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Important Security Updates
Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 60.0.3112.78. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google Chrome’s website.

Google Earth Pro: Google has released version 7.3.0.3830 for Google Earth Pro.

Important Security Updates
Apple iTunes: Apple has released version 12.6.2 (64-bit and 32-bit) of iTunes. Updates are available from Apple’s website.

Apple Multiple Products: Apple has released updates in tvOS 10.2.2, iCloud for Windows 6.2.2, Safari 10.1.2, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, OS X Yosemite 10.10.5, IOS 10.3.3, watchOS 3.2.3 and others.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Warning
How A Billion-Dollar Internet Scam Is Breaking Hearts And Bank Accounts. Criminal networks defraud lonely people around the world with false promises of love and romance. … Modern online romance scams are premeditated, organized crimes that steal millions ― potentially billions ― of dollars from vulnerable, lonely people over the internet.

Important Security Updates
Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 26.0.0.137. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. To see which version you have, go to Adobe’s web page.

Avira Antivirus: Avira has released version 15.0.28.28 of its free Antivirus and Pro.

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information: The White House on Thursday made public a trove of emails it received from voters offering comment on its Election Integrity Commission.

Citadel – WhiteHat Webinar
Secure Application Development: The CISO’s Role: In this high-value webinar, Stan Stahl, President of Citadel Information Group, joins John Atkinson, VP, strategic alliances and channels at WhiteHat Security, to discuss the unique challenges of secure application development and how the CISO’s big-picture culture-crossing perspective can marry with the details provided by WhiteHat’s tools to develop secure applications faster, better and cheaper.

Important Security Updates
AxCrypt: AxCrypt has released version 2.1.1516.0. Updates are available from AxCrypt’s website.

Comodo Free Firewall: Comodo has released version 10.0.1.6254 of its free firewall and antivirus. Updates are available from Comodo’s website.

Important Security Updates
Avast: Avast! Free Antivirus has released version 17.5.2302. Updates are available on Avast’s website. Avast! has also released updates for Premier Antivirus, Pro Antivirus and Internet Security.

AxCrypt: AxCrypt has released version 2.1.1513.0. Updates are available from AxCrypt’s website.

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.