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Facebook Fined $276M under GDPR
PRIVACY PRIVACY Facebook—Meta—was just fined $276 million (USD) for a data leak that included full names, birth dates, phone numbers, and location. Meta’s total fine by the Data Protection Commission is over $700 million. Total GDPR fines are over €2 billion (EUR) since 2018. Read More
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Businesses Increasing Cyber Spend Without Clear Strategy, Fastly Finds
PRIVACY PRIVACY As businesses aim to spend more on cybersecurity, Fastly warns that many do so without a clear strategy Read More
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API Security in the fast lane
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. Today, an important measure for success in the tech sector is time to market. The speed at which you can launch…
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Let’s Encrypt Issues Three Billionth Certificate
PRIVACY PRIVACY Free certificate authority serves over 300 million websites Read More
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Most Small Biz IaaS Users Seeing Surge in Attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY A further 67% were hit by ransomware in past year Read More
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5 top qualities you need to become a next-gen CISO
PRIVACY PRIVACY Ransomware and data breaches pose a massive risk to organizations, resulting in loss of customer trust and shareholder value, reputation damage, hefty fines, and penalties. Cyber risk is a top concern in US corporate boardrooms, elevating the role of the chief information security officer to rapid prominence. More than half (61%) of CISOs…
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What is Ransom Cartel? A ransomware gang focused on reputational damage
PRIVACY PRIVACY Ransom Cartel, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, has stepped up its attacks over the past year after the disbanding of prominent gangs such as REvil and Conti. Believed to have launched in December 2021, Ransom Cartel has made victims of organizations from among the education, manufacturing, utilities, and energy sectors with aggressive malware and…
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Flaw allowed man to access private information of other Brinks Home Security customers
PRIVACY PRIVACY A Canadian man has revealed that the company he chose to provide security for his home was carelessly exposing the private information for other customers, even after he warned them about the problem. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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New “Icefall” Bugs Include Critical DoS Flaw
PRIVACY PRIVACY Millions of OT devices may be affected Read More
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild: CISA
PRIVACY PRIVACY The bug allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to compromise Oracle Access Manager Read More