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German BSI warns of 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

Security Affairs

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in the country vulnerable to critical flaws. According to current findings from the BSI , around twelve percent of them are so outdated that security updates are no longer offered for them.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

It is known since at least 2016 for dropping Pony and Vawtrak. Its operators have a DLS site, where they post exfiltrated data from their victims who refused to pay the ransom. As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. exe: Figure 3.

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GUEST ESSAY: The story behind how DataTribe is helping to seed ‘Cybersecurity Valley’ in Maryland

The Last Watchdog

It’s a cybersecurity and data science “foundry” that uniquely helps create, finance and intensely coach brand-new startups manned by former cybersecurity and data science veterans of select federal research centers and national laboratories. According to the U.S. On average in the U.S,

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Eva Galperi n | @evacide.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

A high-profile cyber incident may cause substantial financial and reputational losses to an organization, including the disruption of corporate business processes, destruction or theft of critical data assets, loss of goodwill, and shareholder and consumer litigation. Encrypting critical data assets. Using appropriate access controls.

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California Governor Approves New Privacy Legislation

Hunton Privacy

The newly-signed bills are aimed at protecting student privacy, increasing consumer protection in the wake of a data breach, and expanding the scope of California’s invasion of privacy and revenge porn laws. Disclosing “covered information,” unless an exception applies. SOPIPA comes into effect on January 1, 2016.

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