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Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:29:14 +0000

When discussions around the ways cybercriminals and hackers are able to compromise and penetrate an organization, it regularly leads to the use of exploits and exploit kits. Because all software can contain flaws and bugs, a threat actor only has to either find a new, undisclosed vulnerability (zero-day) or use the many vulnerabilities already disclosed…

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CyberByte steals Malwarebytes’ intellectual property

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:42:15 +0000

CyberByte has stolen Malwarebytes’ intellectual property, and has been using our data without permission in their CyberByte Antivirus software.

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Facebook Privacy Settings: A Complete Guide to Making Your Account More Secure

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:10:15 +0000

Despite the repeated privacy lapses, Facebook offers a fairly robust set of tools to control who knows what about you.

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Google’s Cloud Security Command Center Should Help Stop Data Leaks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:30:00 +0000

Human error leads to countless leaky databases. But Google has some new protections in place to help cloud customers better help themselves.

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Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix Suspended Amid Scandals

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:23:18 +0000

Alexander Nix has been suspended until further notice and replaced by Cambridge’s head of data, Alexander Tayler.

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Alphabet’s ‘Outline’ Homebrew VPN Software Offers Open-Source, Easy Set-Up Privacy You Control

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:45:00 +0000

Alphabet tech incubator Jigsaw wants to make it easy to run your own, more private virtual private network.

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Facebook Owes You More Than This

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:02:03 +0000

You give Facebook all of your data in exchange for using their service—an exchange that seems increasingly out of whack.

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Cambridge Analytica Execs Caught Discussing Extortion and Fake News

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:57:10 +0000

In undercover videos filmed by Britain’s Channel 4 news, Cambridge Analytica executives appear to offer up various unsavory tactics to influence campaigns.