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16 Wall Street firms fined $1.8B for using private text apps, lying about it
PRIVACY PRIVACY The banks and brokerages were fined because employees were messaging and texting with clients without recording the communications, as required. And some of the firms’ execs lied about it and deleted messages. Read More
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Credit Lock and Credit Freeze: Which Service Is Best for You? Both!
PRIVACY PRIVACY Are you hoping to buy a house or apply for a car, personal, or business loan at some point? A great credit score helps to achieve all those things. You never know the twists and turns life might take you, so even if these financial milestones aren’t on your radar now, it’s nice…
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Swachhata municipal engagement platform breached, researchers say
PRIVACY PRIVACY A threat actor going by the name LeakBase has exposed sample data of personally identifiable information (PII) of millions of users of the Swachhata citizen engagement platform, according to cybersecurity firm CloudSek. The Swachhata platform is an initiative of the Swachh Bharat Mission in association with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. On…
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WatchGuard Report: Malware Decreases but Encrypted Malware Up in Q2 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY This could reflect threat actors shifting their tactics to rely on more elusive malware Read More
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Hackers Use Telegram and Signal to Assist Protestors in Iran
PRIVACY PRIVACY Key activities are data leaking and selling, including officials’ phone numbers and emails Read More
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UK organizations, Ukraine’s allies warned of potential “massive” cyberattacks by Russia
PRIVACY PRIVACY The head of the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Lindy Cameron has given an update on Russia’s cyber activity amid its war with Ukraine. Her speech at Chatham House today comes just a few days after Ukraine’s military intelligence agency issued a warning that Russia was “preparing massive cyberattacks on the critical…
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Hacker Breaches Fast Company Apple News Account, Sends Racist Messages
PRIVACY PRIVACY The breach seems related to the hack of Fast Company’s website on Sunday afternoon Read More
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Cold War Bugging of Soviet Facilities
PRIVACY PRIVACY Found documents in Poland detail US spying operations against the former Soviet Union. The file details a number of bugs found at Soviet diplomatic facilities in Washington, D.C., New York, and San Francisco, as well as in a Russian government-owned vacation compound, apartments used by Russia personnel, and even Russian diplomats’ cars. And…
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Stories from the SOC – C2 over port 22
PRIVACY PRIVACY Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Extended Detection and Response customers. Executive summary The Mirai botnet is infamous for the impact and the everlasting effect it has had on the world. Since…
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ICO Reprimands UK Organizations for GDPR Failings
PRIVACY PRIVACY Subject Access Requests experiencing significant delays Read More