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On March 29, 2019, Security Without Borders described the discovery of Android spyware it termed Exodus. The story linked the spyware to a company called eSurv with links to Italian government agencies.
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Continue reading iOS Version of Exodus Spyware Discovered in an Escalating Italian Spy Scandal
Amazon shareholders will get the opportunity to vote on two non-binding shareholders’ resolutions concerning the Amazon Rekognition facial recognition system.
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Continue reading SEC Allows Shareholder Votes on Amazon Facial “Rekognition”
JPMorgan Chase spends Roughly $600 Million Annually on its Security Efforts, and Employs Around 3,000 People Involved With Cybersecurity
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Continue reading With $600 Million Cybersecurity Budget, JPMorgan Chief Endorses AI and Cloud
The UK government, in the form of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published its fourth annual breaches survey: the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019. It was carried out by Ipsos Mori in partnership with the Institute f… Continue reading Cost of Data Breach in UK Increases More Than 41% in Two Years
Facebook has been found asking users for their email passwords. A screen form told users that their email address needed to be confirmed in order to update their contact information, and suggested that it could be done via gmx.net. All the user needed … Continue reading Facebook Demanded User Email Passwords
Android spyware known as Exodus has been found in more than 20 apps on Google Play Store. The malware is believed to have been developed by the Italian firm eSurv, which has commercial connections to the Italian government.
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Continue reading Exodus Android Spyware With Possible Links to Italian Government Analyzed
The UK Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW) website was subject to a malware attack that it discovered on March 9, 2019. It appears that this was a ransomware attack; but the strain has not been announced.
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Global spending on security-related hardware software and services will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% between 2018 and 2022, to a total of $133.8 billion in 2022. The figures come from the latest Worldwide Semiannual Security Spe… Continue reading Global Security Spend Set to Grow to $133.8 Billion by 2022: IDC
PuTTY, an SSH and Telnet client program, and LibSSH2, a client-side C library for the SSH2 protocol, have both received updates fixing multiple vulnerabilities. Eight vulnerabilities have been fixed in version 0.71 of PuTTY, and nine vulnerabilities fi… Continue reading Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in PuTTY and LibSSH2
A security firm’s Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) found and reported a vulnerability in SoftNAS Cloud data storage. SoftNAS fixed the vulnerability last week, and details of the vulnerability are now being made public.
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Continue reading Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Found in SoftNAS Cloud