Facebook on Monday announced that it had shut down multiple Iranian and Russian disinformation campaigns targeting users via hundreds of fraudulent Facebook accounts, pages and groups as well as …
Microsoft’s EU Contracts ‘Breach GDPR’
Microsoft's contracts with European Union (EU) appear to be violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a preliminary conclusion by the European Data Protection Supervisor …
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Czech authorities dismantle alleged Russian cyber-espionage network
In late 2018, Czech law enforcement took down a Russian cyber espionage network set up by Russia's intelligence agency (the FSB) and Russia's embassy in Prague, the Czech government announced earlier …
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FTC bars company from selling “stalking” apps
Software developer Retina-X Studio is no longer allowed to sell three of its apps designed for monitoring employees and children, because the "stalkerware" applications are often used by …
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Magecart 5 Linked to Carbanak Gang
New research by Malwarebytes connects Magecart Group 5, one of the most prominent payment card skimming threat actors, to the notorious Carbanak threat group. Magecart is an umbrella term for various …
Erdogan talks Syria with Putin and issues warning to Kurds
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to discuss the situation in northeastern Syria, where Russian forces have been deployed to …
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US Government, Military Personnel Data Leaked By Autoclerk
The personal and travel data of tens of thousands of people, including US government and military personnel, has been exposed by an unsecured database belonging to reservations management system …
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Most Effective Phishing Tactic Is to Make People Think They’ve Been Hacked
People are most likely to fall for a phishing scam when it involves a fake message warning that their account has been hacked, a new report by KnowBe4 shows. In phishing simulations and actual …
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Prevention better than cure at preventing young users from getting involved in cybercrime
A new study by the University of Cambridge and the University of Strathclyde suggests that preventive approaches to fighting cybercrime are far more promising than reactionary measures. The …
Perceptions on the impact of data breaches and identity protection
44% of US citizens believe that their personally identifiable information (PII) has been compromised in a data breach, a recent survey by 4iQ found. 63% of respondents worry that previous breaches may …
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