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Individuals at Risk
Cyber Update
Make sure your Skype is up to date because there’s a nasty hole in it: Infosec researchers have discovered a nasty and exploitable security vulnerability in older versions of Skype on Windows. The Register, June 27, 2017
Information Security Management in the Organization
Information Security Management and Governance
Middle-Market Companies Require a Customized Approach for Successful Cybersecurity: Middle-market companies have cultures, goals and business needs that are distinct from larger firms, and nowhere is that more true than with cybersecurity.

Individuals at Risk
Identity Theft
Employment-related identity theft much bigger than previously thought: The number of victims of employment-related identity theft is far larger than previously estimated and the Internal Revenue Service’s processes aren’t able to keep up, according to a new report.

Important Security Updates
Apple Remote Desktop: Apple has has released Apple Remote Desktop 3.9.3. Updates are available from within the browser or from Apple’s website.

Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 59.0.3071.100. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google Chrome’s website.

Important Security Updates
Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 26.0.0.131. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. To see which version you have, go to Adobe’s web page.

Adobe Shockwave Player: Adobe has released version 12.2.9.199 of Shockwave Player running on Windows and Macintosh.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Update
Microsoft, Adobe Ship Critical Fixes: Microsoft today released security updates to fix almost a hundred flaws in its various Windows operating systems and related software. One bug is so serious that Microsoft is issuing patches for it on Windows XP and other operating systems the company no longer officially supports.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Defense
Google game teaches kids about online safety: Talking to kids about online safety is a difficult undertaking for many adults, and making the lessons stick is even harder. HelpNetSecurity, June 9, 2017
Cyber Warning
Say hello to Dvmap: The first Android malware with code injection: A powerful Android trojan with novel code injection features that posed as a game was distributed through the Google Play Store before its recent removal.

Important Security Updates
Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 59.0.3071.86. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google Chrome’s website.

KeePass: KeePass has released version 1.33 of its open source password manager.

Important Security Updates
Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 27.4.22 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See Citadel’s warning below]

Opera: Opera has released version 45.0.2552.888. Updates are available from within the browser or from Opera’s website.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
Little users can do as thousands of enterprise apps found to be exposing data on back-end servers. Something is going badly wrong with the way the mountain of big data generated by enterprise mobile apps is being stored on back-end servers, a new analysis has shown.

Important Security Updates
AxCrypt: AxCrypt has released version 2.1.1502.0. Updates are available from AxCrypt’s website.

Piriform CCleaner: Piriform has released version 5.30.6065 for CCleaner. Updates are available from Piriform’s website.

TechSmith Corporation SnagIt: TechSmith has released version 13.1.3.7993 for SnagIt. Updates are available from TechSmith’s website.