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U.S. blames China for Microsoft exploit, lists a Washington university among separate hack targets

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the importance of security at a past Microsoft Build developer conference. The United States and its allies took the extraordinary step of attributing cyberattacks that exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server to hackers affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: real names, email addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, and security questions. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. Equifax data breach (2017).

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: real names, email addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers, and security questions. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. Equifax data breach (2017).

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IBM on the state of network security: Abysmal

Network World

The state of online security is darn dreadful. This would put criminals on pace to make nearly $1 billion from their use of the malware just last year. The most popular types of malcode we observed in 2016 were Android malware, banking Trojans, ransomware offerings and DDoS-as-a-service vendors.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Message Brokers

ForAllSecure

As a developer you can go to GitHub, see the license agreements, and then add the code to your next build. Knudsen: My name is Jonathan Knutson, and I am a security researcher at synopsis. In software security, a broker is something that gathers and reports information. Vamosi: The idea behind Open Source is great.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? Clearly having individual vendors provide the security wasn’t working, so the state moved toward adopting open source software.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? Clearly having individual vendors provide the security wasn’t working, so the state moved toward adopting open source software.

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