Sat.Aug 08, 2020

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US Intelligence Adds More Details on Election Interference

Data Breach Today

Russia, China, Iran Look to Influence 2020 Presidential Election Russia, China and Iran are all actively seeking to influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential election in November, according to a new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which offers additional details about each country's plans and goals.

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Remotely hack a Mercedes-Benz E-Class is possible, experts demonstrated

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Chinese researchers discovered tens of vulnerabilities in a Mercedes-Benz E-Class, including issues that can be exploited to remotely hack it. A team of Chinese experts from Sky-Go, the Qihoo 360 division focused on car hacking, discovered 19 vulnerabilities in a Mercedes-Benz E-Class, including some issues that can be exploited by attackers to remotely hack a vehicle.

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Digital Clones Could Cause Problems for Identity Systems

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Three fundamental technologies -- chatbots, audio fakes, and deepfake videos -- have improved to the point that creating digital, real-time clones of people is merely a matter of integrating the systems.

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FBI warns of Iran-linked hackers attempting to exploit F5 BIG-IP flaw

Security Affairs

According to the FBI, Iranian hackers are actively attempting to exploit an unauthenticated RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-5902, in F5 Big-IP ADC devices. The FBI is warning of Iranian hackers actively attempting to exploit an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw ( CVE-2020-5902 ) affecting F5 Big-IP application delivery controller (ADC) devices.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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The NSA's Tips to Keep Your Phone From Tracking You

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: A Canon ransomware hack, a nasty Twitter bug, and more of the week's top security news.

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Intel Is Investigating How Confidential Data Ended Up Online

WIRED Threat Level

The leak contains information that the company makes available to partners and customers under NDA. A researcher says it came from a breach.

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FBI on China, Election Security and Impact of COVID-19

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SF Office's Virmani Opens up on Adversaries, Investigations and Crime Trends The day after President Trump issued executive orders to ban Chinese-owned social media apps TikTok and WeChat, Sanjay Virmani of the FBI's San Francisco office shared insight on the Chinese cyber threat, election security and crime trends in the wake of COVID-19.

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The Debate Over Trump 'Ban' of TikTok, WeChat

Data Breach Today

Is Ban Enforceable? And Does It Remove a National Security Threat? President Donald Trump's executive order banning the Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps could prove to be unenforceable, some privacy and security specialists say. But some Republicans lawmakers hailed the move, citing the national security risks posed by the apps.

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