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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 186

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 186

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Magecart? New breaches. New Ransomware. Facial Recognition. Facebook vs. NYU. COVID Alert App. Crypto-wars. NIST. Password Usability. Fast Fuzzing. Shodan Alternative. Adversarial ML. NSA top 25 Vulns. FPE weakness? Oracle megapatch. Chrome. Cisco DDoS. Magento. Power Grid. Phishing. Overlays. Trump's Password. Robinhood. Nation States. Legal actions. Election Security and Disinformation. AI fallibility. Health, Safety & Environment. Twinkies. Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Spikes, Waves, & reinfections. Contact Tracing. And more.

PCI Compliance and Payments

News and announcements relating to Payment Security, PCI, Card Brands, Payments, Payment Malware and Fraud.

Breaches / Ransomware / Leaks

Covering breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware (as potential breach), and their fallout.

Privacy

Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.

Laws & Regulations / Standards

News about laws, regulations, and standards affecting security, privacy, technology, and public interest.

Defense / Techniques / Solutions

Covering developments and opportunities that may help improve security.

Bugs / Design Flaws / Vulnerabilities / Research

Articles about newly discovered vulnerabilities and research.

Hacking / Malware / Cybercrime / Exploitation

News covering active trends, alerts, events.

Other Security / Risk

Articles covering other types of risks.

COVID-19 updates.

COVID related articles. We have been following coronavirus risks since https://controlgap.com/blog/this-weeks-insecurity-issue-147.

Off-Topic / Science & Tech / Lighter Side

A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 177

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 177

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. P2PE Key Block Deadlines. PCI Case Studies. ATM Alerts. NIST. 250M+ in New breaches: Mega breach, Social Data,...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 173

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 173

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Twitter Hack Week 2. Fallout from US Unrest. Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Spikes & Waves. Lockdown, Reopening, &...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 176

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 176

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Magecart. ATM Skimming. New breaches: Military, health, SANS. New Ransomware. Facial Recognition. Shame....

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