Making the case: How to get the board to invest in higher education cybersecurity

Credit to Author: Joan Goodchild| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:31:00 +0000

CISOs working in institutions of higher learning have their own considerations when communicating with the board about risk management. One of the top security officials at Boston College offers his takeaway on what it takes to get board buy-in on campus.

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Emergency iOS patch fixes jailbreaking flaw for second time

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:57:07 +0000

With iOS 13 nearing release, Apple users perhaps thought they were done with iOS 12 updates for good. If so, they were wrong.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tkCnj_wl2M4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Romance scams – 80 people charged with ripping off millions of dollars

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:04:45 +0000

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6Wnqyl2R-08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cybersquatting and Typosquatting victimizing innocent customers and brands

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:27:10 +0000

The rapid shift of brands towards online platforms and ecommerce portals, has opened the gates for cyber threats like Phishing, Cybersquatting and Typosquatting. In fact, every entity with an online presence today, feels burdened by the fear of compromising their brand reputation, in the face of these ubiquitous cyber threats….

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Microsoft removes August patch block on Win7/2008R2 systems running Norton, Symantec AV

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:07:00 -0700

If you’re using Symantec Endpoint Protection or any Norton Antivirus product on a Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 machine, you didn’t get the August patches. Shortly after the August Monthly Rollup and Security-only patches were released, Microsoft put a freeze on systems running Symantec or Norton antivirus products.

The conflict stemmed from a long-anticipated change in the way Microsoft signed the August patches: Starting in August, all patches are signed using the SHA-2 encryption method. Somehow, Symantec didn’t get the message back in November that the shift was underway, and missed the deadline.

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