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If you care about your encrypted data, get rid of your iPhone 5c

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If the FBI can hack the iPhone, others can, too, which means the encrypted content on countless phones is no longer secure.

Owners of these phones who care about securing their content should think about upgrading to something else. Newer iPhones, for example, might not have the same weakness and so would be less vulnerable, at least for a while.

The FBI has dropped its court action that might have forced Apple to help undermine security that blocked a brute-force attack against the passcode on the iPhone 5c used by a terrorist in San Bernardino. That’s because the FBI found someone else – reportedly Israeli mobile-forensics company Cellebrite – to do it for them.

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State Attorney General Says Health Care Lags In Computer Security – California Healthline

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State Attorney General Says Health Care Lags In Computer Security
California Healthline
California's health care industry is a data-security laggard, failing to sufficiently protect sensitive information stored on lost or stolen laptops, smartphones and flash drives, according to state Attorney General Kamala Harris. Meantime, health care …

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Why corporate security pros should care about the Ashley Madison breach

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Corporate security executives should have a professional interest in the Ashley Madison breach because publicly posted data about its customers represents a fertile field for spear phishers trying to attack business networks.

Anyone whose name and contact information appears in the 9.7GB stolen names contact information will likely be susceptible to opening emails purportedly from Ashley Madison, divorce lawyers and private investigators, says Tom Kellerman, chief cybersecurity officer for Trend Micro.

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Partners Health Care breach: Here comes the flood

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A phishing attack that led to the compromise of patient information at Partners Health Care could be the start of a predicted flood of such attacks against healthcare providers.

The breach discovered Nov. 25, 2014 exposed the group’s email accounts to the attackers. A notice posted by Partners says some of the emails compromised contained “names, addresses dates of birth, telephone numbers, and, in some instances, Social Security numbers, and some of our patients’ clinical information, such as diagnosis, treatment received, medical record numbers, medical diagnosis codes, or health insurance information.”

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