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NSA warns Russia-linked APT group is exploiting Exim flaw since 2019

Security Affairs

National Security Agency (NSA) is warning that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software since at least August 2019. The CVE-2019-10149 flaw, aka “The Return of the WIZard,” affects versions 4.87

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace. Upcoming government standardization efforts will continue to increase substantially in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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US OCC imposed an $80 Million fine to Capital One for 2019 hack

Security Affairs

US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regulator has fined the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp with $80 million over 2019 data breach. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has imposed an $80 million fine to the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp over 2019 data breach.

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SiteLock INFINITY Wins the 2019 Cloud Security Excellence Award

SiteLock

We are excited to announce that SiteLock ® INFINITY™ has been recognized as a WINNER of the 2019 Cloud Computing Security Excellence Awards !

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GUEST ESSAY: Top cybersecurity developments that can be expected to fully play out in 2019

The Last Watchdog

Here are a few trends I expect will dominate cyber security in 2019. Security and Privacy Merge. At Portnox, we will continue to innovate our network security and risk control tools to provide solutions to all, empowering our customers with valuable, holistic solutions to protect their networks.

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Russia-linked APT exploited at least 3 Exim flaws in recent attacks

Security Affairs

National Security Agency (NSA) warned that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA). Now security firm RiskIQ revealed that threat actors had exploited two other Exim vulnerabilities in the same campaign. through 4.92.2.

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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow. According to a report from Protenus and DataBreaches.net, over 41 million patient records were breached in 2019, almost tripling healthcare industry breaches from the prior year. Dealing with policy-based access.