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'It Saved Our Community': 16 Realistic Ransomware Defenses for Cities
Practical steps municipal governments can take to better prevent and respond to ransomware infections.
The Right to Be Patched: How Sentient Robots Will Change InfoSec Management
It won't be long before we consider embodied AI as a form of "life" - and that will have a variety of paradigm-shifting, somewhat irritating, and potentially hilarious impacts on the daily lives of infosec and privacy pros.

Haas Formula 1 CIO Builds Security at 230 Miles per Hour

As the CIO for both Formula 1 and NASCAR racing teams, Gary Foote is tackling the same security issues as other manufacturing CIOs - with a huge dash of motorized mayhem thrown in.


Fuzzing 101: Why Bug Hunters Still Love It After All These Years
Fuzzing is one of the basic tools in a researcher's arsenal. Here are the things you should know about this security research foundational tool.
'Culture Eats Policy for Breakfast': Rethinking Security Awareness Training
What's definitely not working with end-user cybersecurity awareness training - and what you can do about it.

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Adding more security tools might add more security - or just more headaches (and risk), says Anthony Diaz, division VP of emerging services at Optiv.


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Google Uncovers Massive iPhone Attack Campaign
A group of hacked websites has been silently compromising fully patched iPhones for at least two years, Project Zero reports.
Overburdened SOC Analysts Shift Priorities
Many SOC analysts are starting to shut off high-alert features to keep pace with the volume, new study shows.
To Navigate a Sea of Cybersecurity Solutions, Learn How to Fish
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WannaCry Remains No. 1 Ransomware Weapon
Of all of the ransomware variants spotted targeting victims in the first half of 2019, the infamous WannaCry was by far the most prevalent, according to Trend Micro's detection data.

Fancy Bear Dons Plain Clothes to Try to Defeat Machine Learning
An analysis of a sample published by the US government shows Russian espionage group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, has stripped down its initial infector in an attempt to defeat ML-based defenses.

10 Low-Cost (or Free!) Ways to Boost Your Security AI Skills
The following hardware and software options will amplify your know-how about artificial intelligence and how to apply it to security - without busting any budgets.

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7 Breaches & Hacks That Throw Shade on Biometric Security
Stolen fingerprints, fake hands, voice synthetization, and other nefarious techniques show biometrics has plenty of challenges.
Privacy 2019: We're Not Ready
To facilitate the innovative use of data and unlock the benefits of new technologies, we need privacy not just in the books but also on the ground.
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