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Your Guide to Protecting Your Credit
PRIVACY PRIVACY It has a way of sneaking up on you. Credit theft and fraud. Maybe it’s happened to you. Maybe it’s happened to a friend or family member. There’s a call from the bank, a notification in your financial app, or a charge on the statement that’s beyond explanation. Someone else has tapped into…
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Cyberattacks against governments jumped 95% in last half of 2022, CloudSek says
PRIVACY PRIVACY The number of attacks targeting the government sector increased by 95% worldwide in the second half of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to a new report by AI-based cybersecurity company CloudSek. The increase in attacks can be attributed to rapid digitization and the shift to remote work during the…
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How To Recognise An Online Scam
PRIVACY PRIVACY It’s been a particularly busy and colourful week, scam-wise in our household. Between 4 family members, we’ve received almost 20 texts or emails that we’ve identified as scams. And the range was vast: from poorly written emails offering ‘must have’ shopping deals to terse text messages reprimanding us for overdue tolls plus the…
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Meta hit with $413 million fine in EU for breaking GDPR rules
PRIVACY PRIVACY Regulatory wrangling results in a huge new fine over Facebook and Instagram data handling, even as Meta vows to appeal and EU data protection groups prepare for a court battle. Read More
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Google Home smart speaker bug could have allowed hackers to spy on your conversations
PRIVACY PRIVACY A security researcher has won a $107,500 bug bounty after discovering a way in which hackers could install a backdoor on Google Home devices to seize control of their microphones, and secretly spy upon their owners’ conversations. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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US Regulators Warn Banks About Cryptocurrency Security Risks
PRIVACY PRIVACY The joint statement highlighted the risk of fraud and cyber-attacks related to crypto-assets Read More
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New Phishing Campaign Impersonates Flipper Zero to Target Cyber Professionals
PRIVACY PRIVACY The threat actor is using an angler phishing technique to leverage the shortage of the popular hacking tool Read More
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Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation
PRIVACY PRIVACY Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland, Croatia, and Norway combined. As many cryptocurrencies crash and the FTX bankruptcy moves into the litigation stage, regulators are likely to scrutinize the cryptocurrency world…
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Three easy steps to dramatically improve your AWS security posture: Step 1, set up IAM properly
PRIVACY PRIVACY Have you ever heard the saying that the greatest benefit of the cloud is that limitless resources can be spun-up with just a few clicks of the mouse? If so, you would be best served by forgetting that saying altogether. Just because cloud resources can be spun-up with a few clicks of the…
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General Electric Insider Handed Two Years for IP Theft
PRIVACY PRIVACY New York man sent aviation trade secrets to China Read More