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2020-01-08 16:07:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Tips on How to Improve Your Cybersecurity

By Owais Sultan

Cybersecurity certainly ranks among the significant factors that...

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2020-01-08 15:25:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Data breach at Minnesota hospital threatens nearly 50,000 healthcare records

Alomere Health says it remains unclear whether patient data was accessed The operator of a hospital in Minnesota has informed around 50,000 patients that their healthcare records may have been exposed

2020-01-08 14:30:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
TikTok Riddled With Security Flaws

The video sharing app has fixed several flaws allowing partial account takeover and information exposure.

Mobile Security Vulnerabilities Account Takeover Cross Site Scripting Information Disclosure Patch Security Sms Link Spoofing Tiktok Tiktok Flaws XSS
2020-01-08 14:30:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Travelex ransomware attack: Pulse Secure VPN flaw implicated in security incident

Theory crystallizes as currency exchange continues to fight Sodinokibi infection

2020-01-08 12:39:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
REvil ransomware exploiting VPN flaws made public last April

Researchers report flaws, vendors issue patches, organisations apply them - and everyone lives happily ever after. Right? Wrong!

Malware Ransomware Security Threats Vulnerability Bad Packets Report Pulse Secure Ransomware Revil Sodinokibi Vpn
2020-01-08 12:29:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable

The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation - even though they don't collect, receive, nor have access to kids' data.

Google Law & Order Privacy Children Online Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Coppa Federal Trade Commission Ftc Kids YouTube
2020-01-08 11:40:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
US warns of Iranian cyber threat

The DHS has issued three warnings in the last few days encouraging people to be on alert for physical and cyber attacks from Iran.

Government Security Security Threats Cyberattackers Department Of Homeland Security Iran Nation State Hacking Qasem Soleimani US US-Iran Tensions
2020-01-08 11:20:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Facebook bans deepfakes, but not cheapfakes or shallowfakes

Quick-n-sleazy edits are still OK, such as the 75% slowdown that made Nancy Pelosi slur or the edit that turned Joe Biden into a racist.

Facebook Fake News Machine Learning Social Networks Cheapfakes Deepfakes Fake News Mark Zuckerberg Shallowfakes
2020-01-07 22:45:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
DHS Warns of Potential Iranian Cyberattacks

Recent US military action in Baghdad could prompt retaliatory attacks against US organizations, it says.

2020-01-07 21:35:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Tricky Phish Angles for Persistence, Not Passwords

Late last year saw the re-emergence of a nasty phishing tactic that allows the attacker to gain full access to a user's data stored in the cloud without actually stealing the account password. The phishing lure starts with a link that leads to the real login page for a cloud email and/or file storage service. Anyone who takes the bait will inadvertently forward a digital token to the attackers that gives them indefinite access to the victim's email, files and contacts -- even after the victim has changed their password.

Latest Warnings The Coming Storm Web Fraud 2.0 Jeff Jones Login.microsoftonline.com Michael Tyler Microsoft Office 365 Microsoftonline.com PhishLabs

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OUR TAKE ON TRENDING STORIES
March 2024
By SUE DENIM
TikTok Ban, Discord Bot Community Attack, and Telecom Company's Breach Resurgence.
Ah, the dramatic saga of TikTok in the United States! Picture this: a ban looming over TikTok, akin to a dark cloud threatening to rain on our digital parade. Congress is all up in arms, waving their "think of the children" banners while TikTok nervously checks its watch, wondering if it should start packing its bags for a forced sale. Meanwhile, nobody bats an eye at the plethora of Chinese gadge...

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SPOTLIGHT, VULNERABILITY CHAT & PRIVACY HEADLINES
22 April 2024
BREACHAWARE HQ

A total of 11 breaches were found and analysed resulting in 8,670,369 leaked accounts containing a total of 26 different data types. The breaches found publicly and freely available included A MONEY, Raychat, Bin Weevils, ZOON and Stealer Log 0450