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From businessinsights.bitdefender.com

• AI, machine learning and automation aid in cybersecurity
• People feel threatened by the adoption of new technologies
• Cybersecurity specialists recommend their field as a career option

Cybersecurity professionals fearfully look to the future as AI technologies and machine learning gain a foothold in the industry, potentially placing their jobs at risk, according to a survey from Exabeam.

Cybersecurity companies offer customers the latest technologies, including machine learning, AI technologies, and all sorts of automations to make everyone involved more comfortable and more secure. A perceived problem in this scenario is that all these technologies might eventually replace human specialists, and many people working in this field believe this scenario is likely.

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From securityonline.info

GitDorker is a tool that utilizes the GitHub Search API and an extensive list of GitHub dorks that I’ve compiled from various sources to provide an overview of sensitive information stored on github given a search query.

The Primary purpose of GitDorker is to provide the user with a clean and tailored attack surface to begin harvesting sensitive information on GitHub. GitDorker can be used with additional tools such as GitRob or Trufflehog on interesting repos or users discovered from GitDorker to produce the best results.

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From en.secnews.gr

An error in the latest version of Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers causes random debug.log files to be created on the desktop and other user folders.On October 6, 2020, Google released Chrome 86 and all users were automatically updated to this version. Other Chromium-based browsers, such as Brave and Microsoft Edge were also upgraded to this version at about the same time.

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From krebsonsecurity.com

A phone call to an Internet provider in Oregon on Sunday evening was all it took to briefly sideline multiple websites related to 8chan/8kun — a controversial online image board linked to several mass shootings — and QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory which holds that a cabal of Satanic pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against President Donald Trump. Following a brief disruption, the sites have come back online with the help of an Internet company based in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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From bleepingcomputer.com

If your PC games are lagging or running slow, you can free up resources in Windows 10 using a new XBOX Game Bar task manager that overlays on top of running games.

Earlier this month, Xbox Insiders began testing a new ‘Resources’ feature of the XBOX Game Bar that can be accessed as an overlay in games by pressing the Win+G keyboard combination.

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From kitploit.com

How it works?

• 1- Build server
• 2- Connect with admin and client to server
• 3- To collect information, send the request to the server through the admin, and then to the client

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From securityboulevard.com

This week, Amazon Prime Day prompted a big increase in phishing attacks, as reported by Threatpost and many other media outlets. Shoppers anxiously awaited the amazing offers and discounts revealed during the two-day sale, with bad actors lying in wait to take advantage of the excitement.

SlashNext Threat Labs analyzes 1B internet transactions and 7M web pages daily using virtual browsers. We saw hundreds of malicious Amazon phishing sites designed to take advantage of Amazon Prime Day shoppers. These phishing attacks included credential stealing (Screen 1 and 2), rogue software, and gift card scams (Screen 3). While SlashNext customers were protected from these phishing attacks, many other phishing protection and anti-virus services did not detect these threats (Screen 4).

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