Jersey City Attackers Posted Anti-Semitic Tracts Before Targeting Market: Police
Investigators look into assailants’ motives behind the hate crime in Jersey City that left six dead, including some victims shot in a kosher market.
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Email Voted a Weak Link for Election Security, with DMARC Lagging
Most counties are not protected from impersonation-based spearphishing attacks.
Read moreQuentyn Taylor – Rant of the Week
Quentyn Taylor, Director of Information Security at Canon Europe Ltd. has shared his Rant of the Week with the Guru!
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Read moreJavvad Malik – Rant of the Week
Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4 has shared his Rant of the Week with the Guru!
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Read moreThreatList: Healthcare Breaches Spike in October
38 million consumer health records have been exposed so far in 2019.
Read moreRansomware attacks NYPD fingerprint database
The New York City Police Department’s fingerprint database was hit with ransomware in October 2018, a local newspaper learned. The attack was brought in by a third-party vendor who was installing video equipment at the NYPD’s police academy when it connected its infected computer to the police network, according to the New York Post. Source: SC […]
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Read moreThousands of Drivers Spill Data from California DMV Leak
Federal agencies reportedly had improper access to Social Security data belonging to 3,200 license holders. Source: Dark Reading
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Read moreChinese hackers use malware to backdoor Microsoft SQL servers
New malware created by Chinese-backed Winnti Group has been discovered by researchers at ESET while being used to gain persistence on Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) systems. The new malicious tool dubbed skip-2.0 can be used by the attackers to backdoor MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, enabling them to connect to any account on the server using a so-called “magic password” and […]
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Read moreVera: Vote to Close Rikers But Commit to Decarceration
The Vera Institute supports the NYC council vote to close Rikers Island Jail but only if five points are met, such as aiming for far fewer than 4,000 to be incarcerated in city jails, the current goal.
Read moreOn Las Vegas’ giant 50,000 watt KXNT to discuss the Democratic Presidential Candidate forum on Gun Control
On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, MSNBC joined the Giffords and March for Our Lives gun control groups to put a a forum for the Democrat presidential candidates. Dr. John Lott talked to Alan Stock about the different gun control proposals that Democrats are offering.
(Sunday, October 6, 2019, from 12:05 to 1:00 PM)
Part 1
Part 2
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