19 Nov

CYBERWARCON – Foreign influence operations grow up

Not long ago, disinformation campaigns were rather unsophisticated. These days, however, threat actors put serious time and effort into crafting their attacks. From the Chris

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19 Nov

Defending critical infrastructure: The status quo isn’t working

Paid Feature Cyber-attacks aren’t just about siphoning bank accounts. They’re also targeting critical national infrastructure, warn experts – and we’re not doing a very good

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19 Nov

Web trust dies in darkness: Hidden Certificate Authorities undermine public crypto infrastructure

Security researchers have checked the web’s public key infrastructure and have measured a long-known but little-analyzed security threat: hidden root Certificate Authorities. Certificate Authorities, or

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18 Nov

Canadian teen nabbed in $36.5M crypto heist – possibly the biggest haul yet by a single individual

A Canadian teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing $37 million worth of cryptocurrency ($46M Canadian) via a SIM swap scam, making it the largest

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18 Nov

Boffins find way to use a standard smartphone to find hidden spy cams

Recent model smartphones can be smarter still about finding hidden cameras in their vicinity, if they take advantage of time-of-flight (ToF) sensors. ToF is a

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18 Nov

Thousands of Firefox users accidentally commit login cookies on GitHub

Thousands of Firefox cookie databases containing sensitive data are available on request from GitHub repositories, data potentially usable for hijacking authenticated sessions. These cookies.sqlite databases

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18 Nov

Ransomware Threats Affecting the Public Sector

In the October 2021 Threat Report, McAfee Enterprise ATR provides a global view of the top threats, especially those ransomware attacks that affected most countries

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18 Nov

US Government declassifies data to foster would‑be defenders

US Government declassifies cybersecurity subjects they want you to learn about, and is hoping to pay you to learn them Recent initiatives, in response to

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18 Nov

Digital Transformation Needs to (Re)Start with Security

In life, regret tends to take on many shapes and forms. We often do not heed the guidance of the common anecdotes we hear throughout

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18 Nov

What’s the biggest threat to your best-laid plans? Events, dear boy. Events

Webinar You can’t predict when a disaster will strike your organisation, whether it’s extreme weather, workplace violence, or a cyber attack. But you can accept

Author rabih
18 Nov

Human-based Risks are the Biggest Threat to Your Organization

Getty Your employees are your biggest vulnerability. Often, these are genuine mistakes: people accidentally falling for phishing attacks or mistakenly leaking data. Occasionally, employees also

Author rabih
18 Nov

‘My bank account was in a shambles’: The ordeal of an identity theft victim

A victim of identity theft tells us how criminals used his identity to commit fraud and what it took to put his life back in

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18 Nov

Singaporean regulator punishes biggest-ever data breach: almost 5.9 million hotel customers’ info exposed

Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has issued a fine of SG$74,000 ($54,456) on travel company Commeasure, which operates a travel booking website named RedDoorz

Author rabih
17 Nov

Cybercriminals are looking forward to 2022, so you need to plan your response now

Paid Post Is it too early to be thinking about cybersecurity in 2022? That’s an easy one … of course not. This could speed up

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17 Nov

Can Thieves Steal Identities With Only a Name and Address?

Can thieves steal identities with only a name and address?  In short, the answer is “no.” Which is a good thing, as your name and

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17 Nov

UK government publishes guidance on security rules for tech takeovers

The UK government has published guidance describing what technologies may be caught within the National Security and Investment Act 2021, which is set to give

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17 Nov

You wanna use GCHQ offshoot NCSC’s threat intel feeds? Why not, say bosses

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre is prepared to share its cyber defence tech and threat intel feeds with British organisations in need of extra help,

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17 Nov

South Korean privacy watchdog apologises for violating privacy while mediating privacy lawsuit

South Korea’s privacy watchdog leaked personal information relating to participants in a case that sought to probe Facebook’s leak of personal information. “Recently, while handling

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