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Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones.

Researchers say that JhoneRAT has various anti-detection techniques – including making use of Google Drive, Google Forms and Twitter.

Recommendations cover areas including security and privacy while listing alternatives to free online services that slurp your users’ data.

Weak challenge questions by customer service reps make it easy for fraudsters to hijack a phone line and bypass 2FA to breach accounts.

The WeLeakInfo “data breach notification” domain is no more.

Are publicly-released PoC exploits good or bad? Why is the Joker malware giving Google a headache? The Threatpost team discusses all this and more in this week’s news wrap.

Are publicly released proof-of-concept exploits more helpful for system defenders — or bad actors?

The agency changed its policy to provide more timely and actionable information to state and local election officials in the case of a cybersecurity breach to election infrastructure.

This is fantastic work:

In total, the researchers identified approximately 2.7 billion DNA base pairs, which is around 90 percent the size of the human genome. There’s nothing particularly special about that size, especially considering that the axolotl genome is 10 times larger than the human genome. It’s going to take some time to fully understand and appreciate the intricacies of the giant squid’s genetic profile, but these preliminary results are already helping to explain some of its more remarkable features.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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Researchers have discovered bad authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting two WordPress plugins which should be patched as soon as possible.