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Microsoft Shuts Down 50 Domains Used by North Korean Hacking Group

12/31/2019
'Thallium' nation-state threat group used the domains to target mostly US victims.
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Mastercard Announces Plan to Purchase RiskRecon

12/23/2019
The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020.
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Former NY Hospital Employee Admits to Stealing Colleagues' Data

12/23/2019
Richard Liriano pleads guilty to compromising hospital computers and co-workers' email accounts, as well as stealing personal files and photos.
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F5 Pays $1 Billion for Shape

12/20/2019
The acquisition adds fraud detection and prevention to the application delivery company's tool collection.
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Research Team Demonstrates Perfect Secrecy Implementation

12/20/2019
The technique is notable because it can be implemented using low-cost, standard hardware components.
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New Orleans to Boost Cyber Insurance to $10M Post-Ransomware

12/20/2019
Mayor LaToya Cantrell anticipates the recent cyberattack to exceed its current $3 million cyber insurance policy.
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Global Cyber Alliance Launches New Security Efforts for Election Officials

12/19/2019
The Craig Newmark Trustworthy Internet and Democracy Program will develop security toolkits -- and enhance existing ones -- ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
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Google Cloud External Key Manager Now in Beta

12/19/2019
Cloud EKM is designed to separate data at rest from encryption keys stored in a third-party management system.
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Microsoft Issues Out-of-Cycle SharePoint Update

12/18/2019
The update repairs vulnerabilities that could lead to very effective phishing messages.
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Worried About Magecart? Here's How to Check for It

12/18/2019
Researchers share how everyday users can check for malicious code on e-commerce websites.
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15 Million Patient Records Exposed Attack on Canadian Lab

12/17/2019
A cyberattack against LifeLabs exposed personal information on patients in Ontario and British Columbia.
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Siemens Contractor Sentenced for Writing 'Logic Bombs'

12/17/2019
David Tinley, 62, rigged software he wrote for the company starting in 2014 and into 2016, causing the programs to fail.
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Financial Services Breaches Less Common, More Damaging, Than Those in Other Sectors

12/16/2019
While far less common than breaches in other industry sectors, financial services breaches were more than twice as expensive, per record exposed, than the average for tech businesses.
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Rooster Teeth Alerts Customers to Magecart Attack

12/16/2019
The entertainment company discovered malicious content on the Shopify platform for its online store and removed it the same day.
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Fortinet Buys CyberSponse for SOAR Capabilities

12/13/2019
It plans to integrate CyberSponse's SOAR platform into the Fortinet Security Fabric.
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The Most, Least Insecure US Cities for SMBs

12/12/2019
A new report looks at computer activity in the 50 largest metropolitan areas.
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Smart Building Security Awareness Grows

12/12/2019
In 2020, expect to hear more about smart building security.
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Google Chrome Now Automatically Alerts Users on Compromised Passwords

12/11/2019
A series of security enhancements seek to protect users from phishing and warn them when credentials have been compromised.
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City of Pensacola, Fla., Confirms Ransomware Attack

12/11/2019
Most systems remain offline to prevent the attack from spreading.
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Blink Cameras Found with Multiple Vulnerabilities

12/10/2019
Researchers found three broad types of vulnerabilities, one of which should be particularly concerning to consumers.
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Only 53% of Security Pros Have Ownership of Workforce IAM

12/10/2019
Most practitioners report an increase in identities, but many don't have control over how those identities are protected from a range of attacks.
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Scientists Break Largest Encryption Key Yet with Brute Force

12/9/2019
The key, only one-third the length of most commercial encryption keys, took more than 35 million compute hours to break.
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Two Bayrob Cybercrime Members Sentenced to 20 and 18 Years in Prison

12/9/2019
The Romanian nationals stole some $4 million in a vast malware, botnet, and cryptocurrency operation.
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Data Center Provider CyrusOne Confirms Ransomware Attack

12/6/2019
The attack struck CyrusOne's managed services division and compromised six customers primarily serviced by a New York data center.
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Senators Call for End to Controversial NSA Program

12/6/2019
The program for collecting telephone call metadata has faced increased scrutiny and restrictions since Edward Snowden revealed its existence in 2013.
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VPN Flaw Allows Criminal Access to Everything on Victims' Computers

12/5/2019
Vulnerability in the Aviatrix VPN client, since patched, gives an attacker unlimited access to a breached system.
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With Aporeto, Palo Alto Looks Away from the Firewall and Toward the Future

12/5/2019
Seeing its firewall sales softening, the security vendor makes another acquisition to reorient itself for the cloud era.
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Microsoft Defender ATP Brings EDR Capabilities to macOS

12/5/2019
Mac computers will now have the option to use Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's endpoint and detection response.
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(Literally) Put a Ring on It: Protecting Biometric Fingerprints

12/4/2019
Kaspersky creates a prototype ring you can wear on your finger for authentication.
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Smith & Wesson Is Magecart's Latest Target

12/3/2019
Researchers estimate the gun manufacturer's website was compromised sometime before Black Friday.
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Microsoft Fixes Flaw Threatening Azure Accounts

12/2/2019
Researchers detail a bug they found in some of Microsoft's OAuth 2.0 applications.
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Data from 21M Mixcloud Users Compromised in Breach

12/2/2019
The music streaming service received reports indicating attackers gained unauthorized access to its systems.
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