Here is the weekly roundup :
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Yelp Launches Bug Bounty Program for White Hat Hackers
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White-hat hackers, pay attention. Review site Yelp has publicly announced a bug bounty program where a top payout can reward security researchers with up to $15,000.
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‘Russian Yahoo’ Rambler.ru Breached, 100 Million Records Leaked
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A mind-boggling 100 million records have been leaked online in what is sure to count as a mega-breach. The website, this time, is Rambler.ru, commonly touted as the “Russian version of Yahoo”.
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Hacking Group Compromises ‘Variety’, Spams Subscribers
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OurMine, a hacking collective infamous for its propensity for taking over social media accounts of prominent personalities such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Twitter accounts has now compromised major entertainment news website OurMine.
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Russian President Putin Denies Russian Link to U.S. Political Hacks
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Russian President Vladmir Putin has stated that he does not know the instigators of the hacks targeting multiple organizations of the U.S. Democratic Party.
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Clinton Hacker “Guccifer” Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison
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Romanian hacker Guccifer who was the first to expose the very existence of a private email server belonging to Hillary Clinton during her days as the secretary of state, has now been sentenced to 52 months in prison, a Virginia federal court ruled today.
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Interesting Reading From Around the Web
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Just One Photo Can Silently Hack Millions Of Androids
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Google released a bunch of Android patches, covering off some previously-disclosed issues including the worrying Quadrooter bugs that affected 900 million phones.
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Congressional Report Slams OPM on Data Breach
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The massive data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was the result of a cascading series of cybersecurity blunders from the agency’s senior leadership on down to the outdated technology used to secure the sensitive data, according to a lengthy report released today by a key government oversight panel.
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Cybersecurity: Understanding the attack kill chain and adversary ecosystem
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Security expert Art Gilliland explains what companies can learn from how hackers infiltrate systems, swipe sensitive information, and profit from your company's data.
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Featured Articles
Ransomware: To Pay or Not To Pay
Ransomware poses one of information security’s biggest threats, right alongside infamous data breaches and high-profile Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Ondrej Krehel, CEO of LIFARS LLC, explains why ransomware is more of a threat than typical cyber viruses and infections, what you should do to keep yourself immune from ransomware, and If affected, what options you have.
LIFARS Partners with BlackRidge Technology to Bring a New Level of Cybersecurity Protection and Strategic Services to Enterprise Clients
The partnership, designed to provide an ecosystem for expanding visibility and reach, offers clients a new level of protection that stops cyber-attacks, protects against insider threats and deploys an emergency response team as needed on demand.
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