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Baby's First Data Breach: App Exposes Baby Photos, Videos
- Picture this: A short video features a bundled baby, snoring gently, who flashes a couple of involuntary, sleepy smiles as someone sings a lullaby.
- Unfortunately, that video is one of what appear to be thousands of baby videos and images that are being left unsecured and exposed to the internet by Peekaboo Moments, a mobile app.
  
  BankInfoSecurity - Jeremy Kirk | January 14, 2020
bankinfosecurity.comJanuary 14, 2020
Las Vegas Fought Off Potentially Massive Cyber Attack And Won
- Las Vegas's computer network took a devastating cyberattack theorized to have originated from a malicious email earlier this month.
- Immediately following the attack, Las Vegas took down its computer network to investigate the threat.
- The specific breed of ransomware that infected Las Vegas' servers hasn't been shared, nor were its demands. Due to the swift action of Las Vegas city IT staff, no information was taken.
  
  Screen Rant - Chazz Rair | January 13, 2020
screenrant.comJanuary 13, 2020
GCHQ warns not to use Windows 7 computers for banking or email after Tuesday
- Microsoft announced last year that it would be ceasing technical support for Windows 7 and urged users to upgrade to its Windows 10.
- It is estimated that there are still more than 440 million people using Windows 7 worldwide, which was first released in 2009.
- The Windows 7 operating system has previously been caught up in security lapses.
- In 2017, most of the NHS computers infected by the WannaCry ransomware attack...were using Windows 7.
  
  The Telegraph - Mike Wright | January 12, 2020
telegraph.co.ukJanuary 12, 2020
How to Rein In Your Unmanaged Cloud in 4 Steps
- The prevalence of migration to the cloud highlights the catch-22 of cybersecurity: the security vs. convenience tradeoff.
- According to the Ponemon Institute, 47% of lines of business respondents admit they select and use cloud applications without permission from IT.
- And because business users don't require IT involvement to spin up new applications, often, they forget to notify the technical personnel of new cloud apps they are using.
  
  Security Boulevard - Avi Shua | January 12, 2020
securityboulevard.comJanuary 12, 2020
Fraud Is Eroding The Customer Experience
- It wasn't that long ago that my mother finally started using Amazon.com to make purchases.
- She was afraid someone would steal her credit card and other valuable information.
- Trust and confidence are a big part of the customer experience. You want your customers to feel comfortable and confident about doing business with you.
  
  Forbes - Shep Hyken | January 12, 2020
forbes.comJanuary 12, 2020
6 Essential Questions To Ask While Facing A Security Breach
- You should not panic if you observe a breach of data in your computer network systems.
- You should instead look forward to taking necessary defenses and actions against the offense, but before that, you must ask six questions to yourself.
  
  Entrepreneur India - Remesh Ramachandran | January 8, 2020
entrepreneur.comJanuary 8, 2020
City of Las Vegas wakes up to a cyber attack
- In the early hours of Tuesday morning, city officials in Las Vegas were alerted that their computer network had suffered a security breach.
- If it is a ransomware attack that has hit Las Vegas then the cybercriminals may be out of luck if they're hoping that the city will pay up.
- In July last year, Las Vegas's mayor was a driving force behind a resolution from the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), agreeing to "stand united against paying ransoms in the event of an IT security breach."
  
  Graham Cluley | January 8, 2020
grahamcluley.comJanuary 8, 2020
Smart home security makes a big splash at CES 2020
- Smart home security systems have been problematic for some time now.
- The most notable attack occurred when these devices along with other internet of things (IoT) gadgets were used to conduct a number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the internet, crippling several websites including PayPal, Twitter, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit and more.
  
  Electronics 360 - Peter Brown | January 8, 2020
electronics360.globalspec.comJanuary 8, 2020
Unveiling the top hacking methods across industries
- In light of cyberattacks globally and across industries, Specops Software released a report with a breakdown of how the nature of cybercrime can change across industries.
- One method is clickjacking--a malicious technique that tricks users into clicking an invisible or disguised element on the website to perform unintended acts. This form of hacking accounts for 66 percent of attacks in the education domain.
  
  TechHQ - Jia Jen Low | January 7, 2020
techhq.comJanuary 7, 2020
Disk-wiping malware, phishing and espionage: How Iran's cyber attack capabilities stack up
- Iranian leaders have vowed to retaliate against the US, with the US Department of Homeland Security warning that previous Iranian plans have included "cyber-enabled" attacks against a range of US targets.
- One of the Iranian groups, known as APT33, has spent years developing sophisticated payloads with Powershell implants exploits, which could allow them to potentially meddle with critical infrastructure like financial systems or industrial control systems.
  
  ZDNet - Steve Ranger | January 7, 2020
zdnet.comJanuary 7, 2020

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