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2019-07-02 15:15:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Lake City Employee Fired Following Ransom Payment

The Florida city approved its insurer to pay $460,000 in ransom for a cyberattack that shut down servers, email, and phone.

2019-07-02 12:09:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
EU compliance scheme simplifies cybersecurity for small businesses

Single security certificate will be recognized across Europe

2019-07-02 11:12:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Scary Granny zombie game slurps credentials, spawns phishing attack

Halloween came a little early for some Android users this year after a horror-themed computer game was found stealing their account credentials and displaying potentially malicious ads.

Android Google Malware Mobile Operating Systems Phishing Security Threats Android App Malware Mobile App Mobile Games Mobile Security Phishing Play Store
2019-07-02 10:33:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Dating app Jack’d fined $240K for leaving private photos up for a year

The company behind the gay dating app left users' private photos online for a year in spite of knowing about the security bugs.

Data Loss Mobile Privacy Security Threats Vulnerability Dating Apps Fine Jack'd Letitia James New York Oliver Hough Online Buddies Pii
2019-07-02 10:01:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Medtronic rushes to replace insulin pumps after flaws found

Medtronic is immediately recalling of all MiniMed 508 & Paradigm insulin pumps after researchers uncovered serious security flaws.

IoT Security Threats Vulnerability Bluetooth Insulin Pumps Internet Of Things Iot Medical Tech Medtronic Recall
2019-07-02 09:39:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Relatives’ DNA in geneology database leads to murder conviction

Privacy advocates may question the use of genealogy data in forensics, but defense attorneys in this case did not.

Law & Order Privacy DNA Evidence GEDmatch Genealogy Murder
2019-07-01 22:02:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Is Your VPN Provider in a 14 Eyes Country? (What is 14 Eyes?)

By Owais Sultan

The reason people have Virtual private networks (VPNs) is that they protect our online privacy, however, privacy is essentially non-existent if you live in a place where the government is allowed to track your online activities. This is why you need to get a good VPN, the goal is to make sure that you don’t have to […]

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Privacy Surveillance 14 Eye Browsing Internet Security VPN
2019-07-01 21:25:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Finding Beauty In The Architecture

A good appreciation and respect for good real-world architecture goes a long way when it comes to architecting resilient systems.

Hacks InfoSec Insider Web Security AWS Comcast Customer Premise Equipment Datacenter DDoS Global Traffic Management Load Balancers
2019-07-01 21:25:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Finding Beauty in the IT Architecture

A good appreciation and respect for good real-world architecture goes a long way when it comes to architecting resilient systems.

Hacks InfoSec Insider Web Security AWS Comcast Customer Premise Equipment Datacenter DDoS Global Traffic Management Load Balancers
2019-07-01 20:50:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Thousands of Facebook Users Hit in Malware Distribution Campaign

'Operation Tripoli' is another reminder why users cannot trust every link they see on social media sites.

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