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• Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE Zero Day exploited in the wild

"Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update to fix a critical zero-day flaw in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser."

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• NASA data breach – The agency notifies employees of a security intrusion

"U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) notifies employees of a data breach that exposed social security numbers and other personal information."

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• Twitter uncovered a possible nation-state attack

"Twitter discovered a possible nation-state attack while it was investigating an information disclosure flaw affecting its platform. Experts at Twitter discovered a possible state-sponsored attack while they were investigating an information disclosure vulnerability affecting its support forms. The experts discovered that the attack was launched from IP addresses that may be linked to nation-state actors."

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• US ballistic missile systems have very poor cyber-security

"No data encryption, no antivirus programs, no multifactor authentication mechanisms, and 28-year-old unpatched vulnerabilities are just some of the cyber-security failings described in a security audit of the US' ballistic missile system released on Friday by the US Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG)."

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• Spammed Bomb Threat Hoax Demands Bitcoin

"A new email extortion scam is making the rounds, threatening that someone has planted bombs within the recipient’s building that will be detonated unless a hefty bitcoin ransom is paid by the end of the business day."

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• ENISA produces guidelines for assessing security measures in the context of net neutrality

"In the world of the internet, security is a fast moving field and cyber-attacks are changing constantly. What may have been an appropriate security measure at one point in time may be considered unnecessary and disproportionate later on."

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• Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack

"The Linux.org website was defaced last week via DNS hijack, attackers breached into associated registrar account and changed the DNS settings."

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• Russian propaganda prompts alarm in Ukraine and France

"Russian propaganda activity has raised alarm of further escalation in Ukraine, amid other concern on Moscow's role in recent French rioting. The Russian foreign ministry has, for the best part of a month, promulgated the idea that Ukraine was planning to use chemical weapons against fighters in Russia-occupied east Ukraine."

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• Japan to ban government use of Huawei, ZTE products

"Tokyo: Japan is set to ban government use of telecom products made by Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE on concerns about cybersecurity, reports said on Friday."

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• Facebook Defends Data Policies On Heels of Incriminating Internal Docs

"Facebook has found itself embroiled in yet another data privacy scandal. New internal documents released this week showed the social media giant promoting – and trying to keep secret – the collection of call logs and texts for Android app users."

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