Here is the weekly roundup :
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Cybersecurity Expert: IoT Botnets are the Trojan Horse of the 21st Century
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The sweeping and unprecedented cyberattack that occurred on October 21, 2016 draws parallels with the giant horse filled with Greek soldiers that was presented to the Trojans as a peace offering some 3,000 years ago.
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Arizona Man Arrested after Alleged Hack of Thousands of University Email Accounts
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A 20-year-old man from Phoenix, Arizona has been arrested and charged for allegedly hacking into thousands of student email accounts at multiple universities around the United States.
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Teen UK Hacker Who Earned $325,000 from DDoS Tool Pleads Guilty
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A 19-year-old teenager has pled guilty to running a service tool that offered DDoS (distributed denial of service) capabilities to buyers, as a service.
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Troublesome Cryptowall Ransomware Spotted in the Menacing Nuclear Exploit Kit
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Cryptowall 4.0, the latest variant of arguably the world’s most annoying and intrusive ransomware has now surfaced in the Nuclear exploit kit, an equally dangerous exploit kit available in the underground marketplace.
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xDedic, a Marketplace Where Hacked Servers go for Sale
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The name ‘XDedic’ does not reveal much. What it is, however, is a low-profile marketplace where anyone can and choose and purchase over 70,000 hacked servers from around the internet.
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LIFARS VIP CISO Cocktail Event
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Great turnout at our November 3rd CISO cocktail event! Leading cybersecuirty executives engaged in informative discussions with industry leaders, networked with their peers and enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Speakers photographed - Mark Graff, Jeff Roberts, Leo Taddeo and Ondrej Krehel.
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Upcomming Events
Corporate Counsel Symposium: The Art of In-House Lawyering
December 2, 9:00 AM
New York, NY
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Channel Conference Cloud
December 8, 9:00 AM
New York, NY
LIFARS CEO will be a panelist discussing the the future of cloud.
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Qubit Conference
4th Annual Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Community Event on April 5 - 6th, 2017
Prague
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From Around the Web:
What about the personal data on those millions of recalled Note7s?
The users of millions of faulty Samsung Galaxy Note7s, already turned in, face a bigger potential dilemma than whether the devices might blow up: The fate of their personal data on the devices.
US Governors Affirm Confidence In Cybersecurity Of Election Systems
Statement from National Governors Association say presidential election outcome will accurately reflect voters' choice.
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