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2019-08-06 14:10:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Google Chrome hides www to simplify address bar

Removing www and https:// poses security concerns

2019-08-06 14:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Security & the Infinite Capacity to Rationalize

To improve the security posture of our organizations, we must open our eyes to rationalization and put an end to it with logic. Here's how.

2019-08-06 13:42:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
8chan down after Cloudflare & hosting firms boots it off

By Uzair Amir

Cloudflare's decision came hours after it was reported that 8chan has been linked to three recent mass shootings in the United States.

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Cyber Crime 8chan CloudFlare Security Terrorism
2019-08-06 13:00:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Baldr malware unpicked with a little help from crooks’ bad opsec

New research from Sophos takes an exhaustive look at the Baldr password stealer.

Malware Baldr Sophoslabs
2019-08-06 12:25:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
NVIDIA patches high-severity bugs in Windows GPUs and SHIELD

NVIDIA has patched five bugs in its Windows GPU display driver, three of which could allow an attacker to execute code on the system.

Security Threats Windows NVIDIA Patch Privilege Escalation
2019-08-06 12:23:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000

His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.

Law & Order Phishing Security Threats BEC Dell Extradition Spear Phishing Tech Support Scam
2019-08-06 12:17:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach

The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being "friendly" (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers' posts.

Data Loss Law & Order Security Threats Amazon Cloud Services Breach Capital One Class Action Github Insider Threats Lawsuit Privilege Escalation
2019-08-06 12:10:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
10 Typical Mistakes in Scientific Research Paper Writing

By Owais Sultan

To help you to improve the quality of your scientific research paper writing, we’ve compiled a list of ten typical mistakes found in scientific research paper writing.

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Science Research Technology
2019-08-06 12:07:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Attackers ransom bookseller’s exposed MongoDB database

Another database has fallen to extortion hackers, this time containing 2.1 million records belonging to Mexican bookseller, Librería Porrúa.

Data Loss Security Threats Bob Diachenko Database Breach MongoDB Ransomware
2019-08-06 11:55:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Spies piggyback on IoT insecurity to hack into corporate networks

Russian printer pwning tactics exposed by Microsoft

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