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Insurance Journal: Ransomware Attacks Rise 37% in Q3, Targeting IT Vendors, Their Clients: Beazley

Boing Boing: The penniless hero of the ransomware epidemic has written more decryptors than anyone else

Ars Technica: The count of managed service providers getting hit with ransomware mounts

POLITICO: 4 ways Boeing’s CEO tripped up at Tuesday’s 737 MAX hearing

ZDNet: This old trojan malware is back with a new trick to help it hide in plain sight

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ZDNet: New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 Android devices

The New Yorker: A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse

International Business Times, Singapore Edition: Avoid downloading these 42 malicious android apps which infect millions

The New York Times: Boeing Shaped a Law to Its Liking. Weeks Later, a 737 Max Crashed.

WIRED: Why Keybase Doesn't Offer Two Factor Authentication

Forbes: Windows 10 Security: Microsoft Reveals ‘Before Windows Boots’ Protection

cloudflare.com: Public keys are not enough for SSH security

The Next Web: Modern cybersecurity is inaccessible to smaller companies — and that’s bad for you

ZDNet: Nasty PHP7 remote code execution bug exploited in the wild

toptenreviews.com: Critical Android malware warning issued as up to 8 million devices infected

The Next Web: Hackers are now selling 'Raccoon' data-stealing malware as a $200 monthly service

NPR: Indonesia Report: Pilots, Ground Crew Share Blame With Boeing For Lion Air Crash

Civilizing Cyberspace

Civilizing Cyberspace

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toptenreviews.com: Do you really need an antivirus on Windows or Mac?

Civilizing Cyberspace

NPR: Boeing Exec Out As Company Prepares To Report More Post-Crash Losses

The U.S. Is On The Verge Of A Ransomware Epidemic

Ars Technica: Hackers steal secret crypto keys for NordVPN. Here’s what we know so far

Civilizing Cyberspace

CNBC: Boeing's 737 Max troubles deepen, taking airlines, suppliers with it

TechCrunch: NordVPN confirms it was hacked

Fox News: Hackers are draining ATMs across the US

ZDNet: Building China's Comac C919 airplane involved a lot of hacking, report says

65% of stressed-out cybersecurity, IT workers think about quitting

ZDNet: Ransomware: Prepare for hackers launching even more destructive malware attacks

Ars Technica: Attackers exploit an iTunes zeroday to install ransomware

CNBC: We're all at risk when 65% of stressed-out cybersecurity and IT workers are thinking about quitting, tech exec warns

Mathematical Abstraction

An Anthem for Computer Science

The Next Web: US hospitals opt for paying hackers to survive Ryuk ransomware attack

Forbes: The Anatomy Of A Sophisticated, Large-Scale Ransomware Attack

The Next Web: Hacking victim who paid Bitcoin ransom goes on to hack the hackers

Forbes: The Standard Cybersecurity Model Is Fundamentally Broken

ZDNet: FBI warns about attacks that bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Russian hacker group patches Chrome and Firefox to fingerprint TLS traffic | ZDNet

Decades-Old Code Is Putting Millions of Critical Devices at Risk | WIRED

A VxWorks Operating System Bug Exposes 200 Million Critical Devices | WIRED

WIRED: A Bug in Popular Android Phones Gives Hackers Full Control

WIRED: 7 Cybersecurity Threats That Can Sneak Up on You

Church-Turing Machines

The Infallible Automation of Computer Science

How The NSA And U.S. Cyber Command Hacked ISIS's Media Operation : NPR

CrowdStrike: aviation industry hacker had high-level access to secrets

Report: Nation state hackers and cyber criminals are spoofing each other | ZDNet

Hackers are trading millions of stolen passwords on a secret network - Business Insider

WhatsApp chats can be hacked with a malicious GIF | TechRadar

WhatsApp chats can be hacked with a malicious GIF | TechRadar

Cybersecurity is a bubble, but it’s not ready to burst | TechCrunch

Boeing failed to make it clear to pilots of 737 Max jets what do in a cockpit emergency, NTSB says

FBI issues alert warning of potential 'high-impact' ransomware attacks | TheHill

Southwest Airline pilots union says Boeing 737 Max jets may not return to the skies 'until March' | Daily Mail Online

Boeing's 737 Max MCAS has better-designed military forerunner — Quartz

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Fwd: CNET: Android exploit leaves some Pixel, Galaxy phones vulnerable to hacks

ZDNet: Russian hacker group patches Chrome and Firefox to fingerprint TLS traffic

CNET: Android exploit leaves some Pixel, Galaxy phones vulnerable to hacks