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Dark web markets' shutdown may lead to more arrests
Cooperation between law enforcement from around the world led to the shutdown of the AlphaBay and Hansa dark web markets and potential leads of illegal vendors.

Bipartisan group launches effort to improve election security
News roundup: The Defending Digital Democracy project brings together security experts to tackle election security. Plus, government shake-ups could hit cybersecurity, and more.

Industry reacts to Symantec certificate authority trust remediation
As the Symantec certificate authority scrambles to transition its certificate-issuance operations to a subordinate certificate authority, the CA industry sharpens its knives.

Users with public AWS S3 bucket policies receive warning
Following a number of data leaks related to improper AWS S3 bucket policies, Amazon has begun sending warning emails to users with public permissions.

Symantec agrees to transfer certificate issuance to third party
Symantec has agreed to a plan that would transfer its certificate issuance and validation operations to as-yet-unnamed third-party partner starting Dec. 1.

Another AWS cloud data leakage due to misconfiguration
Dow Jones becomes the latest organization to be affected by an AWS cloud data leakage due to misconfiguration and user error.