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This Week’s [in]Security – Issue 102

This Week’s [in]Security – Issue 102

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. This week: PCI DSS 4.0 begins its journey, debates on cashless and contactless payments, 2018 data breaches up by over 4x , policy and cyber risk disclosure, breach followups, another mega breach of contact information, what's Facebook up to, more undisclosed microphones, NIST updates, NSA's reverse engineering tool opens up, Equifax fumbles again, a new class of firmware attacks, more IoT, several zero-days in the wild, bots, big data, echo chambers, behavior prediction, and more.

This week's photo is for those that have never experienced the Canadian winter phenomena of parking lot shrinkage.

Now here's this week’s selection of news, opinions, and research. Quickly skim annotated links organized by topic: compliance and payment security, breaches, regulation, bugs, privacy, hacking/malware, other security & risk, and more. We hope you enjoy and find them useful.

PCI Compliance and Payments

News and announcements relating to Payment Security, Payments, PCI, and Card Brands.

Breaches / Leaks

Covering breaches, leaks, data exposures, and their fallout.

Privacy

Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.

Laws & Regulations / Standards

News about laws, regulations, and standards affecting security, privacy,  technology, and public interest.

Defense / Techniques / Solutions

Covering developments and opportunities that may help improve security.

Bugs / Design Flaws / Vulnerabilities / Research

Articles about newly discovered vulnerabilities and research.

Hacking / Malware / Cybercrime / Exploitation

News covering active trends and events.

Other Security / Risk

Articles covering other types of risks.

Off-Topic / Science & Tech / Lighter Side

A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.

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