Fake News and Influence: Information Warfare in the Digital Age
It’s been around forever, but in a modern digital era marked by influence campaigns and deep fakes, information warfare has become much easier
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Web Security
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Breached Passwords Still in Use By Hundreds of Thousands
More than 300,000 users still utilize credentials that have been compromised – with people visiting video streaming and porn sites most at fault,
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HTTP Bugs Open Websites to DoS Attacks
Eight vulnerabilities in the HTTP/2 server implementations were found in vendors Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Apache.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security
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Energy Sector Phish Swims Past Microsoft Email Security via Google Drive
The savvy technique of avoiding malicious links in the email allowed the phishing attack to reach its targets.
Source: Threat Post –
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Clickjacking Evolves to Hook Millions of Top-Site Visitors
Researchers said that clickjacking is a threat that’s evolving, with new tactics just starting to emerge.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security
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Facebook Records User Audio, Sparking Privacy Questions
Hundreds of contractors reportedly were hired to transcribe Messenger voice chats in order to test the accuracy of an AI algorithm — raising
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TikTok Scammers Cash In On Adult Dating, Impersonation Tricks
Scammers are profiting from TikTok’s younger audience with adult dating and account impersonation tricks.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security – TikTok
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Shades of BlueKeep: Wormable Remote Desktop Bugs Top August Patch Tuesday List
The flaws allow remote code-execution without user interaction or authentication, and are highly exploitable.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security – Shades
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Tips for Successful Zero-Trust Implementation
“Never trust, always verify” is a solid security concept — but it’s important to realize that putting it into practice can be complex.
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Gamers Beware: Zero-Day in Steam Client Affects All Windows Users
Valve said it wouldn’t fix an elevation-of-privilege bug that allows attackers to run any program on a target machine with high privileges.
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