Cyber Security News of the Week, July 30, 2017

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
Crossing the U.S. Border? Here’s How to Securely Wipe Your Computer: Many people crossing the U.S. border are concerned about the amount of power that the government has asserted to search and examine travelers’ possessions, including searching through or copying contents of digital devices, like photos, emails, and browsing history.

Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, July 23, 2017

Important Security Updates
Apple iTunes: Apple has released version 12.6.2 (64-bit and 32-bit) of iTunes. Updates are available from Apple’s website.

Apple Multiple Products: Apple has released updates in tvOS 10.2.2, iCloud for Windows 6.2.2, Safari 10.1.2, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, OS X Yosemite 10.10.5, IOS 10.3.3, watchOS 3.2.3 and others.

Cyber Security News of the Week, July 23, 2017

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Warning
How A Billion-Dollar Internet Scam Is Breaking Hearts And Bank Accounts. Criminal networks defraud lonely people around the world with false promises of love and romance. … Modern online romance scams are premeditated, organized crimes that steal millions ― potentially billions ― of dollars from vulnerable, lonely people over the internet.

Cyber Security News of the Week, July 9, 2017

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.

Cyber Security News of the Week, July 2, 2017

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.