Microsoft issues emergency patch for critical vulnerability in Windows (ArsTechnica) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:59 pm)

Paying $20 to delete your Ashley Madison profile was probably a bad idea (ArsTechnic SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:59 pm)

ASP.NET MVC: Data Validation Techniques (Appsec Streetfighter Blog) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:59 pm)

One Perfect Bug: Exploiting Type Confusion in Flash (Reddit) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:29 pm)

Microsoft addresses critical RCE vulnerability in all versions of Windows (SC Magazi SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:29 pm)

Extramarital website Ashley Madison hacked (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:29 pm)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-078 - Critical (Reddit) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:29 pm)

6 Ex-Employees Questioned About Hacking Team Breach, Prior Leak (Dark Reading) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:29 pm)

Five More Apple Music Tips TidBITS(cached at July 20, 2015, 11:03 pm)

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Grooveshark Co-founder Josh Greenberg Dead At 28 Slashdotby samzenpus on music at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at July 20, 2015, 11:02 pm)

alphadogg writes: The tech startup world has been shaken today by news that 28-year-old Josh Greenberg, co-founder of recently defunct music sharing service Grooveshark, was found dead on Sunday in the Florida apartment he shared with his girlfriend. No foul play is suspected, but the local medical examiner is conducting an autopsy, according to the Gainesville Sun. Grooveshark was shut down in April after the company was threatened with legal action and possibly hundreds of millions in damages by several big music labels.

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Microsoft said to add another cybersecurity vendor to its acquistion list (ZDNet) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 10:59 pm)

Organizational Doxing of Ashley Madison (Schneier blog) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 10:59 pm)

How Developers Can Rebuild Trust On the Internet Slashdotby samzenpus on security at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at July 20, 2015, 10:32 pm)

snydeq writes: Public keys, trusted hardware, block chains — InfoWorld's Peter Wayner discusses tech tools developers should be investigating to help secure the Internet for all. 'The Internet is a pit of epistemological chaos. As Peter Steiner posited — and millions of chuckles peer-reviewed — in his famous New Yorker cartoon, there's no way to know if you're swapping packets with a dog or the bank that claims to safeguard your money,' Wayner writes. 'We may not be able to wave a wand and make the Internet perfect, but we can certainly add features to improve trust on the Internet. To that end, we offer the following nine ideas for bolstering a stronger sense of assurance that our data, privacy, and communications are secure.'

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Hacking Teams Galileo RCS - Running an espionage campaign in a VM lab (Reddit) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 10:29 pm)

Pluto: A Reminder of Why Space Is Important to Science on Earth (Forbes) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at July 20, 2015, 10:29 pm)