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POPULAR CYBERSECURITY PUBLICATIONS
2020-08-20 14:03:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Senate Bill Would Expand Facial-Recognition Restrictions Nationwide

The proposed law comes as police departments around the country for their use of facial recognition to identify allegedly violent Black Lives Matter protesters.

Government Privacy Bernie Sanders Bill Biometric Data BIPA Black Lives Matter Faceprint Facial Recognition Government Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Jeff Merkley Lawsuit National Biometric Information Privacy Act Police Departments Protesters
2020-08-20 14:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Banks and the New Abnormal

Banks have hesitated to adopt many strong security practices, and for understandable reasons. But now is the time to be bold.

2020-08-20 13:53:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Browser fingerprinting ‘more prevalent on the web now than ever before’ – research

New tool allows users to prevent themselves from being tracked online

2020-08-20 12:43:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
Cisco Critical Flaw Patched in WAN Software Solution

Cisco has issued a fix for a critical flaw in its Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS), software for optimizing WAN on virtual private cloud infrastructure.

Vulnerabilities Web Security Cisco Cisco Fix Cisco Flaw Critical Flaw Vulnerability VWAAS
2020-08-20 12:27:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
24 Million Customers Affected after Experian Data Breach

By Deeba Ahmed

Experian South Africa has confirmed the breach.

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2020-08-20 12:03:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Experian South Africa data breach may impact millions of residents

Credit reporting agency handed data to fraudsters claiming to represent ‘legitimate client’

2020-08-20 12:00:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
IBM AI-Powered Data Management Software Subject to Simple Exploit

A low-privileged process on a vulnerable machine could allow data harvesting and DoS.

Breach Vulnerabilities Artificial Intelligence CVE-2020-4414 Data Management Db2 Exploit IBM Local Privilege Escalation Poc Proof Of Concept Security Vulnerability Shared Memory Bug Trace Facility
2020-08-19 22:40:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Defrauding the US Military: $379 million lost in 5 years to scams

By Sudais Asif

The most successful scams targeting both in-service and retired US military veterans were...

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Defrauding the US Military: $379 million lost in 5 years to scams

Cyber Crime Scams And Fraud Fraud Lottery Military Scam US
2020-08-19 20:58:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
Researchers Warn of Flaw Affecting Millions of IoT Devices

A patch has been issued for the flaw in a widely-used module, and researchers are urging IoT manufacturers to update their devices ASAP.

Hacks IoT Cinterion EHS8 Module CVE-2020-15858 Fix Information Disclosure Insulin Pump Internet Of Things Patch Remote Exploit Smart City Thales Vulnerability
2020-08-19 20:46:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
FritzFrog Botnet Attacks Millions of SSH Servers

The unique, advanced worming P2P botnet drops backdoors and cryptominers, and is spreading globally.

Malware Web Security Botnet Brute Force Cryptomining Fileless Fritzfrog Guardicore Labs Malware Analysis P2P Peer To Peer SSH Server Unique Worm

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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