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Forbes: Microsoft Issues Excel Security Alert As $100 Million ‘Evil Corp’ Campaign Evolves

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Forbes: How To Reduce Your Chances Of Getting Hit With Ransomware

CNBC: A cyberattack known as e-skimming is getting more common with the rise of online shopping

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WIRED: The Fractured Future of Browser Privacy

Naked Security: Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people

The Future of Democracy in Cyberspace

Democracy, Cyber Society and Trusted Software

CSO Online: What is a buffer overflow? And how hackers exploit these vulnerabilities

CSO Online: What is a buffer overflow? And how hackers exploit these vulnerabilities

Fox News: New scary email scam goes after your banking info

Forbes: Microsoft Security Shocker As 250 Million Customer Records Exposed Online

Monolithic Software & General-Purpose Computer Science is too complex to remain safe

Microsoft discovers new sLoad 2.0 (Starslord) malware | ZDNet

AppleInsider: Apple cancelled encrypted iCloud plans after the FBI complained

Civilizing Cyberspace: The Fight for Digital Democracy by Ken Hamer-Hodges.

The New Yorker: Living in Alan Turing’s Future

Cime rate grows rapidly

New Software Flaw Could Further Delay Boeing’s 737 Max

SOSP'77

Beware of this sneaky phishing technique now being used in more attacks | ZDNet

Forbes: U.S. Army Hacked By 52 Hackers In Five Weeks

Report: Chinese hacking group APT40 hides behind network of front companies | ZDNet

The New York Times: Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment

CNBC: Microsoft will patch Windows 10 after the NSA quietly told it about a major vulnerability

Forbes: US Government Issues Powerful Security Alert: Upgrade VPN Or Expect Cyber-Attacks

CNBC: Boeing posts negative commercial airplane orders in 2019 for first time in decades

Internal Boeing Messages Say 737 Max ‘Designed by Clowns’

Forbes: Meet The Linux Desktop That Wants To Be An Ideal Upgrade For Windows 7 Users

Ars Technica: Firefox gets patch for critical 0-day that’s being actively exploited

USA TODAY: Boeing wants simulator training for 737 Max pilots. But only a few machines exist for thousands of pilots

Ars Technica: PGP keys, software security, and much more threatened by new SHA1 exploit

Civilizing Cyberspace: The Fight For Digital Democracy 

The New York Times: It’s Not Just Software: New Safety Risks Under Scrutiny on Boeing’s 737 Max

This password-stealing malware just got updated with new tactics to help it hide better | ZDNet

Attack Exploits Android Vulnerability CVE-2019-2215 to Install Malware

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USA TODAY: Phishing attempts look real, but there's always a giveaway.

Microsoft hack response

Forbes: Ransomware Hackers Have Started Leaking City Of Pensacola Data

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Virtualized Society

Los Angeles Times: How the design of Boeing's 737 Max cost CEO Muilenburg his job

The New York Times: Boeing’s Crisis Deepens as the C.E.O. Struggles to Confront It

VISA warns of POS malware incidents at gas pumps across North America | ZDNet

Forbes: New Orleans Declares State Of Emergency Following Cyber Attack

Ring malware

Ransomware: Cybercriminals are adding a new twist to their demands | ZDNet

Nk hackers and Russia

CNBC: FAA chief says Boeing 737 Max recertification process to stretch into 2020

Snatch ransomware reboots PCs in Windows Safe Mode to bypass antivirus apps | ZDNet

2020 is when cybersecurity gets even weirder, so get ready | ZDNet

Business Insider: 737 Max: Boeing to fix faulty MCAS after crashes so it won't reactivate

Bloomberg: FAA Issues Updated Equipment Rules for Boeing’s 737 Max Jet

These are the worst hacks, cyberattacks, and data breaches of 2019 | ZDNet

New ransomware attacks target your NAS devices, backup storage | ZDNet

NBC News: Two Russian hackers charged in sweeping malware attack on U.S.

Network World: The VPN is dying, long live zero trust

Ransomware attack hits major US data center provider | ZDNet

Ars Technica: Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 is 25% faster, comes with mandatory 5G

The Register: Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter

Boing Boing: Veteran Boeing manager was transferred to 787 production; based on he saw there, he won't fly in a Dreamliner and begs his family not to

Forbes: Windows 10 Clone On The Menu As Hackers’ Favorite Hacking Tool Gets Update

Boing Boing: Veteran Boeing manager was transferred to 787 production; based on he saw there, he won't fly in a Dreamliner and begs his family not to

This trojan malware is being used to steal passwords and spread ransomware | ZDNet

TechCrunch: Now even the FBI is warning about your smart TV’s security

Forbes: Windows 10 Clone On The Menu As Hackers’ Favorite Hacking Tool Gets Update

Ars Technica: Quantum computing’s also-rans and their fatal flaws

A decade of hacking: The most notable cyber-security events of the 2010s | ZDNet

The Verge: Bad RCS implementations are creating big vulnerabilities, security researchers claim

CNBC: FAA tightens grip on Boeing with plan to individually review each new 737 Max jetliner

Driver insecurity

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The Washington Post: In Trump’s Washington, the rogue actors are the real players — and the experts are increasingly irrelevant

Major problem

Election Fraud on a National Scale? - American Thinker

Reuters: Canadian official's email saying 737 MAX software must go reflects 'working-level' view: regulator

Ransom ware attacks hit 2 more states

WIRED: Iran’s APT33 Hackers Are Targeting Industrial Control Systems

The Atlantic: The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course

CSO Online: How a bank got hacked (a study in how not to secure your networks)

Hacking and cyber espionage: The countries that are going to emerge as major threats in the 2020s | ZDNet

Windows security warning: Ransomware is growing fastest, and just got harder to tackle | ZDNet

Android Central: Disney+ doesn't have a hacking problem — it has a password problem

NPR: Cybercriminals Are Hacking Human Nature To Steal Billions From Us

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Thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts are already for sale on hacking forums | ZDNet

Company discovered it was hacked after a server ran out of free space | ZDNet

Hackers demand $5M in bitcoin from Mexico's national oil company Pemex - The Block

Bloomberg: A Hacker Wants About $5 Million in Ransom From Pemex By End of November

USA TODAY: Southwest, American, United: No Boeing 737 Max flights until March even if plane returns sooner

When one isn’t enough: This shady malware will infect your PC with dual Trojans | ZDNet

WIRED: Intel Failed to Fix a Hackable Chip Flaw Despite a Year of Warnings

TechCrunch: A new ‘Zombieload’ flaw hits Intel’s newest Cascade Lake chips

This unusual new ransomware is going after servers | ZDNet

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