Here is the weekly roundup :
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Trump’s Cybersecurity Advisor Rudy Giuliani Runs an Insecure Website
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Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is now appointed by President-elect Donald Trump as his special advisor on cybersecurity is facing a potentially embarrassing faux pas.
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If You Solve It, They Will Come!
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Heads up for new entrepreneurs – 3 perspectives of Technology Value vs Market Pain.
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LA Valley College Pays $28,000 to Ransomware Hackers
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The Los Angeles Community College District has paid $28,000 in a bitcoin last week to ransomware hackers who compromised an email and computer network belonging to a college campus.
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U.S. Declassifies Technical Details of Russian Hacking
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Following unprecedented sanctions against Russia for the cyberattacks and hacking endeavors in the run-up to the US presidential elections, the Obama administration has declassified technical information on the malicious cyber activities undertaken by Russian intelligence services.
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Disk-Wiping Malware KillDisk Now Targets Linux Systems
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Infamous disk-wiping malware KillDisk gains an update, which compromises Linux systems alongside Windows machines.
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US Intelligence: Putin Launched Cyber Campaign to Aid Trump in Elections
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A US intelligence report has revealed that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has directed a hacking effort to undermine the Democrat nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help Republican Donald Trump in his win in the 2016 presidential elections.
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Ondrej Krehel, CEO and Founder of LIFARS will be speaking at the Qubit Conference. April 4-6 | Prague
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Featured Article
Joyce Brocaglia on The Cyber Security School Challenge and Cyber Bullying
Joyce Brocaglia, CEO and Founder of Alta Associates and the Executive Women's Forum, discusses the Cyber Security School Challenge and cyber bullying in a recent interview with LIFARS.
From Around the Web:
Insecure MongoDB configuration leads to boom in ransom attacks
Poor authentication in MongoDB configurations has led to a sharp increase in ransom attacks, and experts say tens of thousands of databases could be at risk.
Israeli mobile phone data extraction company Cellebrite was hacked
In an ironic situation, the Israeli mobile phone data extraction company, Cellebrite, was hacked. The company was in the headlines recently for the dispute between Apple and the FBI in the case of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.
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