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Equifax breaks down just how bad last year’s data breach was

  1. Equifax breaks down just how bad last year’s data breach was  NBCNews.com
  2. Equifax confirms data breach included driver’s licenses and passports  Engadget
  3. Equifax’s data breach by the numbers: The full breakdown  CNET
  4. Thousands of Companies Are Still Downloading the Vulnerability That Wrecked Equifax  Fortune
  5. Full coverage

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As Cyber Ascends, Reserve Cyber Warfare Conference Breaks New Ground

  1. As Cyber Ascends, Reserve Cyber Warfare Conference Breaks New Ground  DVIDS (press release)
  2. Military seeks seasoned industry professionals as next cyber warriors, but they’ll have to start at the bottom  FederalNewsRadio.com
  3. Senate panel approves Trump’s NSA nominee  The Hill
  4. Full coverage

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March Android Security Update Breaks SafetyNet, Android Pay

Google has re-issued its over-the-air Android security update after Nexus 6 users reported that the patches broke the SafetyNet API and features such as Android Pay no longer worked.
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks most webcams

Enlarge / Logitech’s popular C920 camera. (credit: Logitech)

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update, aka version 1607, has been found to leave many webcams inoperable. The update prevents the use of webcams in applications such as Skype and Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), along with all manner of custom CCTV programs. Extremely popular hardware, such as Logitech’s C920 and C930e cameras, in conjunction even with Microsoft’s own Skype, will fail to properly broadcast video.

People first noticed the issue earlier this month. But it’s only within the last couple of days that the exact cause became clear via a post by Brad Sams on thurott.com.

Microsoft has said that a fix is in development, but has not yet said when that fix will be distributed.

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