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#COVID19 Phishing Emails Surge 500% on Omicron Concerns
PRIVACY PRIVACY #COVID19 Phishing Emails Surge 500% on Omicron Concerns The latest COVID-19 variant has led to a 521% increase in phishing attacks using the virus as a lure to trick users into clicking, according to Barracuda Networks. Cyber-criminals often use newsworthy events in their social engineering attacks, and COVID-19 provided a bumper opportunity when it…
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Security hygiene and posture management: A 2022 priority
PRIVACY PRIVACY While cybersecurity is complex and multifaceted, security certifications (i.e., CISSP common body of knowledge 8 domains), regulations (i.e., HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.), and best practices (i.e., CIS critical security controls) all recommend starting cybersecurity programs at the same place: security hygiene and posture management. Experts agree that strong cybersecurity starts with the basics,…
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Security hygiene and posture management: A 2022 priority
PRIVACY PRIVACY While cybersecurity is complex and multifaceted, security certifications (i.e., CISSP common body of knowledge 8 domains), regulations (i.e., HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.), and best practices (i.e., CIS critical security controls) all recommend starting cybersecurity programs at the same place: security hygiene and posture management. Experts agree that strong cybersecurity starts with the basics,…
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Merck Wins $1.4bn NotPetya Payout from Insurer
PRIVACY PRIVACY Merck Wins $1.4bn NotPetya Payout from Insurer Merck has won a long-running legal battle to force its insurer to cover the costs of damages caused by the NotPetya ‘ransomware’ attacks. The pharma giant was one of many big-name multinationals hit by the destructive malware, disguised as ransomware by Russian attackers targeting Ukrainian organizations back…
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Cyberbullying: Words do Hurt When it Comes to Social Media
PRIVACY PRIVACY Most parents may find it difficult to relate to today’s form of cyberbullying. That’s because, for many of us, bullying might have come in a series of isolated, fleeting moments such as an overheard rumor, a nasty note passed in class, or a few brief hallway confrontations. Fast forward a few dozen decades,…
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Biden Signs Memo to Boost National Cybersecurity
PRIVACY PRIVACY Biden Signs Memo to Boost National Cybersecurity United States President Joe Biden has signed a National Security Memorandum (NSM) requiring national security systems to implement network cybersecurity measures that are at least as good as those required of federal civilian networks. The requirements for federal civilian networks were laid out in Biden’s Executive…
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11:11 Systems Acquires iland
PRIVACY PRIVACY 11:11 Systems Acquires iland Managed infrastructure solutions company, 11:11 Systems, has acquired Texas-based cloud services provider, iland. The completion of the acquisition was announced on Thursday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Houston with regional offices in London and Sydney, iland delivers cloud services including Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) from…
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Third Firmware Bootkit Discovered
PRIVACY PRIVACY Third Firmware Bootkit Discovered Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have discovered a third known case of a firmware bootkit in the wild. The kit, which made its first appearance in the wild in the spring of 2021, has been named MoonBounce. Researchers are confident that the campaign is the work of well-known Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT)…
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CIS Risk Assessment Method (RAM) v2.1 for Implementation Group 2 (IG2)
PRIVACY PRIVACY CIS Risk Assessment Method v2.1 for IG2 is designed to help justify investments for reasonable implementation of the CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). Read More
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Jail for prolific romance fraudster who fleeced besotted lonely hearts
PRIVACY PRIVACY To his victims he was “Tony Eden”, a middle-aged white man looking for love online, while working overseas for a drilling company. But in reality he was a school caretaker called Osagie Aigbonohan, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, and part of a criminal gang with links to the notorious Black Axe group. Read more…