Cobalt Dickens is back, and phishing in universities’ ponds. UNICEF scores a security own-goal. Patch Tuesday notes. A look at US election security offers bad news, but with some hope for improvement. The US extends its state of national emergency with respect to foreign meddling in elections. And an international police sweep draws in 281 alleged BEC scammers. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on the privacy implications of geofencing. Guest is Drew Kilbourne from Synopsys with result of their report, The State of Software Security in the Financial Services Industry. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/September/CyberWire_2019_09_11.html  Support our show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11 Sep 2019