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One day after medical testing firm Quest Diagnostics revealed that nearly 12 million of its patients had their personal and financial information exposed as a result of a breach at the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), LabCorp has come forward to say that the incident has also impacted 7.7 million of its customers.

The Network Level Authentication (NLA) feature of Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) can allow a hacker to bypass the lockscreen on remote sessions, and there is no patch from Microsoft, the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University warned on Tuesday.

Cybersecurity solutions firm Imperva announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Distil Networks, an Arlington, Virginia-based provider of bot detection and mitigation solutions for an undisclosed sum. 

As a threat researcher, I’ve advised security teams of organizations big and small, across both public and private sectors. So after a decade in DFIR, people often ask me about the craziest or most interesting things I’ve seen on client networks. I have quite a few interesting stories under my belt, from state and local governments, to start ups, and large enterprises. I’m excited to share a few of these ‘Tales from the SOC’ with the larger cybersecurity community.

Apple announced on Monday at its 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) a new authentication system that should provide better privacy protections compared to similar products from Facebook and Google.

As organizations become more and more digitally connected, concerns about secure access seem to loom larger than ever. With more users connecting to more resources, how can organizations ensure people requesting access are who they say they are? 

A data breach at billing collections service provider American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) could impact many of the company’s customers. One victim is medical testing firm Quest Diagnostics and roughly 12 million of its patients.

The authors of the GandCrab ransomware have reportedly announced on underground forums that they are closing their operation after claiming that they have earned over $150 million a year. 

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