17, 2019 admin

773M Password ‘Megabreach’ is Years Old

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:11:08 +0000

My inbox and Twitter messages positively lit up today with people forwarding stories from Wired and other publications about a supposedly new trove of nearly 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords that were posted to a hacking forum. A story in The Guardian breathlessly dubbed it “the largest collection ever of breached data found.” But in an interview with the apparent seller, KrebsOnSecurity learned that it is not even close to the largest gathering of stolen data, and that it is at least two to three years old.

MalwareBytes Security

January 17, 2019 admin

Improved Fallout EK comes back after short hiatus

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:51:27 +0000

The Fallout exploit kit is back with some noteworthy improvements.

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Tags: CVE-2018-15982 EK exploit exploit kits Fallout powershell

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ComputerWorld Independent

January 17, 2019 admin

'We need new privacy laws,' urges Apple CEO Tim Cook

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:25:00 -0800

In a sidelong slap at the business model of Facebook, Google and others, Apple CEO Tim Cook has published an article in which he urges the U.S. government to put surveillance capitalists/data brokers under transparent legal oversight.

Stand up for your rights

“In 2019, it’s time to stand up for the right to privacy — yours, mine, all of ours.” Cook writes in an article for Time Magazine.

To read this article in full, please click here

Security Wired

January 17, 2019 admin

Be Careful Using Bots on Telegram

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Introducing a bot to a secure Telegram conversation downgrades the level of encryption—without providing any visual cues.

Security Wired

January 17, 2019 admin

How Trump Could Wind up Making Globalism Great Again

Credit to Author: Robert Wright| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:00:00 +0000

OK, so it was never great in the first place. But the rise of rank nationalists could finally—perversely—spark an era of progress and cooperation for all humanity.

Microsoft Security

January 17, 2019 admin

Windows Defender ATP integrates with Microsoft Information Protection to discover, protect, and monitor sensitive data on Windows devices

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP team| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:09:12 +0000

This integration empowers Windows to natively understand Azure Information Protection sensitivity labels, to provide visibility into sensitive data on endpoints, to protect sensitive data based on its content, and to detect and respond to post-breach malicious activity that involves or affects sensitive data.

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ScadaICS Schneider

January 17, 2019 admin

Why people remain at the heart of the factory of the future

Credit to Author: Peter Herweck| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:32:34 +0000

By Peter Herweck, Executive Vice President, Industry Business, and Annette Clayton, North America President & CEO, North America, Schneider Electric There is no denying that we are well into the… Read more »

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