Iowa Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Men Hired to Test Their Security

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:06:18 +0000

On Sept. 11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary, and held on $100,000 bail. On Thursday Jan. 30, prosecutors in Iowa announced they had dropped the criminal charges. The news came while KrebsOnSecurity was conducting a video interview with the two accused (featured below).

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This Week in Security News: Over 2,000 WordPress Accounts Compromised and Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Class Action Case Over Facial Recognition

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:03:53 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, over two thousand WordPress sites were compromised using a malicious script that redirects visitors to scam websites. Also, read about how Facebook has agreed to pay $550…

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UN hacked via unpatched SharePoint server

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:04:44 +0000

UN staffers: the “entire domain” was probably compromised by an attacker who was lurking on the UN’s networks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RonIAIVbyIQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Financial tech firms disagree on ban of customer data screen-scraping

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:05:49 +0000

They use it to offer things like budgeting apps. It puts passwords and privacy at risk, but some say they can’t afford to build APIs instead.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/p33_Z7ZunMU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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