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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST Aligns Its Privacy and Cyber Frameworks, While Researchers Warn About Hallucination Risks from GenAI Code Generators

Security Boulevard

The NIST Privacy Framework 1.1 Initial Public Draft also adds a new section about the risks to data privacy from artificial intelligence. Specifically, organizations can use it to ensure that organizational privacy values are reflected in the development and use of AI systems, the PFW draft reads.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. IoT devices on public Wi-Fi and encrypted networks are especially vulnerable to this type of attack. Vicious insider.

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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The same rings true for encryption and authentication. Asymmetric encryption may require too much processing power for certain devices, making symmetric keys the only option. Over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware updates must be delivered securely and effectively. weak cryptography, software bugs, malware, etc.).

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How (and Why) to Take Full Advantage of Apple’s New Advanced Data Protection Feature

Security Boulevard

update, Apple introduced “Advanced Data Protection,” which finally introduced end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for most items backed up or stored in iCloud. Enabling end-to-end encryption (Advanced Data Protection for iCloud). Items in iCloud not stored using E2EE when Advanced Data Protection enabled include: iCloud Mail.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Control Inbound and Outbound Traffic: Configuring firewall rules to manage both incoming and outgoing traffic is an important defense against cyber threats, preventing unauthorized access and malicious software from stealing data. Regularly update router firmware to patch vulnerabilities and close potential avenues of attack.

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Do cyber regulations actually make K–12 schools safer? Navigating compliance while securing school and student data

Malwarebytes

State laws Since COPPA, most state education departments and legislatures have developed stricter policies to better protect student privacy online. According to the Data Quality Campaign , 45 states and Washington, DC, enacted new student privacy laws between 2014 and 2020. Secure data storage is also a requirement of FERPA.

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Vulnerability Recap 5/27/24 – Google, Microsoft & GitLab Fixes

eSecurity Planet

Immediately update your QNAP devices to the most recent firmware to mitigate these issues. The problem: CVE-2024-4985 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that uses SAML single sign-on (SSO) with encrypted assertions. The fix: Update your Chrome browser to version 125.0.6422.112/.113

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