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Facebook Attack Impacts 50 Million Users!

Facebook Discovered Security Vulnerability Affecting 50 Million Accounts

In an announcement on Friday, Facebook said its engineering team had spotted a vulnerability that was already exploited by attackers who spotted a weakness in Facebook’s code. Specifically, the…

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Uber Agrees to Pay $148 Million Fine for Covering Up Data Breach

In an unprecedented settlement, the company reached an agreement with all 50 United States and the District of Columbia following a data breach from 2016 for its part in not reporting the incident and…

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Chegg Resets Passwords of 40 Million Customers after Data Breach

Attackers managed to steal customers’ usernames, email addresses, shipping addresses and hashed passwords. Chegg insists it doesn’t believe any financial…

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Microsoft Takes a Leap in Mission to Kill Passwords

In staking that claim, the company unveiled new support for password-less logins through a number of ways including its Microsoft Authenticator app, an updated Microsoft Secure Score and a…

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Ransomware Attack on Scottish Brewery Leverages Job Opening

Located on Arran, a small island off the Scottish coast, the brewery had posted a job opening for a financial assistant and credit control aid. This led to a targeted strike wherein an influx of CVs through…

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IANS 2018 Washington, DC Information Security Forum
October 2-3

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Networking Event & Cybersecurity Intelligence Briefing
October 4th

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IANS San Francisco – How Purple Teaming Takes Security to New Levels
October 10th

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North East Annual Cybersecurity Summit
October 15th

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LIFARS is an elite cybersecurity, digital forensics, and incident response firm based in New York City. At LIFARS, we believe that cybersecurity is a matter of trust – that is why most of our services are rendered onsite at your premises to establish a personal relationship. Our solutions are based on industry best practices and hands-on expertise stemming from decades of experience. LIFARS conducts digital forensic investigations, incident response, web application security testing, digital risk assessments and academic research. LIFARS continuously explores the latest innovation in the cybersecurity field, and seeks to stay one step ahead of tomorrow’s industry landscape.