Here is the weekly roundup :
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Hackers Stole Over 60 Million Dropbox Account Details
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Dropbox’s recent mandate of getting a certain group of users – those registered with the cloud storage firm in or before 2012 – is due to what is now revealed to be a massive breach of over 60 million Dropbox user accounts.
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FBI Warns State Election Databases Breached by Foreign Hackers
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert this month, urging US state election officials to increase cybersecurity measures after finding evidence that two state election databases were breached in recent weeks.
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Dropbox Tells Users to Update Their Passwords
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Dropbox is urging users who haven’t changed their passwords since mid-2012, to update their credentials. The move comes after data from a 2012 breach resurfaced, prompting fears that the stolen information can be used to compromise user accounts.
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Apple Issues Global iOS Update after Scary Spyware Discovery
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Apple has made haste in releasing a global security update to its iOS software after security researchers discovered a failed attempt by malicious hackers to break into an activist’s iPhone.
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Mail.Ru Forums Hack Sees 25 Million Accounts Stolen
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Hackers have stolen over 25 million forum accounts hosted by Russian internet giant Mail.ru.
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Interesting Reading From Around the Web
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Everything We Know About NSO Group: The Professional Spies Who Hacked iPhones With A Single Text
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As long as police and intelligence need outside help to crack into Apple and Google mobiles, expect more firms to try to take their own slice of the market. Now NSO has lost a critical iOS exploit, it’d be a good time for them to pounce.
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Inside ‘The Attack That Almost Broke the Internet’
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In March 2013, a coalition of spammers pooled their resources to launch what would become the largest DDoS attack the Internet had ever witnessed. Look at the excerpts taken verbatim from a series of Skype and IRC chat room logs generated by a group of “bullet-proof cybercrime hosts”.
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Self-checking Chips Could Eliminate Hardware Security Issues
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Researchers may have found a way to validate chips, so all concerned parties are satisfied the silicon is backdoor-free.
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Upcomming Event
WEBINAR: How Do You Know Your Data Loss Prevention System is Working?
September 14, 2016
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Featured Q&A
Alen Gojak on Mobile Forensics Investigations
Alen Gojak, a mobile device examiner and mobile forensic expert based in Croatia, spoke about the current trend in mobile forensic investigations at an interview conducted by LIFARS. Alen is a former law enforcement officer and has a long-time working experience in mobile forensics area using forensics investigation tools such as, Cellebrite UFED 4PC and Oxygen Forensic Detective.
Featured Event
APWG.EU eCrime Cyber-Security Symposium
In October of 2016 APWG.EU's members will come together during the European CyberSecurity month in the country holding the rotating presidency of the EU, Slovakia. Crime2016.EU will look at the operational challenges and development of common resources and best practices for first responders and forensic professionals. In addition, the conference will dive into current research projects and future areas of interest for cybercrime investigations, forensic techniques and infrastructure defense.
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