Security
Moldova, Montenegro, and Slovenia suffer massive cyberattacks. Is Russia to blame?
As three countries suffer extensive cyberattacks over a short period of time, suspicions arise: does Russia have anything to do with it?
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Email remains the top attack vector for cybercriminals
Many of our affairs are organized via email. No wonder cybercriminals exploit it to lure unsuspecting users into providing their financial and personal information.
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5.7bn data entries found exposed on Chinese VPN
The Cybernews research team has discovered a leak in a free virtual private network (VPN) aimed at users in China that could put its citizens at risk of persecution by the authoritarian regime.
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New cyberphysical method to halt the trade in counterfeit medicines
According to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 1% of all medicines offered to patients in the developed world are believed to be counterfeit.
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Users soon won’t be able to buy books on five Kindle models: security is to blame
Five models of Kindle – popular e-reader devices – are becoming outmoded, losing support from their manufacturer, and essentially being prevented from downloading new books.
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Twilio data breach: phishers fool employees into providing credentials
Digital communications platform fell victim to a sophisticated social engineering attack. As a result, threat actors gained access to customer data.
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Energy-draining vampire devices: hidden dangers of your smart home
In recent years, every major consumer electronics manufacturer has created a future vision where we seamlessly interact with every device and appliance in so-called smart homes.
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Sacha Kirk, Lawcadia: “the biggest challenge for in-house legal teams is that they continually have to justify their existence”
Today's guest explains, that legal teams too often are expected to do more with less. In this kind of environment...
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Sylvain Felix, smartcockpit: “risk is often seen as a compliance exercise rather than a valuable part of the decision-making process”
Digital governance is critical for an organization’s success as it helps to keep eye on the prize. There have been...
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Warren Sukernek, FloCareer: “to win the war for talent, companies need to abandon many traditional practices”
Finding qualified employees is extremely time-consuming and with constantly rising demand and barely moving supply, it is harder than ever...
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Off-the-shelf satellite components render them vulnerable to cyberattacks
The world is increasingly reliant upon the satellite network that powers GPS-based services. Are they the latest battleground for hackers to target?
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Cybercrime in 2023: ransomware, LockBit, and emerging hacktivism
With the war in Ukraine continuing and new cyber gangs emerging, many start to wonder: what’s waiting for us in 2023 on the cyber front?
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Nightmare cyberattack is comparable to a natural disaster – interview
Threat actors nowadays are infecting far more devices outside the usual scope of conventional IT systems. Powerful botnets could enable attackers to unleash cyberattacks that impact human life in a way only a calamity of nature could.
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Shanghai police leak reveals China to be as vulnerable as any nation
The record-breaking leak, if confirmed, would show that Chinese organizations deal with the same security issues as the West does.
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Criminals “solved” bot defense leading to an uptick in stolen accounts
There’s been an uptick in stolen accounts as criminals increasingly rely on a tool that bypasses most bot management systems.
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US and China have most hijacked machines, says report
The world’s two leading economic powerhouses share the dubious honor of hosting the most devices used by threat actors in cyberattacks in the first half of this year, according to research by Nozomi Networks.
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Wilko Visser, ValueBlue: “it’s easy to stick to existing processes and tools, even though they have their limitations”
Moving from traditional IT solutions has become the new normal. Institutions are constantly peeking for the right tools to enable...
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Google mimicked in email phishing scam
An insidious phishing campaign that near-perfectly mimics authentic Gmail login pages to steal user data has been uncovered by threat alert group Avanan.
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Cost of a data breach: from price increases to lost businesses
When it comes to data breaches, consumers expect companies to bear the losses. But quite often, buyers get affected, as well.
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Crypto fraud on the rise as consumers fall for fake celebrity endorsements
As the bottom falls out of the crypto market, scams spread unabated.
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