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NSA Over-surveillance
PRIVACY PRIVACY Here in 2022, we have a newly declassified 2016 Inspector General report—”Misuse of Sigint Systems”—about a 2013 NSA program that resulted in the unauthorized (that is, illegal) targeting of Americans. Given all we learned from Edward Snowden, this feels like a minor coda. There’s nothing really interesting in the IG document, which is…
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CISA Says Midterm Voting Uncompromised By Cyber-attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY Election workers will continue to work in the days ahead to certify the election results Read More
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Alleged LockBit ransomware operator arrested in Canada
PRIVACY PRIVACY A man with dual Russian and Canadian nationality has been arrested in connection with his alleged part in the LockBit ransomware conspiracy that has demanded more than $100 million from its victims. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Ukrainian Cyber Cops Bust $200m Fraud Ring
PRIVACY PRIVACY Two-year pan-European operation ends in arrests Read More
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The blockchain & data privacy (GDPR)
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. Blockchain has been outlined as a digital, decentralized ledger that keeps a record of all transactions that present itself across a…
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Only 30% of Cyber-Insurance Holders Say Ransomware is Covered
PRIVACY PRIVACY Insurers are cutting back on coverage as claims surge Read More
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Qatar World Cup Firms Urged to Upgrade Cyber-Threat Model
PRIVACY PRIVACY Digital Shadows warns of elevated risk from scammers and threat actors Read More
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Cybersecurity startups to watch for in 2023
PRIVACY PRIVACY The problems cybersecurity startups attempt to solve are often a bit ahead of the mainstream. They can move faster than most established companies to fill gaps or emerging needs. Startups can often innovative faster because they are unfettered by an installed base. The downside, of course, is that startups often lack resources and…
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Medibank hackers revealed to be in Russia
PRIVACY PRIVACY The Australian Federal Police has revealed that those responsible for the data breach of Australian private health insurer Medibank are in Russia. On October 13, Medibank paused trading in the Australian Securities Exchange and announced there had been a “cyber incident”. At the time the company believed no data had been accessed and…
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Lacework releases cloud-native application security service
PRIVACY PRIVACY Cloud security vendor Lacework this week announced the availability of a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for its broader Polygraph Data Platform offering, providing an agentless, low-touch option for organizations looking to improve their application security posture. There are two main components to the CNAPP release, according to Lacework, both of which require…