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02 Aug Weekly Rundown: HP Printer Bounty, DHS on Energy Grid Hacks, Security in Everyday Life
News and resources to keep you on the cutting edge of cybersecurity
– Kerry Morgan, Cybercrime Reporter
Northport, N.Y. — Aug. 2, 2018
THIS WEEK
- Idaho prison inmates steal $225,000 by exploiting a software vulnerability in tablet computers.
- HP announces first bug bounty for printer security – 34 researchers, $10,000 per bug.
- A privacy researcher analyzed a year’s worth of Venmo transactions — and here’s what she found.
- Ontario teen trades in broken iPhone — refurbished phone is then sold to a man who now has all her data and pictures.
- Rising Cyber Threats and Stiffening Defenses Are The Bellwether Trends In the first half of 2018.
- Numerous security flaws found in Samsung SmartThings Hub — make sure your firmware has been updated to avoid these vulnerabilities.
- Nearly 1.4 million patients’ data may have been exposed after data breach of UnityPoint Health — one of the largest healthcare networks in the midwest.
- DHS launches National Risk Management Center aimed at encouraging information sharing between government agencies and corporations to defend against cyber threats.
- Facebook removes accounts and pages suspected to be led by the Russian based group Internet Research Agency (IRA).
- Cyberattacks on the energy grid — DHS findings and plans of action.
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- Big list of hacker and cybersecurity movies from 1969 to present
- Cybersecurity 500 list of the world’s hottest and most innovative cybersecurity companies
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- List of cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) every quarter
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– Kerry Morgan is a Cybercrime Reporter for Cybercrime Magazine.
