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Experts Spot Half a Million Novel Malware Variants in 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY Overall malware detections also rise after three years of decline Read More
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How to de-risk your digital ecosystem
PRIVACY PRIVACY Companies rightly see much promise for future revenues and productivity by building and participating in emerging digital ecosystems — but most have not given enough consideration to the risks and threats inherent in such ecosystems. According to the TCS Risk & Cybersecurity Study, cyber threats within digital ecosystems may be an enterprise blind…
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Economic pressures are increasing cybersecurity risks; a recession would amp them up more
PRIVACY PRIVACY Predictions on whether or when the global economy will fall into a recession continue to swirl. Even if one doesn’t hit anytime soon, economic volatility, more cautious corporate spending plans, and employee layoffs are already in play. For security chiefs, such news portends a tougher road ahead. CISOs have never had an easy…
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London Honeypots Attacked 2000 Times Per Minute
PRIVACY PRIVACY Insurer records 91 million attacks in total in January Read More
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Researchers Discover Nearly 200,000 New Mobile Banking Trojan Installers
PRIVACY PRIVACY Kaspersky said the figures are more than double what the team observed in 2021 Read More
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News Corp Reveals Two-Year-Long Breach
PRIVACY PRIVACY A threat actor accessed business documents and emails between February 2020 and January 2022 Read More
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ChromeLoader Malware Poses as Steam, Nintendo Game Mods
PRIVACY PRIVACY Asec said the malicious activity observed relied on VHD disk image files Read More
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“Ethical hacker” amongst those arrested in Dutch ransomware investigation
PRIVACY PRIVACY Three men have been arrested by Dutch police in connection with ransomware attacks that blackmailed thousands of companies. Amongst them? An ethical hacker. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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McAfee 2023 Consumer Mobile Threat Report
PRIVACY PRIVACY Smartphones put the proverbial world in the palm of your hand—you pay with it, play with it, keep in touch with it, and even run parts of your home with it. No wonder hackers and scammers have made smartphones a target. A prime one. Each year, our Consumer Mobile Threat Report uncovers trends…
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Banning TikTok
PRIVACY PRIVACY Congress is currently debating bills that would ban TikTok in the United States. We are here as technologists to tell you that this is a terrible idea and the side effects would be intolerable. Details matter. There are several ways Congress might ban TikTok, each with different efficacies and side effects. In the…