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A Scam in the Family—How a Close Relative Lost $100,000 to an Elder Scam
PRIVACY PRIVACY Written by James Schmidt Editor’s Note: We often speak of online scams in our blogs, ones that cost victims hundreds if not thousands of dollars. This account puts a face on one of those scams—along with the personal, financial, and emotional pain that they can leave in their wake. This is the story…
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JD Sports Confirms Breach Affected 10 Million Customers
PRIVACY PRIVACY The cyber-attack hit the company between November 2018 and October 2020 Read More
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Hackers Use TrickGate Software to Deploy Emotet, REvil, Other Malware
PRIVACY PRIVACY Threat actors used TrickGate to conduct between 40 and 650 attacks per week in the last two years Read More
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Latvia says Russian hackers tried to phish its Ministry of Defence
PRIVACY PRIVACY The Kremlin-backed Gamaredon hacking group is being blamed for an attempted phishing attack against the Latvian Ministry of Defence. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Devs on Dark Web Forums Paid Up to $20,000 For Illicit Activities
PRIVACY PRIVACY The data comes from 155 dark web forums analyzed between January 2020 and June 2022 Read More
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If a locked filing cabinet is stolen along with its key, can you still say it’s locked? GoTo thinks you can
PRIVACY PRIVACY GoTo says that hackers stole its customers’ “encrypted backups.” But they also say the hackers stole the decryption keys. To say the backups were encrypted is a bit like trying to argue that a locked box is locked, if the key to the locked box is stolen at the same time as the…
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Hackers steal 10 million customer details from JD Sports
PRIVACY PRIVACY If you’ve purchased trainers from sports fashion retailer JD Sports in the past, your personal details could now be in the hands of hackers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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NIST Is Updating Its Cybersecurity Framework
PRIVACY PRIVACY NIST is planning a significant update of its Cybersecurity Framework. At this point, it’s asking for feedback and comments to its concept paper. Do the proposed changes reflect the current cybersecurity landscape (standards, risks, and technologies)? Are the proposed changes sufficient and appropriate? Are there other elements that should be considered under each…
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9 Ways smart devices can compromise your privacy
PRIVACY PRIVACY The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. A smart device is any device connected to the internet and can be controlled by a computer or smartphone. This includes…
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Fake Money Apps Garner Millions of Android Downloads
PRIVACY PRIVACY Over 20 million users install apps from Google Play Read More