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POPULAR CYBERSECURITY PUBLICATIONS
2020-07-03 14:12:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
DuckDuckGo CEO clarifies favicon script use, seeks to dispel privacy worries

Privacy-focused search engine makes changes to favicon handling, per user request

2020-07-03 13:00:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Ring Doorbell’s Police Partnerships Questioned Over Racial Bias

Amazon has placed a moratorium on police use of its facial recognition platform - but a congressman asked if that extends to its Ring smart doorbell in a new inquiry.

Government IoT Privacy Web Security Amazon Congressional Inquiry Facial Recognition Krishnamoorthi Police Department Racial Bias Rekognition Ring Ring Police Partnerships Smart Doorbell
2020-07-03 12:35:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
What is smishing? How to protect against text message phishing scams

A portmanteau of ‘SMS’ and ‘phishing’, this rather clunky term describes a cyber-telecoms scam many of us have encountered

2020-07-03 11:56:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Hole-y Guacamole: Flaws in Apache remote desktop tech exposed by new research

Combined security vulnerabilities create remote code execution risk

2020-07-03 10:36:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Google buys AR smart-glasses company North

They're not surveillance spectacles, says Google, just a piece in the jigsaw of "ambient computing", where helpfulness is all around you.

Google Mobile Privacy Uncategorized Focals Glass Google Glass North Wearables
2020-07-02 21:20:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
BG-IP Vulnerabilities Could be Big Trouble for Customers

Left unpatched, pair of vulnerabilities could give attackers wide access to a victim's application delivery network.

2020-07-02 21:20:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
BIG-IP Vulnerabilities Could be Big Trouble for Customers

Left unpatched, pair of vulnerabilities could give attackers wide access to a victim's application delivery network.

2020-07-02 18:41:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Facebook exposed user data to thousands of app developers

By Zara Khan

Facebook 'Privacy Matters' reveals 5000 app developers accessed user data.

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook exposed user data to thousands of app developers

Security Social Network News Breach Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Privacy
2020-07-02 17:30:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
22,900 MongoDB Databases Affected in Ransomware Attack

An attacker scanned for databases misconfigured to expose information and wiped the data, leaving a ransom note behind.

2020-07-02 17:00:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Trojans, Backdoors and Droppers: The Most-Analyzed Malware

Even so, backdoors and droppers are rare in the wild.

Malware Most Recent ThreatLists Backdoors Droppers Emotet Kaspersky Most Common Malware Most-analyzed Malware Statistics Threatlist Trojans

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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
15 April 2024
BREACHAWARE HQ

A total of 15 breaches were found and analysed resulting in 10,110,194 leaked accounts containing a total of 23 different data types. The breaches found publicly and freely available included US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stealer Log 0448, Stealer Log 0449, Believe and Carding Team