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QNAP tells NAS users to “take immediate action” after new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY Owners of QNAP NAS drives have been advised to “take immediate action” in the wake of a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. Read More
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Full IT Visibility Requires Business Risk Context
PRIVACY PRIVACY Having a full, continuously updated and detailed understanding of all IT assets is one of the holy grails for security teams. To achieve it, we must first understand what “visibility” truly entails, how it’s more than just identifying what’s out there and knowing which challenges must be addressed. If we looked at the…
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Guide to the best data privacy certifications for 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. According to research by Statista, over 80% of internet users in the US fear that their personal information is vulnerable to hackers. Data privacy defines how organizations and other entities collect data on other individuals, how they process it, for what purposes they collect…
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UK Privacy Regulator Fines Halfords for Spam Deluge
PRIVACY PRIVACY Retailer sent half a million emails to people without their consent Read More
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Authorities Take Down Prolific WT1SHOP Cybercrime Marketplace
PRIVACY PRIVACY Portuguese and US authorities seize website and domains Read More
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4 strategy game-changers for finding cybersecurity talent
PRIVACY PRIVACY Dave Stirling, CISO of Zions Bancorporation, isn’t waiting for a shakeup in the talent pool or some big shift in the job market to solve the cybersecurity skills gap. Instead, he’s making his own luck. How? By changing up his own staffing strategy, “by trying different things and seeing what sticks.” That approach…
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FBI K-12 Ransomware Warning as LAUSD is Hit
PRIVACY PRIVACY Second-largest US school district compromised over the weekend Read More
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Instagram faces $402 million fine for alleged mishandling of children’s data
PRIVACY PRIVACY The Irish Data Protection Commissioner will fine Instagram $402 million for allegedly mishandling the personal data of children, specifically through default settings that left phone numbers and email addresses for users between the ages of 13 and 17 exposed via Instagram business accounts, according to published reports. It’s the second-largest fine ever handed…
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Surge of QakBot Activity Using Malspam, Malicious XLSB Files
PRIVACY PRIVACY The MS-ISAC is observing an uptick in SLTT QakBot activity aligned with open-source reporting. Let’s examine one of those campaigns. Read More
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Transparency and policy shapes Cloudflare’s Kiwi Farms decisions
PRIVACY PRIVACY Cloudflare percolated back into the news cycle last week when the company, which provides security services to websites, blocked Kiwi Farms as a client. Kiwi Farms has a reputation as being the worst trolling site on the internet, where individuals meet to collate and create action plans targeting individuals for both online and…