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Marriott to Contest $124 Million Fine After Data Breach

Retrieved From Security Week - By: Kevin Townsend

https://www.securityweek.com/marriott-contest-124-million-fine-imposed-uk-data-protection-regulator

Posted: July 10, 2019, 8:34 AM

Android Apps Collecting Data Even If You Deny Permissions

Retrieved from The Hacker News - By: Mohit Kumar

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/android-permission-bypass.html

Posted: July 9, 2019, 8:45 AM

Mystery of NSA Leak Lingers as Stolen Document Case Winds Up

Retrieved from Security Week - By: Associated Press

https://www.securityweek.com/mystery-nsa-leak-lingers-stolen-document-case-winds

Posted: July 8, 2019, 8:39 AM

British Airways Fined Under GDPR Over 2018 Data Breach

Retrieved from The Hacker News - By: Mohit Kumar

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/british-airways-breach-gdpr-fine.html

Posted: July 8, 2019, 8:35 AM

Amazon confirms Alexa customer voice recordings are stored

Retrieved from ZDNet - By: Charlie Osborne

https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-confirms-alexa-customer-voice-recordings-are-kept-forever/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Posted: July 3, 2019, 8:40 AM

Nation-state hackers are exploiting Microsoft Outlook bugs

Retrieved from Hot For Security - By: Graham Cluley

https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/us-cyber-command-warns-nation-state-hackers-are-exploiting-old-microsoft-outlook-bug-make-sure-youre-patched-21381.html#new_tab

Posted: July 3, 2019, 8:38 AM

IT Director Fired Following Lake City Ransomware Attack

Retrieved from Info Security - By: Phee Waterfield

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/it-director-fired-lake-city-1-1/

Posted: July 3, 2019, 8:34 AM

Android July'19 Security Update Patches 33 Vulnerabilities

Retrieved from The Hacker News - By: Swati Khandelwal

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/android-security-update.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Cyber+Security+Blog%29

Posted: July 2, 2019, 8:33 AM

Florida City Fires IT Director for Meeting Ransomware Demand

Retrieved From Tripwire - By: David Bisson

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/florida-city-fires-it-director-after-meeting-ransomware-actors-demands/

Posted: July 2, 2019, 8:30 AM

Former Equifax CIO Sent Behind Bars

Retrieved from ZDnet - By: Charlie Osborne

https://www.zdnet.com/article/former-equifax-executive-sent-behind-bars-for-insider-trading-after-data-breach/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Posted: July 1, 2019, 8:51 AM

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