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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:46:26 +0000

Can a computer spot deepfakes? The GIF website Gfycat says it can.

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Democratic Task Force Outlines Voting Security Plan, With First Primary Just Weeks Away

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:54:41 +0000

The Congressional Task Force on Election Security announced extensive recommendations for strengthening defense. But most of them won’t happen any time soon.

Independent Krebs

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New EU Privacy Law May Weaken Security

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:11:30 +0000

Companies around the globe are scrambling to comply with new European privacy regulations that take effect a little more than three months from now. But many security experts are worried that the changes being ushered in by the rush to adhere to the law may make it more difficult to track down cybercriminals and less likely that organizations will be willing to share data about new online threats. On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect. The law, enacted by the European Parliament, requires technology companies to get affirmative consent for any information they collect on people within the European Union. Organizations that violate the GDPR could face fines of up to four percent of global annual revenues.

Kaspersky Security

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 24

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:20:32 +0000

In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss a new LinkedIn scam targeting pensioners, finding love with passwords, and alien hunting.

MalwareBytes Security

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Physician, protect thyself: healthcare cybersecurity circling the drain

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Study after study reveals that healthcare cybersecurity breaches are on the uptick. In this blog series, we’ll look into the reasons why healthcare cybercrime is trending, understand the motivations of threat actors behind it, and discuss what the healthcare industry can do to care for itself and the people they swore to protect.

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Fortinet Security

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Effectiveness, Performance, and Value: The Role of Third Party Security Testing

Credit to Author: David Finger| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:45:59 +0000

For the past 16 years, Fortinet has actively participated in every credible lab test we find in order to support a standardized, ideally comparative, assessment of our solutions. And in return, we usually learn as much as our potential customers do from the results.

Fortinet Security

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Executive Insights: Winning the Digital Transformation Cyberwar

Credit to Author: Jonathan Nguyen-Duy| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:44:59 +0000

The vast majority of cybercrime we deal with is opportunistic and automated. It is the domain of criminals trolling for the unaware and vulnerable. They target unpatched systems and vulnerable applications, exploit gullible end users, break through inadequate security systems, and infect people wandering around the web in places they probably shouldn’t go.