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Hi, it's me, InfoSecSherpa! Welcome to my Nuzzel e-newsletter. I do my best to give you a daily summary of 10 Information Security news items that aren't necessarily getting a lot of attention. Thanks for subscribing! Follow me on Twitter @InfoSecSherpa!
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“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
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Russian hackers modify Chrome, Firefox installers to fingerprint users
SlashGear – Oct 7, 2019, 3:31 AM

Browser makers are implementing features that prevent sites from tracking users through various technologies, particularly encryption in HTTPS and TLS. Hackers of the dark kind, however, love to play this game of cat and mouse with security experts…

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Unpatched VPN Servers Targeted by Nation-State Attackers
BankInfoSecurity – Oct 7, 2019

Pulse Secure, Palo Alto and Fortinet Devices Being Hit by APT Groups, NCSC Warns Nation-state attackers continue to target virtual private networking servers that have not yet been patched to fix known flaws. Advanced persistent threat actors are…

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Email phishing scammers are getting better at mimicking your boss
Fast Company – Oct 7, 2019, 7:32 AM

They might write just like your boss. They might even ask how your recent vacation went or congratulate you on your new promotion. But they might just be hackers. That's the message from email security firm Vade Secure, which warns that…

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Trucking Industry Has Become a Top Target of Ransomware Attacks
Transport Topics – Oct 6, 2019, 4:00 PM

Panelists (from left) Harold Sumerford Jr. of J&M Tank Lines, Sharon Reynolds of Omnitracs and Joseph of RunSafe Security discuss measures to counter the threat of ransomware attacks against motor carriers. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)…

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China's New Cybersecurity System: There is NO Place to Hide
China Law Blog – Oct 7, 2019, 3:58 AM

Our China data privacy lawyers have been getting a steady stream of questions regarding our recent post, China's New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide, regarding the Chinese government's rolling out a new system for monitoring company data.

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New 'Reductor' malware compromises machines' encrypted TLS traffic
SC Media UK – Bradley Barth – Oct 7, 2019, 1:49 AM

Cyber-espionage actors have developed a malware that can mark victims' TLS-encrypted outbound traffic with identifiers so it can be compromised and potentially decoded later. Dubbed Reductor, the malware appears to share similar code to the COMpfun…

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Here's how Arizona is emerging as a cybersecurity powerhouse
AZ Big Media – Blufish – Oct 7, 2019, 5:00 AM

As more and more of the world does business on the Internet, it becomes even more critical for companies to take cybersecurity seriously. To do so, we need to invest in developing cybersecurity skill sets. Every aspect of the news — whether…

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Over three quarters of UK workforce lack basic cyber training
The Commentator

77 per cent of UK workers admit that they have never received any form of training cyber skills training from their employer, according to a new study from Centrify, a leading provider of cloud-ready Zero Trust Privilege to secure modern…

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Human body inspired cybersecurity method being developed at UA | Local news
Arizona Daily Star – Oct 6, 2019

University of Arizona researchers are developing a form of cybersecurity inspired by the human body and capable of detecting threats in their earliest stages. This cybersecurity model would respond to security threats in computers and smartphones…

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Cybersecurity boss says IT security culture will have to be raised
STA – Oct 23, 2018, 4:58 AM

Ljubljana, 7 October - As the Information Security Administration is to become fully operational as of 2020 as the national IT security authority, its boss Uroš Svete says Slovenia's IT security culture will have to be raised in general to…

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