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Month: February 2023

Kaspersky Finds Growing Number of Parents Experiencing Ransomware Attacks on Children’s Schools

Schools paying higher ransoms and seeing longer closures, according to survey of parents.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Kaspersky Finds Growing Number of Parents Experiencing Ransomware Attacks on Children’s Schools

Schools paying higher ransoms and seeing longer closures, according to survey of parents.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

NIST Picks IoT Standard for Small Electronics Cybersecurity

NIST announces that it will use Ascon as a cryptography standard for lightweight IoT device protection.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • February 9, 2023

Phishing Surges Ahead, as ChatGPT & AI Loom

AI and phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) kits are making it easier for threat actors to create malicious email campaigns, which continue to target high-volume applications using popular brand names.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

NIST Picks IoT Standard for Small Electronics Cybersecurity

NIST announces that it will use Ascon as a cryptography standard for lightweight IoT device protection.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

C-suite execs expect cyberattacks targeting financial data to increase this year

The trend will carry from the past 12 months when more than a third of executives polled by Deloitte said that cyberattacks targeted their financial and accounting data. The post C-suite execs expect cyberattacks targeting financial data to increase this year appeared first on TechRepublic.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • February 9, 2023

In Perfect Harmony: Cybersecurity Regulation Harmonization

By simplifying compliance management, security and risk teams can focus on managing operational risk, not compliance risk — and better counter threats.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

NIST Picks IoT Standard for Small Electronics Cybersecurity

NIST announces that it will use Ascon as a cryptography standard for lightweight IoT device protection.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends