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

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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

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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

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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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17 Nov

5 Signs Your Device May be Infected with Malware or a Virus

The malware landscape is growing more complex by the minute, which means that no device under your family’s roof—be it Android, iPhone, PC, or Mac—is

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16 Nov

The inside story of ransomware repeatedly masquerading as a popular JS library for Roblox gamers

Since early September, Josh Muir and five other maintainers of the noblox.js package, have been trying to prevent cybercriminals from distributing ransomware through similarly named

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16 Nov

Lock up your Office macros: Emotet botnet back from the dead with Trickbot links

The Emotet malware delivery botnet is back, almost a year after law enforcement agencies bragged about shutting it down and arresting the operators. The SANS

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16 Nov

GitHub fixes authorisation vulnerability in the NPM JavaScript package registry

GitHub said it has fixed a longstanding issue with the NPM (Node Package Manager) JavaScript registry that would allow an attacker to update any package

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16 Nov

Mozilla sprinkles Firefox Relay with Premium fairy dust

Mozilla hopes to ramp up the monetisation machine with a paid premium version of its Firefox Relay service, upping the current limit of five email

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16 Nov

Strategic web compromises in the Middle East with a pinch of Candiru

ESET researchers have discovered strategic web compromise (aka watering hole) attacks against high‑profile websites in the Middle East Back in 2018, ESET researchers developed a

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