Here is the weekly roundup :
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NSA Chief: Russian Hacking a Concern Ahead of U.S. Elections
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NSA director has revealed that American intelligence agencies are “actively concerned” about reports that foreign governments are looking to undermine the upcoming November presidential elections through state-sponsored cyberattacks.
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911 Emergency System at Risk from Infected Android Phones
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New research has shown that thousands of malware-infected Android phones could launch an automated DDoS attack on the United States emergency phone system with the potential to cripple it “for days”.
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Teens Arrested in Alleged Involvement with a “Majority of DDoS attacks” on the Internet
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A popular online attack-for-hire service that was the significant instigator of a “majority of DDoS attacks” found on the internet over the last few years has been hacked, with its operators arrested.
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White House Appoints its First Cybersecurity Chief
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The White House has named the government’s first ever federal cybersecurity chief, a position that was announced eight months ago to spearhead the effort of improving defenses against malicious hackers.
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A Banking Trojan Will Bypass Android 6 Security
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A modified piece of malware can now force its way to bypass two fundamental security features introduced in Android 6. A case of social engineering more-so than exploiting any vulnerabilities.
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Interesting Reading From Around the Web
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Venus And Serena Williams' Private Info Leaked In World Doping Agency Hack
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The private data of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams has been leaked online, according to a hacker crew that breached the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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Israeli Online Attack Service ‘vDOS’ Earned $600,000 in Two Years
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TDOS — a “booter” service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 so-called DDoS attacks designed to knock Web sites offline — has been massively hacked, spilling secrets about tens of thousands of paying customers and their targets.
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Why investment firms and data breaches are an especially bad combination
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An investment firm's servers are full of sensitive data. The bad guys know it, and so does the SEC, along with a host of other regulatory bodies. Read lawyers' tips on avoiding data breaches.
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