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Euro police forces infiltrated encrypted phone biz – and now ‘criminal’ EncroChat users are being rounded up

July 2, 2020 TH Author 0

Continental capers lead to 750 UK arrests French and Dutch police have boasted of infiltrating and killing off encrypted chat service EncroChat, alleging it was used by organised crime gangs to plot murders, sell drugs, launder criminal profits and more.… READ MORE HERE…

The Register

Euro police forces infiltrated encrypted phone biz – and now ‘criminal’ EncroChat users are being rounded up

July 2, 2020 TH Author

ZDNet | Security

Sixteen Facebook apps caught secretly sharing data with third-parties

July 2, 2020 TH Author

Academic study used unique “honeytoken” emails to install Facebook apps and see which inboxes received emails from unrecognized senders.
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Microsoft Secure

The world is your authentication and identity oyster

July 2, 2020 TH Author Azure Active Directory, Azure Information Protection, Azure Security, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA)

For decades we have been taught that passwords are some level of security that can be implemented to protect websites. We need to dispel this unfortunate notion.
The post The world is your authentication and identity oyster appeared first on Microsoft Security. READ MORE HERE…

DarkReading |TI

22,900 MongoDB Databases Affected in Ransomware Attack

July 2, 2020 TH Author 0 Comments

An attacker scanned for databases misconfigured to expose information and wiped the data, leaving a ransom note behind. Read More HERE

Packet Storm

V Shred Leaks PII, Sensitive Photos Of Fitness Customers

July 2, 2020 TH Author headline,privacy,data loss,flaw

Committee hits roadblock in probing Commonwealth cybersecurity performance

July 2, 2020 TH Author

It’s a complex accountability tree, but there’s no central mechanism allowing a transparent view of where each Commonwealth entity is at with cybersecurity.
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DarkReading |TI

Chinese Software Company Aisino Uninstalls GoldenSpy Malware

July 1, 2020 TH Author 0 Comments

Follow-up sandbox research confirms Aisino knew about the malware in its tax software, though it’s still unclear whether it was culpable. Read More HERE

DarkReading |TI

DHS Shares Data on Top Cyberthreats to Federal Agencies

July 1, 2020 TH Author 0 Comments

Backdoors, cryptominers, and ransomware were the most widely detected threats by the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s intrusion prevention system EINSTEIN. Read More HERE