Here is the weekly roundup :
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Vice President Pence Used AOL Email as Indiana Governor, Got Hacked
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United States Vice President, Mike Pence, used his private AOL email account to conduct state business as Governor of Indiana. His personal email account was hacked last summer.
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New Digital Forensics Lab Opens in California
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A new digital forensics facility opened its doors in San Luis Obispo along the central coast of California as a means to fight cybercrime, and to be used by forensics investigators across the county.
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CIS Critical Security Controls
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CIS Critical Security Controls specifies and recommends the appropriate actions for organizations to take to improve their critical infrastructure.
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NSA White-Hat Hackers are Reportedly Quitting in Droves
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The NSA is seeing an increased number of employed hackers and cyberespionage agents quitting the agency, according to current and former NSA officials.
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IoT Teddy Bear Toy Leaks 2 Million Recordings of Parents’ and Kids’ Messages
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The manufacturer of Internet-connected “smart” teddy bears has leaked the credentials of over 800,000 user accounts and millions of personal messages between parents and their children, which hackers then exploited for a ransom.
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LIFARS supports women in tech! Inspire and get inspired, join QuBit's campaign to empower and encourage women in cybersecurity.
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LIFARS Q&A:
Lisa Jiggetts, founder and CEO of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC), discusses the under-representation of women in the cybersecurity field in a recent interview with LIFARS.
Upcoming Events:
V4 Cybersecurity Conference | March 7th, Tuesday 9:00AM Washington, DC
Ondrej Krehel, CEO and founder at LIFARS will be part of a panel discussion regarding the current trends and challenges in cybersecurity.
More information
From Around the Web:
Fileless Powershell malware uses DNS as covert communication channel
CloudBleed is the name given to a flaw created by a faulty HTML parser chain that's responsible for dumping sensitive information from a number of Cloudflare customers across the web.
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