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  • November 15, 2022

Researchers Say China State-backed Hackers Breached a Digital Certificate Authority

A suspected Chinese state-sponsored actor breached a digital certificate authority as well as government and defense agencies located in different countries in Asia as part of an ongoing campaign since at least March 2022. Symantec, by Broadcom Software, linked the attacks to an adversarial group it tracks under the name Billbug, citing the use of tools […]

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​​​​​​​As volumes continue to rise, precious metal traders must be cyber vigilant

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.  In times of economic volatility, precious metals are a safe harbor for investors of all sizes. This has been reflected in choppy pricing […]

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China-Based Campaign Uses 42,000 Phishing Domains

Operation designed to spread malware and generate ad revenue

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Build a mature approach for better cybersecurity vendor evaluation

Seasoned CISO Mike Manrod knows the value of a good cybersecurity vendor evaluation. He recalls that in a past job he inherited some very expensive vaporware under a long-term services agreement. His predecessor had purchased an “innovative” beta identity and access management platform but hadn’t done any analysis on the product, simply accepting the vendor’s […]

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Police Celebrate Arrest of 59 Suspected Scammers

Month-long European operation focused on online fraudsters

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Google to Pay $392m in Landmark Privacy Case

Multi-state settlement is largest in US history

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The Medibank Data Breach – Steps You Can Take to Protect Yourself

Hackers have posted another batch of stolen health records on the dark web—following a breach that could potentially affect nearly 8 million Australian Medibank customers, along with nearly 2 million more international customers.  The records were stolen in October’s reported breach at Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurance providers. Given Australia’s population of […]

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Google to Pay $391 Million Privacy Fine for Secretly Tracking Users’ Location

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay a record $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S. over charges the company misled users about the collection of personal location data. “Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect […]

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Get instant malware filtering with Gryphon Guardian

TechRepublic readers can get this tiny mesh router that blocks security threats for only $79. The post Get instant malware filtering with Gryphon Guardian appeared first on TechRepublic.

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