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Disinformation Attacks Aren’t Just Against Elections

While disinformation is getting a lot of attention in security circles, the discussion primarily tends to be in the context of election security. However, hacking social media accounts, or creating fake accounts, to post false messages about a company is absolutely a disinformation campaign.

Disinformation, Twitter

Imperva Discloses Data Breach, Theft of Customer API Keys

Security firm Imperva says that API keys and SSL certificates for some of its Cloud WAF customers were exposed in a data breach.

Data Breaches

Attackers Targeting Vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN

The CVE-2019-11510 vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN is drawing considerable attention from attackers now that an exploit is publicly available.

Vpn

Encryption Experts Asked G7 to Set the Right Example

Encryption experts from around the world collaborated on an open letter to G7 leaders prior to the summit to not undermine encryption. The fact that the G7 leaders didn't release a statement supporting lawful access for law enforcement and intelligence agencies the way the G7 ministers did back in April is a victory of sorts.

Encryption

Data Shows IoT Security is Moving Backward

An extensive study by the Cyber Independent Testing Lab of IoT device firmware shows many vendors removing hardening technologies over time.

Iot Security