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5 Ways to Prove Security's Worth in the Age of COVID-19
Tightened budgets are placing jobs at risk, but security pros say they're armed with ways to demonstrate that what they're doing merits keeping them employed.
11 Tips for Protecting Active Directory While Working from Home
To improve the security of your corporate's network, protect the remote use of AD credentials.Security researcher identifies new APT group mentioned in 2017 Shadow Brokers leak
Shadow Brokers data dump yields another one of its secretsLearning From the Honeypot: A Researcher and a Duplicitous Docker Image
When Larry Cashdollar set up a honeypot in a Docker image, he found behavior that was more enlightening than he had imagined.
Apple Patches Two iOS Zero-Days Abused for Years
Researchers revealed two zero-day security vulnerabilities affecting Apple's stock Mail app on iOS devices.
Connected Home Hubs Open Houses to Full Remote Takeover
Users should update their firmware for three popular smart-home hubs.
Making the Case for Process Documentation in Cyber Threat Intel
Standard language and processes, not to mention more efficient dissemination of findings and alerts all make documenting your security processes a mustLA County Hit with DoppelPaymer Ransomware Attack
The DoppelPaymer ransomware group is claiming that it launched a cyberattack against Torrance - and is now leaking the LA city's data online.
Apple investigating report of a new iOS exploit being used in the wild
Cyber-security firm ZecOps said today it detected attacks against high-profile targets using a new iOS email exploit.Updated Guidance: Responding to a Data Breach
PCI Security Standards Council recently updated the guidance document: Responding to a Cardholder Data Breach. This guide is intended to help merchants and service providers with incident response preparation. This guide also describes how and when a Payment Card Industry Forensic Investigator (PFI) should be engaged to assist.
Microsoft Issues Out-Of-Band Security Update For Office, Paint 3D
The flaws exist in Autodesk's FBX library, integrated in Microsoft's Office, Office 365 ProPlus and Paint 3D applications.
8 Steps to Enhance Government Agencies' Security Posture
Given the heterogeneous architectures of critical state and local systems, it's imperative we learn from the security exposures of other critical infrastructure and pledge to be betterSBA Security Incident May Affect Nearly 8,000 Businesses
Business owners who applied for federal disaster loans may have had information exposed to other applicants, the Small Business Administration reports.Poll: Worried About Losing Your Job?
With the unemployment rate surging due to COVID-19, are you concerned your job is in jeopardy?Small Businesses Tapping COVID-19 Loans Hit with Data Exposure
The SBA said sensitive information about applicants may have been revealed to others applying for disaster loan program funds.
This is what happens to cryptocurrency paid out in sextortion campaigns
Researchers have followed the trail of dirty coins generated through extorting sextortion spam victims.Hackers have breached 60 ad servers to load their own malicious ads
Why buy legitimate ad slots to deliver malvertising when you can just hack the server instead.Domain Registrars Under Pressure to Combat COVID-19-Related Scams
A huge increase in malicious website registrations has prompted concern from US lawmakers.Using Big Tech to tackle coronavirus risks swapping one lockdown for another | Adam Smith
An app that logs movements and contacts might seem like a fair trade now but we risk giving away our privacy for good
Even when the lockdown is lifted, there is no guarantee that life will ever return to normal. To prevent a future outbreak of coronavirus, the UK will need to roll out mass testing, maintain some social distancing measures and closely monitor communities to curb future flare-ups.
In pursuing that last aim, governments across the world are developing technology to track our movements. When lockdown ends, technology could be a valuable means of controlling future outbreaks, alerting people to cases of Covid-19 in their area and hopefully preventing future shutdowns.
Related: The expansion of mass surveillance to stop coronavirus should worry us all | Veena Dubal
Adam Smith is a technology reporter at the Independent
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