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Black Hat Europe: Hackers Need to Educate Policymakers

Data Breach Today

Also, UK Cyber Official Urges Businesses to Build a Safety-Focused 'Reporting Culture' Government leaders are increasingly calling on cybersecurity researchers to better inform policymakers and are urging businesses to pay more attention to their in-house security teams, according to presenters at this week's Black Hat Europe virtual conference.

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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 10 cybersecurity shortfalls that put SMBs, enterprises at elevated risk

The Last Watchdog

No organization is immune to cybersecurity threats. Related: Why timely training is a must-have That’s why businesses of all sizes need to understand the biggest cybersecurity weaknesses and take steps to mitigate them. Tick-in-the-box training.

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Threat actors target K-12 distance learning education, CISA and FBI warn

Security Affairs

The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services.

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

Kevin Mitnick, who turned legendary hacking exploits and two prison terms into a career as an esteemed cybersecurity leader, died Sunday at age 59 after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer, KnowBe4 revealed today. Mitnick often represented the company at conferences and discussed his experience in KnowBe4 training videos.

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SecurityAffairs awarded as Best European Cybersecurity Technical Blog

Security Affairs

I’m proud to announce that SecurityAffairs was awarded as Best European Cybersecurity Technical Blog at European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards. The winners of the annual European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards have been announced. SecurityAffairs – securityaffairs, cybersecurity). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak

Krebs on Security

Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Josh Renaud alerted Missouri education department officials that their website was exposing the Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 primary and secondary teachers in the state. Renaud found teachers’ SSNs were accessible in the HTML source code of some Missouri education department webpages.

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Annual RSA Conference Exclusive 2019 Edition of Cyber Defense Magazine is arrived

Security Affairs

We’re honored to bring you our 7th Annual edition of Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), exclusively in print at the RSA Conference (RSAC) 2019. Cyber Defense eMagazine – Annual RSA Conference 2019 Edition. Sponsored by: Regent University’s Institute for Cybersecurity. and by the RSA Conference 2019 Team!