Here is the weekly roundup :
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Time Warner Data Breach Exposes Millions of Customer Records
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Charter Communications admitted that it had discovered a data breach containing the personal details of roughly four million records after a leak of a password-less Amazon server. First discovered on August 24 by security researchers, two Amazon S3 buckets were found and...
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FDA Recalls Half a Million Pacemakers Due to Hacking Fears
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled nearly half a million pacemakers following fears that the devices could be hacked to deplete their batteries or even allow an…
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Instagram Security Breach Leaks Data of ‘High-Profile’ Users
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Instagram has begun alerting users of a security breach that exposed the contact information and data of “high-profile” users on the photo-sharing platform. Facebook-owned Instagram has admitted to a data…
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Retailer CeX Data Breach Sees Two Million Customer Records Compromised
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Second-hand electronics retailer CeX has admitted it was the target of a significant “online security breach” that may have resulted in the theft of two million customers’ personal records. The…
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DDoS Attacks Blamed on Mirai-Style Botnet of 70,000 Android Devices
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Researchers from a number of cybersecurity giants are banding together to fight a vast botnet comprised of some 70,000 devices blamed for a string of DDoS attacks in recent weeks….
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Google BGP Hijack Knocks Japan Offline for Several Hours
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Japan suffered a widespread internet disruption on Friday with a number of services including banking, ticket reservation portals, gaming websites and more knocked offline for Japanese users. A border gateway…
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Researchers Develop Mirai Malware Vaccine for Insecure IoT Devices
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Researchers have developed a novel new way to combat the dreaded Mirai botnet, the malware behind a sweeping cyberattack that banded together a million IoT devices last year. In a…
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LIFARS Ransomware Readines
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IANS Symposium on Threat Hunting | 9/14
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Hack NYC at BlackRock | 9/14
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(ISC)2 Security Congress Cybersecurity Conference | 9/25
LIFARS CEO, Ondrej Krehel, will lead a session on Ransomeware at (ISC)2Security Congress cybersecurity conference.
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LIFARS VIP Networking Event 10/26
LIFARS is hosting an exclusive, invitation-only networking event in New York City! If you are in the Cybersecurity technology field and are interested in attending contact us.
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