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Jun 01 2019
The Russian army seems to be in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Debian-based Linux distribution Astra Linux.
Source: Russian military plans to replace Windows with Astra Linux
Look @ Astra Linux ® 2.12 – Russian Debian – Fly Desktop
May 31 2019
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Source: Watch Cyber Security Is It Your Time For Identity theft, Yet? | Prime Video
May 31 2019
May 29 2019
Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.
Source: Flipboard says hackers stole user details | ZDNet
Flipboard confirms database hack, resets all user passwords
May 27 2019
Cyberattacks against hospitals increased over 1000% last year : cybersecurity IICS Delhi Ethical Hacking Digital Forensics services
Source: Cyberattacks against hospitals increased over 1000% last year
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May 26 2019
Azure Security Center, Microsoft’s cloud-based cyber solution helps customers safeguard their cloud workloads as well as protect them from these threats.
Source: Uncovering Linux based cyberattack using Azure Security Center
May 24 2019
Perceptics confirms intrusion and theft, stays quiet on details
Digital License Plates: Convenience or Privacy Risk?
May 22 2019
If there is a new tech cold war, it is one with shots fired over a decade ago, largely by China. The questions going forward are about both leverage and values.
Source: China, Leverage, and Values
5G is a war the US is about to lose warns DoD
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Jack Goldsmith: “The United States is Losing the Digital Cold War” | Talks at Google
May 21 2019
Europe’s privacy law went into effect nearly a year ago. It’s time for the US to catch up, the tech giant says.
Source: Microsoft wants a US privacy law that puts the burden on tech companies
May 20 2019
A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password allowing anyone to look inside. At the time of writing, the database had over 49 million records — but was growing by […]
Source: Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed – TechCrunch
May 19 2019
In the weeks leading up to re:Inforce, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. You’ve worn a lot of hats at AWS. What do you do in your current role, […]
May 16 2019
Microsoft has renewed its Attack Surface Analyzer tool (version 2.0) to take advantage of modern, cross-platform technologies.
Source: Microsoft renewed its Attack Surface Analyzer, version 2.0 is online
May 15 2019
Free Virus Removal Tools to Secure Against Virus Infection, Including Conficker, Rootkits and More. Download the Free Sophos Virus Removal Tool Today.
Source: Sophos Virus Removal Tool
May 14 2019
The state’s attorney general wants to avoid a troubled rollout, à la Obamacare, when the far-reaching restrictions on user data go into effect on Jan. 1.
Source: California is bringing law and order to big data. It could change the internet in the U.S.
here’s the no paywall copy of the article… https://archive.fo/NmU9E
May 12 2019
The paradox, the USB stick eyeDisk that uses iris recognition to unlock the drive could reveal the device’s password in plain text in a simple way.
Source: Hacking the ‘Unhackable’ eyeDisk USB stick with Wireshark
May 09 2019
As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher. It’ll also make you a better and more well-rounded security pro.
Source: 7 Types of Experiences Every Security Pro Should Have
May 09 2019
Threat actors are exploiting a Jenkins vulnerability (CVE-2018-1000861) disclosed in 2018 to deliver a cryptocurrency miner using the Kerberods dropper
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Threat actors are exploiting a Jenkins vulnerability (CVE-2018-1000861) disclosed in 2018 to deliver a cryptocurrency miner using the Kerberods dropper
Source: Hackers exploit Jenkins flaw CVE-2018-1000861 to Kerberods malware
May 07 2019
ICS-CERT is warning of several vulnerabilities in the GE Communicator software, including hardcoded credentials and privilege escalation bugs.
Source: ICS-CERT warns of several flaws in the GE Communicator software
May 06 2019
Reportedly, the unsecured SkyMed database exposed huge records having medical and personal information of US citizens online.
Source: Unsecured SkyMed Database Exposed PII Data Of 137K Individuals
ISO/IEC 27018:2014, 1st Edition: Information technology – Security techniques – Code of practice for protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors
NIST Special Publication 800-122 Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
