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2018-10-26 23:28:00 UTC
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Apple and Samsung fined millions for intentionally slowing down old smartphones

By Waqas

The Italian Competition Authority AGCM has fined Apple and Samsung a whopping 5 million Euros ($5.7m – £4.4m) and 10 million Euros ($11.4m – £8.84m). for what it called “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones. If you have ever noticed how your old iPhone or Samsung device had performance issues right after a software update that means it was probably because both companies […]

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2018-10-26 22:13:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
ThreatList: 1 Out of 5 Would Ditch a Business After a Data Breach

A full 21 percent of survey respondents would walk away from a business permanently after a major hack.

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2018-10-26 20:36:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks

The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for repeatedly using Mirai to take down Internet services at Rutgers University, his former alma mater.

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2018-10-26 20:15:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
British Airways: 185K Affected in Second Data Breach

The carrier discovered another breach while investigating its largest-ever data breach, disclosed in September.

2018-10-26 19:56:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
PoC Attack Leverages Microsoft Office and YouTube to Deliver Malware

Microsoft has been notified, but no patch is yet available.

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2018-10-26 16:40:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
DeepPhish: Simulating Malicious AI to Act Like an Adversary

How researchers developed an algorithm to simulate cybercriminals' use of artificial intelligence and explore the future of phishing.

2018-10-26 15:42:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
British Airways Data Breach Takes Off Again with 185K More Victims

The news comes on the heels of a breach at Cathay Pacific exposing 9.4 million people.

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2018-10-26 15:36:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
DemonBot Fans DDoS Flames with Hadoop Enslavement

An unsophisticated but effective botnet is targeting exposed cloud servers and racking up millions of infections.

Cloud Security Malware Vulnerabilities Web Security Botnet Cloud Infrastructure DDoS Demonbot Exploit Hadoop Server Clusters Vulnerability Yarn
2018-10-26 15:25:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Microsoft bug makes phishing easy, says cybersecurity firm

Vulnerability affects the online video feature in Office versions 2016 and older.

2018-10-26 15:16:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
General Motors collected location & radio listening habits data of 90,000 drivers

By Waqas

The listening habits of around 90,000 drivers of General Motors in Chicago and Los Angeles were monitored by the company for three months in 2017 under its radio-tracking program. The Detroit Free Press reported later released a report that General Motors was involved in targeted advertising in cars. Now the company has publicly admitted that it […]

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