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Pickpocketing – Digital Style
In today’s digital era, pickpocketing has taken a new form. Gone are the days when thieves would physically steal your wallet. Instead, they are using sophisticated techniques to steal your personal information and drain your bank accounts without you even realizing it. This article aims to shed light on digital pickpocketing, its impacts on your…
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Women sue plastic surgery after hack saw their naked photos posted online
Photos of naked patients and medical records have been posted online by extortionists who hacked a Las Vegas plastic surgery, driving victims to file a lawsuit claiming not enough care was taken to protect their private information. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Scam Texts Are More Painful Than Getting a Root Canal
Sick and tired of scam messages? So are the 54% of Americans who said they’d rather get a root canal than fall for one of those scams. That’s one of the striking findings we uncovered in our Global Scam Message Study. We surveyed more than 7,000 adults worldwide — including more than 1,000 in the…
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Microsoft Warns of Election Threats in 2024
To address these challenges, Microsoft is introducing several initiatives Read More
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Predator AI ChatGPT Integration Poses Risks to Cloud Services
This integration reduces reliance on OpenAI’s API while streamlining the tool’s functionality Read More
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FBI Warns of Emerging Ransomware Initial Access Techniques
The FBI notification advises how to protect against the growing targeting of third-party vendors and services Read More
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The Benefits of Protection – Why Employees Place a High Value on Digital Wellness
In workplaces around the world, employees agree — they feel strongly about online protection. Our joint research with Statista puts a figure to that feeling. Worldwide, 80% or more of employees said that online protection was important or very important to them. Based on what we saw in our previous article in the series, that…
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Decoupling for Security
This is an excerpt from a longer paper. You can read the whole thing (complete with sidebars and illustrations) here. Our message is simple: it is possible to get the best of both worlds. We can and should get the benefits of the cloud while taking security back into our own hands. Here we outline…
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EU Rules for Digital Identities and Trust Services Face Backlash
A proposed amendment of eIDAS could “weaken the security of the Internet as a whole”, said a letter signed by over 500 individuals and organizations Read More
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Making iPhones and iPads crash with a Flipper Zero
Want to crash someone’s iPhone or iPad? Turns out it’s not that tricky, if you have a Flipper Zero. Read More