Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 59.  It is Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and the floodgates have opened. 

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NIST Releases Draft Guidelines To Curb The Ransomware Epidemic

NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones

Twitter hands over student’s account to his college

Google Bug Sent Private Google Photos Videos to Other Users

WhatsApp Bug Allowed Attackers to Access the Local File System

FBI Warns of DDoS Attack on State Voter Registration Site

Emotet Gets Ready for Tax Season With Malicious W-9 Forms

IRS Launches “Identity Theft Central” Webpage

Report: Only Three Out of Top 100 Airports Pass Cybersecurity Checks

New York Nursing Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital Affected by Phishing Attacks