Cybersecurity News of the Week, August 20, 2017

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
Cars Suck Up Data About You. Where Does It All Go?: Automakers, local governments, retailers, insurers and tech companies are looking to leverage the data that cars generate. New York Times, July 27, 2017
Cyber Warning
New Android malware records calls, intercepts texts, and steals credit card info: A new version of Faketoken was identified by Kaspersky and poses a huge threat to anyone who stores bank card information for in-app purchases.

Cyber Security News of the Week, August 13, 2017

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Cyber Update
Google Patches 10 Critical Bugs in August Android Security Bulletin: Google patched 10 critical remote code execution bugs in its August Android Security Bulletin issued Monday. ThreatPost, August 8, 2017

Mozilla Fixes 29 Vulnerabilities in Firefox, Makes Flash Click-To-Activate: Mozilla fixed three critical vulnerabilities when it released Firefox 55 on Tuesday, including bugs that could have triggered a crash of the browser and allowed for the execution of arbitrary code.

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.

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.

Cyber Security News of the Week, June 25, 2017

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.

Cyber Security News of the Week, June 18, 2017

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.