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How to write an effective data breach notification?

Data breach notifications sent by companies to affected customers are often unclear and not very helpful, University of Michigan researchers have found. The problem(s) The …

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Official Tor Browser for Android available on Google Play

The Tor Project has released the first stable version of the Tor Browser for Android. The release is referred to as version 8.5, mainly to prevent confusion: Tor Browser …

Google G Suite
Google has been storing unhashed G Suite customer passwords

Google has discovered that it has been storing some G Suite users’ passwords in clear text and is notifying G Suite administrators that it will force a password change …

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Getting ready for digital transformation: The biggest cybersecurity challenges

Digital transformation (DX) is becoming the largest driver of new technology investments and projects among businesses and IDC forecasts that global spending on DX will reach …

Elasticsearch
Core Elastic Stack security features now available to all users

Elastic, the company developing enterprise search engine Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, has decided to make core Elastic Stack security features accessible to all users …

Microsoft impersonate
Microsoft updates break AV software, again!

Microsoft’s May 2019 security fixes have again disrupted the normal functioning of some endpoint security products on certain Windows versions. Current problems …

Gmail
How effective are login challenges at preventing Google account takeovers?

Despite implementation bugs that might affect the security of physical security keys, they are the strongest protection against phishing currently available, Google maintains. …

Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer
Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too

Microsoft has rewritten and open-sourced Attack Surface Analyzer (ASA), a security tool that points out potentially risky system changes introduced by the installation of new …

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Intel MDS attack mitigation: An overview

Intel has revealed on Tuesday that some of its CPUs are vulnerable to a number of new speculative execution attacks that may allow attackers to stealing sensitive data and …

Google Titan
Google offers free replacement for buggy Titan Security Keys

Misconfigured Bluetooth pairing protocols in Google’s Titan Security Keys may allow attackers to communicate with users’ security key or with the device their key …

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Identity theft victims could lead us to accept more security-improving friction

Far too many individuals who have never been victims of identity theft and financial crimes don’t understand how devastating those are to victims. “There are many …

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Microsoft plugs wormable RDP flaw, new speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities

For May 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 79 vulnerabilities, 22 of which are deemed critical. Among the fixes is that for CVE-2019-0708, a …

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