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The NSA Agent Who Inexplicably Exposed Critical Secrets, Featuring David Kennedy – Wired.com

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A SERIES OF leaks has rocked the National Security Agency over the past few years, resulting in digital spy tools strewn across the web that have caused real damage both inside and outside the agency. Many of the breaches have been relatively simple to carry out, often by contractors like the whistleblower Edward Snowden, who employed just a…

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Held for Ransom! Learn How to Protect Your Data.

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 Great panel with Chris Prewitt of TrustedSec, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Ulmer & Berne LLP, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, and RT Specialty  discussing “Cyber Game Plan: A Tabletop Exercise in Defending a Ransomware Attack.” Video Link: Held for Ransom! Learn how to Protect Your Data. Powerpoint: Held for Ransom! Learn How to Protect Your Data.  …

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After Las Vegas shooting, Nevada officials go after sham websites seeking donations – Fox News, Featuring Alex Hamerstone

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The Nevada Attorney General’s office is investigating reports of fake online charities collecting donations on behalf of victims that were killed or wounded at a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas Oct. 1. Officials are partnering with GoFundMe and other social media sites to take down these fraudulent pages. There has been…

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Anyone who uses Social Security Numbers for security is crazy… – Yahoo Finance, Featuring Alex Hamerstone

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The Equifax hack that compromised 143 million Social Security numbers didn’t just destroy the country’s trust in credit bureaus; it also most certainly killed the use of SSNs for security and identity authentication. The nine-digit SSN has been used for this purpose for years. Typically, the last six digits of a SSN are used because…

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DHS vs. Kaspersky Lab: Why the US government is ditching the Russian software giant. – Fox News, Featuring Alex Hamerstone

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The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to ban federal agencies and departments from using products from Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab comes as no surprise, say security experts.  Officials say that the prominent company poses a threat to U.S. national security and have given government agencies and departments 90 days to get rid of Kaspersky…

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How to Stop the Next Unstoppable Mega-Breach or Slow it Down – Wired, Featuring Alex Hamerstone

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The recent, massive Equifax data breach, which put 143 million US consumers’ personal data at risk—including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and some drivers license and credit card numbers—drove home the dangers facing any organization that stores a valuable trove of data. But awareness alone hasn’t stopped or even slowed the recent slate of mega-breaches,…

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