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Dr. Rima Khatib

@Informasec

Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Business Technology Management. Special interest in #InformationSecurity #Cybersecurity #InformationSystems

 Ontario, Canada
Joined March 2017
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🔥 Data Leak Alert! #Microsoft accidentally exposed 38TB of private data, including secrets, keys, passwords, and 30K+ internal Teams messages, on AI #GitHub repository due to a security glitch. Read more in this article: thehackernews.com/2023/09/mi… #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech
Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Expose 38 Terabytes of Confidential Data

Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Expose 38 Terabytes of Confidential Data

Microsoft accidentally exposed 38TB of private data, including secrets, keys, passwords, and 30K+ internal Teams messages, on GitHub due to a security

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Downdetector
@downdetector4 Oct 2021
The Facebook outage continues and has become the largest outage we’ve ever seen on Downdetector with over 10.6 million problem reports from all over the globe. See the latest information with this recently updated post. speedtest.net/insights/blog/…
Massive Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage Happening Now

Massive Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage Happening Now

Latest stats from Downdetector on the global outage of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

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More US agencies potentially hacked, this time with Pulse Secure exploits arstechnica.com/?post_type=p…
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Reuters
@Reuters1 Mar 2021
A 10-second video clip sold for $6.6 million: A new type of digital asset known as a non-fungible token (NFT) has exploded in popularity as enthusiasts and investors scramble to spend money on items that only exist online reut.rs/2Pn8STR

How a 10-second video clip sold for $6.6 million – Technology

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QUICK WARNING — Do not install the #MitronApp, a #TikTok-like short video platform that has gone viral in #India. Detailed story coming up shortly, stay tuned to @TheHackersNews.
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🔥 CVE-2020-0796 Microsoft warning billions of users of a new unpatched "wormable" RCE flaw in #SMBv3 protocol—after its existence accidentally got leaked. Users are advised to disable SMBv3 & block port 137, 139, 445 inbound/outbound on firewall. Read: thehackernews.com/2020/03/sm…
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CPO Magazine@cpomagazine25 Aug 2019
Many #driverlesscar manufacturers and #cybersecurity experts are confident that better intrusion prevention technologies will eventually arrive. cpomagazine.com/2018/10/01/a…
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2013: New Zealand hacker and security researcher, Barnaby Jack, passed away in San Francisco. He had a marked influence on financial and medical device security. And his 2010 Black Hat presentation during which he caused ATMs on stage to discharge [fake] currency was epic. RIP.
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New Apache Web Server Vulnerability Threatens Security of Shared Web Hosts thehackernews.com/2019/04/ap… The flaw (CVE-2019-0211) could allow less-privileged web host users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the targeted servers.
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@threatpost2 Apr 2019
A white hat hacker reverse engineered 30 mobile financial applications and found sensitive #data buried in the underlying #code of nearly all apps examined. threatpost.com/financial-app…
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Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity is recognized as Canada’s first advanced cybersecurity training program and Fredericton as the cybersecurity's new “IT” destination by @invest_canada "Canada’s FDI Outlook for 2019": linkedin.com/pulse/canadas-f… #CyberSecurity #Research #Training
Canada’s FDI Outlook for 2019 by Invest in Canada

ALT Canada’s FDI Outlook for 2019 by Invest in Canada

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Here’s a well-crafted ATM skimmer & camera. Always look for these, tug hard on the card reader, and cup your hand to hide your PIN entry.
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@lennyzeltser4 Mar 2019
My instructions for downloading and configuring a free Windows VM for malware analysis: zeltser.com/free-malware-ana…
How to Get and Set Up a Free Windows VM for Malware Analysis

How to Get and Set Up a Free Windows VM for Malware Analysis

Setting up a malware analysis lab requires virtualization software, a Windows virtual machine, and the right tools. Microsoft offers free Windows 10 VMs that expire after 90 days, and utilities like...

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GiMarcus Jones@AGimarcus4 Mar 2019
Over 40% of all security breaches are linked to authorized users. Check out the 5 must-haves for your access solution: @Akamai #cybersecurity #breach bit.ly/2UpLYsJ
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Wireshark 3.0.0 Released! wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/…
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Threatpost
@threatpost26 Feb 2019
The SHAREit #Android app has patched high-severity #security flaws. The vulnerabilities allowed an attacker to download files from the victim’s device, along with a raft of data such as #Facebook tokens and cookies. threatpost.com/shareit-flaws…
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Text me, maybe > Yes, SMS lives on in #5G! @Ericsson @ericssonnetwork #MWC19 #EricssonInfluencer ericsson.com/en/blog/2019/2/…
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briankrebs
@briankrebs23 Jan 2019
Breaking, exclusive: bomb threat, sextortion spammers abused weakness at GoDaddy that led to hijacking of 5,000+ domains from some of the world's most recognizable companies krebsonsecurity.com/2019/01/…
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Tenable
@TenableSecurity17 Jan 2019
Oracle addresses nearly 300 #vulnerabilities in the first Critical Patch Update of 2019. Read more here: bit.ly/2FvVsPi #TenableResearch
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Jason Goldberg@retailgeek8 Dec 2018
Amazon targets airports for Amazon Go (checkout-free store) expansion reuters.com/article/us-amazo… #JWOT by @JLDastin for @Reuters
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