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Russian Sanctions Instigator Lloyd’s Possibly Hit by Cyber-Attack

The insurance market has detected “unusual activity” and turned off its systems

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Businesses in Canada Warned Not to Overlook Cybersecurity As Recession Looms

CEOs put cybersecurity seventh behind near-term risks such as the economy and potential recession

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LofyGang Uses 100s of Malicious NPM Packages to Poison Open Source Software

The group has been operating for over a year, promoting their tools in hacking forums, stealing credit card information, and using typosquatting techniques to target open source software flaws.

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New cryptojacking campaign exploits OneDrive vulnerability

Cryptojacking is turning into a security nightmare for consumers and enterprises alike. Malicious actors have used a variety of techniques to install cryptojackers on victims’ computers and in a new development, cybersecurity software maker Bitdefender has detected a cryptojacking campaign that uses a Microsoft OneDrive vulnerability to gain persistence and run undetected on infected devices. […]

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Facebook Detects 400 Android and iOS Apps Stealing Users Log-in Credentials

Meta Platforms on Friday disclosed that it had identified over 400 malicious apps on Android and iOS that it said targeted online users with the goal of stealing their Facebook login information. “These apps were listed on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store and disguised as photo editors, games, VPN services, business apps, […]

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Mobile Ecosystem Forum CEO talks privacy, security and the future of the mobile industry

Dario Betti talks to TechRepublic about the stir-shaken concept, investing in the right tech and other issues. The post Mobile Ecosystem Forum CEO talks privacy, security and the future of the mobile industry appeared first on TechRepublic.

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CyberRatings.org Invites Industry Participation in Forthcoming Enterprise Firewall and Data Center Firewall Tests

Test methodologies published today, and their scope includes security effectiveness, performance, stability and reliability, and total cost of ownership.

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The essentials of GRC and cybersecurity — How they empower each other

Understanding the connection between GRC and cybersecurity When talking about cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) is often considered the least exciting part of business protection. However, its importance can’t be ignored, and this is why.  While cybersecurity focuses on the technical side of protecting systems, networks, devices, and data, GRC is the tool that […]

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Network Design: Serverless Applications

ACM.73 Thinking through serverless network architecture This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. I covered network access for developers for our batch job development and deployment in the last post. Network Design: Developer Network In this post I am going to cover some considerations for serverless application networking. Earlier in […]

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