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Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information: The White House on Thursday made public a trove of emails it received from voters offering comment on its Election Integrity Commission.

Citadel – WhiteHat Webinar
Secure Application Development: The CISO’s Role: In this high-value webinar, Stan Stahl, President of Citadel Information Group, joins John Atkinson, VP, strategic alliances and channels at WhiteHat Security, to discuss the unique challenges of secure application development and how the CISO’s big-picture culture-crossing perspective can marry with the details provided by WhiteHat’s tools to develop secure applications faster, better and cheaper.

Important Security Updates
AxCrypt: AxCrypt has released version 2.1.1516.0. Updates are available from AxCrypt’s website.

Comodo Free Firewall: Comodo has released version 10.0.1.6254 of its free firewall and antivirus. Updates are available from Comodo’s website.

Important Security Updates
Avast: Avast! Free Antivirus has released version 17.5.2302. Updates are available on Avast’s website. Avast! has also released updates for Premier Antivirus, Pro Antivirus and Internet Security.

AxCrypt: AxCrypt has released version 2.1.1513.0. Updates are available from AxCrypt’s website.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Update
Make sure your Skype is up to date because there’s a nasty hole in it: Infosec researchers have discovered a nasty and exploitable security vulnerability in older versions of Skype on Windows. The Register, June 27, 2017
Information Security Management in the Organization
Information Security Management and Governance
Middle-Market Companies Require a Customized Approach for Successful Cybersecurity: Middle-market companies have cultures, goals and business needs that are distinct from larger firms, and nowhere is that more true than with cybersecurity.

Individuals at Risk
Identity Theft
Employment-related identity theft much bigger than previously thought: The number of victims of employment-related identity theft is far larger than previously estimated and the Internal Revenue Service’s processes aren’t able to keep up, according to a new report.

Important Security Updates
Apple Remote Desktop: Apple has has released Apple Remote Desktop 3.9.3. Updates are available from within the browser or from Apple’s website.

Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 59.0.3071.100. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google Chrome’s website.

Important Security Updates
Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 26.0.0.131. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. To see which version you have, go to Adobe’s web page.

Adobe Shockwave Player: Adobe has released version 12.2.9.199 of Shockwave Player running on Windows and Macintosh.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Update
Microsoft, Adobe Ship Critical Fixes: Microsoft today released security updates to fix almost a hundred flaws in its various Windows operating systems and related software. One bug is so serious that Microsoft is issuing patches for it on Windows XP and other operating systems the company no longer officially supports.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Defense
Google game teaches kids about online safety: Talking to kids about online safety is a difficult undertaking for many adults, and making the lessons stick is even harder. HelpNetSecurity, June 9, 2017
Cyber Warning
Say hello to Dvmap: The first Android malware with code injection: A powerful Android trojan with novel code injection features that posed as a game was distributed through the Google Play Store before its recent removal.