Meta acts fast to remove fake clip of Ukrainian President

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Security experts and scientists predict that quantum computers will one day be able to break commonly used encryption methods rendering email, secure banking, crypto currencies, and communications systems vulnerable to significant cybersecurity threats. Organizations, technology providers, and internet standards will therefore soon be required to transition to quantum-safe encryption. Upon this backdrop, NATO has begun testing quantum-safe solutions to investigate the feasibility and practicality of such technology for real-world implementations while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a competition to identify and standardize quantum-safe encryption algorithms.

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Germany tells consumers to stop using Kaspersky anti-virus products, OSINT reveals a secret government department (with help from an Apple AirTag), and the UK says it’s taking a hard line on dick pics.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Chris Kirsch.

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Security information and event management (SIEM) tools collect and aggregate log and event data to help identify and track breaches. They are powerful systems that give enterprise security professionals both insight into what’s happening in their IT environment right now and a track record of relevant events that have happened in the past.

SIEM software (pronounced ‘sim’; the ‘e’ is silent) collects and aggregates log and event data generated throughout the organization’s technology infrastructure, from host systems and applications to network and security devices such as firewalls and antivirus filters. A SIEM tool’s goal is to correlate signals in all that data together to provide security teams with the information they need to identify and track breaches and other problems.

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The Republic of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook parent company Meta €17 million (US$18.6 million) for violating multiple articles of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) related to a series of 12 data breach notifications that occurred in the latter half of 2018.

The GDPR is an EU regulation that sets comparatively strict standards for the management, processing and protection of user data that went into effect in May 2018. Specifically, the DPC stated, the company failed to institute measures that would allow it to demonstrate compliance with GDPR regulations, under Articles 5(2) and 24(1).

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The Republic of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook parent company Meta €17 million (US$18.6 million) for violating multiple articles of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) related to a series of 12 data breach notifications that occurred in the latter half of 2018.

The GDPR is an EU regulation that sets comparatively strict standards for the management, processing and protection of user data that went into effect in May 2018. Specifically, the DPC stated, the company failed to institute measures that would allow it to demonstrate compliance with GDPR regulations, under Articles 5(2) and 24(1).

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The alleged ringleader of an international scam operation has been arrested by Nigerian authorities in Lagos, after being wanted by the FBI since 2016.

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City council approves $10m appropriation toward Dakota State University cybersecurity lab

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Ireland’s data regulator imposes penalty after inquiry into 2018 data breach notifications

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UK government finds NortonLifeLock purchase of Avast could reduce competition

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