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Android July'19 Security Update Patches 33 Vulnerabilities

Retrieved from The Hacker News - By: Swati Khandelwal

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/android-security-update.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Cyber+Security+Blog%29

Posted: July 2, 2019, 8:33 AM

Florida City Fires IT Director for Meeting Ransomware Demand

Retrieved From Tripwire - By: David Bisson

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/florida-city-fires-it-director-after-meeting-ransomware-actors-demands/

Posted: July 2, 2019, 8:30 AM

Former Equifax CIO Sent Behind Bars

Retrieved from ZDnet - By: Charlie Osborne

https://www.zdnet.com/article/former-equifax-executive-sent-behind-bars-for-insider-trading-after-data-breach/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Posted: July 1, 2019, 8:51 AM

Craving that Instagram verified badge? Login-stealing scam

Retrieved from Naked Security - By: Lisa Vaas

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/01/crave-that-instagram-verified-badge-dont-fall-for-this-login-stealing-scam/

Posted: July 1, 2019, 8:49 AM

Impact of PeopleSoft Student/Campus Solutions upgrade on REX

This weekend the PeopleSoft Student/Campus Solutions system be upgraded. REX will be available; however, the upgrade will affect how parts of REX are loaded. Student Student will be available,...

Posted: June 29, 2019, 5:02 AM

Sensitive Files Exposed in Breach of Fortune 100 Firms

Retrieved from Security Week - By: Eduard Kovacs

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Posted: June 28, 2019, 1:19 PM

Payment Fraud Linked to Terrorism and Trafficking

Retrieved from InfoSecurity - By: Phil Muncaster

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/payment-fraud-linked-to-terrorism-1/

Posted: June 27, 2019, 8:43 AM

Dramatic Increase in Abuse of File Sharing Services

Retrieved from Info Security - By: Phil Muncaster

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dramatic-increase

Posted: June 26, 2019, 8:29 AM

Google creates educational tools to help kids spot fake news

Retrieved from naked Security by Sophos - By: Danny Bradbury

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/06/26/google-launches-educational-tools-to-help-kids-spot-fake-news/

Posted: June 26, 2019, 8:26 AM

Panopto Users: Please Install 6.0 Recorder

Mandatory Client Upgrade

As announced in April, please be sure to upgrade to the Panopto 6.0 recorder by July 18. You can download the recorder directly from our instance of Panopto. Please Note Panopto for Windows...

Posted: June 25, 2019, 9:27 AM