Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

The Bristol Airport was hit by a cyber attack that caused problems with operations, flight display screens were taken offline for two days. The Bristol Airport was hit by a ransomware-based attack that caused problems to the flight display screens for two entire days. The news reported by the BBC and was confirmed by an airport spokesman that explained that the information screens were taken offline early on Friday in response to a “ransomware” based attack. “Bristol Airport ha

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Exclusive: Use of algorithms to identify families for attention raises stereotyping and privacy fears Vast quantities of data on hundreds of thousands of people are being used to construct computer models in an effort to predict child abuse and intervene before it can happen, the Guardian has learned. Amid mounting financial pressure , local councils are developing “predictive analytics” systems to algorithmically identify families for attention from child services, allowing them to focus resour

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

The security researcher security researcher Sabri Haddouche from Wire devised a new CSS attack that causes iPhone reboot or freezes Macs. The security researcher security researcher Sabri Haddouche from Wire devised a new attack method that saturates Apple device’s resources and causing it crashes or system restarts when visiting a web page.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Councils trying to harness the power of big data also grapple with its ethical implications In an age of austerity, and a climate of fear about child abuse, perhaps it is unsurprising that social workers have turned to new technology for help. Local authorities – which face spiralling demand and an £800m funding shortfall – are beginning to ask whether big data could help to identify vulnerable children.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

The gambling application EOSBet was affected by a vulnerability in its smart contract system that has been exploited by attackers to steal $200,000 worth of EOS. The security breach was first reported by the member “thbourlove” of the EOSBet Reddit community that shared the code used to exploit the flaw. After seeing the exploit code, the EOSBet’s official Reddit account admitted the hack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

MageCart cyber gang compromised the cloud service firm Feedify and stole payment card data from customers of hundreds of e-commerce sites. MageCart crime gang appears very active in this period, payment card data from customers of hundreds of e-commerce websites may have been stolen due to the compromise of the cloud service firm Feedify. Cloud service firm Feedify has over 4,000 customers, it is a cloud platform to engage customers’ clients with powerful tools that target them based on t

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eDiscovery Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Needless to say, eDiscovery is becoming more global than ever and we’ve certainly seen a lot of instances where non-U.S. legal practitioners have to not only better understand U.S. discovery obligations, but also understand the methodologies and technologies associated with managing eDiscovery. One U.S. university recently spent some time bringing some of those teachings to a university in Nanjing, China.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! · Domestic Kitten – An Iranian surveillance operation under the radar since 2016. · The main source of infection on ICS systems was the internet in H1 2018. · A growing number of iOS apps collect and sell

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