A lesson from down under: A report on unintentionally creating a distributed-denial-of-service attack aimed at oneself highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report.

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The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Be sure to check out our Aug. 9 and Aug. 12 reports, which respectively analyze the reopening of the encryption bypass debate and threats posed by Russian hackers. The next ISMG Security Report will be Friday, Aug. 19.

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