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Nationwide Facial Recognition Ban Proposed By Lawmakers

Lawmakers proposed a new bill that would ban the use of facial recognition by law enforcement nationwide.

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Golang Worm Widens Scope to Windows, Adds Payload Capacity

A first-stage malware loader spotted in active campaigns has added additional exploits and a new backdoor capability.

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Contact Tracing & Threat Intel: Broken Tools & Processes

How epidemiology can solve the people problem in security.

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Chinese bank forced western companies to install malware-laced tax software

GoldenSpy backdoor trojan found in a Chinese bank's official tax software, which the bank has been forcing western companies to install.

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Vulnerabilities Declining in Open Source, But Slow Patching Still a Problem

Even as more code is produced, indirect dependencies continue to undermine security.

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Facial recognition technology banned in another US city

In a move lauded by privacy advocates, Boston joins the ranks of cities that have voted down the municipal use of the technology

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Another Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Signals Shift in Criminal Methods

Malicious botnet sources explode in new attacks that push boundaries in terms of volume and duration.

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Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of Serious Graphics Driver Bugs

Several high-severity flaws in Nvidia's GPU display drivers for Windows users could lead to code-execution, DoS and more.

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Better Collaboration Between Security & Development

Security and development teams must make it clear why their segment of the development life cycle is relevant to the other teams in the pipeline.

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Lucifer Malware Aims to Become Broad Platform for Attacks

The recent spread of the distributed denial-of-service tool attempts to exploit a dozen web-framework flaws, uses credential stuffing, and is intended to work against a variety of operating systems.

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Office 365 Users Targeted By ‘Coronavirus Employee Training’ Phish

Threat actors shift focus from COVID-19 to employee coronavirus training and current events like Black Lives Matter as cyber-attacks continue to rise.

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'GoldenSpy' Malware Hidden in Tax Software Spies on Companies Doing Business in China

Advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign aims to steal intelligence secrets from foreign companies operating in China.

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Lucifer: Devilish malware that abuses critical vulnerabilities on Windows machines

Researchers say the powerful malware has been “wreaking havoc” on Windows hosts.

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FBI warns K12 schools of ransomware attacks via RDP

The FBI has issued a security alert warning K12 schools of the "ransomware threat" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WikiLeaks founder charged with conspiring with Anonymous and LulzSec hackers

US Department of Justice claims Assange tried to recruit hackers to commit crimes on his behalf. One of the hackers was an FBI informant, said the FBI.

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Emerging Ransomware Targets Photos, Videos on Android Devices

The CryCryptor malware strain is a brand-new family of threats, leveraging COVID-19 to spread.

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Self-Propagating Lucifer Malware Targets Windows Systems

A new devilish malware is targeting Windows systems with cryptojacking and DDoS capabilities.

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Apple Buys Fleetsmith

The fleet management company becomes part of Apple in a deal announced today.

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No Internet Access? Amid Protests, Here's How to Tell Whether the Government Is Behind it

Government-mandated Internet shutdowns occur far more regularly than you might expect.

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Zoom hires Jason Lee from Salesforce to serve as new CISO

Lee to become Zoom's new CISO starting June 29, next week.