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TikTok Confirms Chinese Staff Can Access UK and EU User Data
The news comes from the social media giant’s head of privacy in Europe, Elaine Fox Read More
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Verified users beware! Scammers are exploiting Twitter turmoil caused by Elon Musk’s takeover
The world’s richest man’s plans for the news junkie’s favourite social network inevitably get a great deal of attention. Not everyone will be aware of the details of what Elon Musk might be planning for Twitter, but they will certainly be aware that it’s a hot topic. And so if a Twitter user receives a…
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RomCom Weaponized KeePass and SolarWinds Instances to Target Ukraine, Maybe UK
The discovery comes from the BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team Read More
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Zurich and Mondelez Reach NotPetya Settlement, but Cyber-Risk May Increase
The parties have mutually resolved the matter, but details of the settlement were not provided Read More
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Hacker Charged With Extorting Online Psychotherapy Service
A 25-year-old Finnish man has been charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy company and its patients. Finnish authorities rarely name suspects in an investigation, but they were willing to make an exception for Julius “Zeekill” Kivimaki, a notorious hacker who — at the tender age of 17 — had been convicted…
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Espionage campaign loads VPN spyware on Android devices via social media
A new espionage campaign, dubbed SandStrike, has been detected using malicious VPN apps to load spyware on Android devices, cybersecurity company Kaspersky reports. It’s an example of how APT (advanced persistent threat) actors are constantly updating old attack tools and creating new ones to launch new malicious campaigns, particularly against mobile devices. “In their attacks,…
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Bot Warning for Retailers Ahead of Busy Shopping Season
Automated threats accounted for 62% of attacks last year Read More
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White House ransomware summit highlights need for borderless solutions
The US White House this week convened its Second International Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit (CRI), bringing together leaders from 36 countries and the European Union in person to build on the work of its first ransomware summit in 2021. At a press briefing before the Summit, a White House spokesperson said, “While the United States…
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UK Security Agency to Scan the Country for Bugs
NCSC wants to determine “the vulnerability of the UK” Read More
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Minimizing security concerns of ESOPs
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. Retirement plans are an easily overlooked but often critical cybersecurity concern. Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), while less common than others, may…