19 Mar

Beijing-backed cyberspies attacked 70+ orgs across 23 countries

Chinese cyberspies have compromised at least 70 organizations, mostly government entities, and targeted more than 116 victims across the globe, according to security researchers. The

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19 Mar

Crypto scams more costly to the US than ransomware, feds say

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says investment fraud was the form of cybercrime that incurred the greatest financial loss for Americans last year. Investment

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19 Mar

Crypto wallet providers urged to rethink security as criminals drain them of millions

Infosec researchers are noting rising cryptocurrency attacks and have encouraged wallet security providers to up their collective game. Check Point specifically cites the growth of

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19 Mar

Atos says Airbus flew off, no longer interested in infosec and big data biz

Atos’ share price sank as much as 20 percent this morning on confirmation that Airbus is no longer interested in buying the big data and

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19 Mar

A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app

Privacy Given the unhealthy data-collection habits of some mHealth apps, you’re well advised to tread carefully when choosing with whom you share some of your

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18 Mar

Don’t be like these 900+ websites and expose millions of passwords via Firebase

At least 900 websites built with Google’s Firebase, a cloud database, have been misconfigured, leaving credentials, personal info, and other sensitive data inadvertently exposed to

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18 Mar

Fujitsu reveals malware installed on internal systems, risk of customer data spill

Fujitsu has confirmed that miscreants have compromised some of its internal computers, deployed malware, and may have stolen some customer information. In a March 15

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18 Mar

More than 133,000 Fortinet appliances still vulnerable to month-old critical bug

The volume of Fortinet boxes exposed to the public internet and vulnerable to a month-old critical security flaw in FortiOS is still extremely high, despite

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18 Mar

Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they’re from AT&T

More than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T in 2021, were dumped on a cybercrime forum at the weekend. The stolen files include names,

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18 Mar

Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament

Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.

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18 Mar

How to Spot, and Prevent, the Tax Scams That Target Elders

Elder scams cost seniors in the U.S. some $3 billion annually. And tax season adds a healthy sum to that appalling figure. What makes seniors

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18 Mar

Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner

Zero tolerance of failure by information security professionals is unrealistic, and makes it harder for cyber security folk to do the essential part of their

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18 Mar

Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation

Filipino police rescued 875 “workers” – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming

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18 Mar

Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware

Sponsored Feature Ransomware gangs that steal and encrypt vital business data before extorting payment for its decryption and restoration are ramping up global attacks at

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18 Mar

ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation

in brief Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how to solve

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17 Mar

In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don’t leave security behind

Feature While in a rush to understand, build, and ship AI products, developers and data scientists are being urged to be mindful of security and

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15 Mar

As if working at Helldesk weren’t bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims

IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as “the most noteworthy” of the past year. It’s not

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15 Mar

Cop shop rapped for ‘completely avoidable’ web form blunder

The London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime is being rapped by regulators for untidy tech practices that made public the personal data of hundreds

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