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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 201

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 201

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Magecart. New breaches: New Ransomware. Spotify. NIST. Attack the AI. Lego? Free book. Patching! Open Source. Easy Hacking. A year of zero-days. IoT. Libgcrypt. Chrome and Google's bad week. SolarWinds. Quantum. Wi-Fi. Trends. VMware. Supercomputers. Chrome. Perl. SonicWall. Infinite Coffee. Nation States. Arrests, etc. AI Job Screeners. Moderating Speech. US vs Hackers. Peloton. Capitol Tracking. Quantum. Election Security. Chucky Alert. Day Traders. Health, Safety & Environment. New Variants. Immunity, Vaccines, and Vaccination. 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, and Public Policy

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 207

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 207

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Magecart exfiltration. More FPE Weakness. Big-Hacks: Exchange Hack. F5 Attacks. SolarWinds. New breaches:...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 208

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 208

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI Updates: PTS FAQ, PIN 3.1, QSA Program. Big-Hacks: Exchange, SolarWinds, F5, Accellion. New breaches: New...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 202

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 202

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI HSM Update RFC. Vampire Skimmer. New breaches: New Ransomware. Encryption and Breaches. SolarWinds. NIST....

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