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Unattended Office macro has turned into a hiding place for hackers to store banking malware. There has been a recent spike in macro use as spam campaigns contain embedded macros to deliver the Dridex banking Trojan. For the full story on this topic, please click here:: Dridex Banking Trojan Spreading Via Office Macros
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WhiteHat Security’s Aviator web browser has criticized by Google engineers as not being as secure as it should be. Aviator is an open source program based on Google Chrome’s code. Within 24 hours of Aviator’s public release, Google’s security team pointed out several flaws. Get the full story here:: Aviator Web Browser Criticized by Google Security Experts
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Financial service company Morgan Stanley revealed that more than 900 of the firm’s management clients have sensitive information stolen from them. An employee of Morgan Stanley is responsible for stealing the info and has since been terminated. Law enforcement officials are also looking into the matter. For the full story, please click here:: Morgan Stanley Insider Theft Affects Tenth of Wealth Management Clients
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Despite continued stories about data breaches, the National Association of Federal Credit Unions believes that additional regulation regarding data encryption isn’t needed. A representative stated that time creating a law would be wasted when focus should be on creating better ways to protect credit union members’ data. For a full article on this topic, click here:: Credit Union Watchdog Shoots Down Data Encryption Rule
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Hackers recently hit crayon company Crayola’s Facebook page and posted crude content on the page. The company was able to wrest control of their page late this past Sunday. Crayola has since apologized and removed the offending posts that contained cartoon breasts and lewd sex jokes. For more on this story, click here:: Crayola sorry after hackers make its Facebook page off-color
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