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  • December 1, 2022

8 things to consider amid cybersecurity vendor layoffs

2022 has been a heavy year for layoffs in the technology sector. Whether due to budget restraints, mergers and acquisitions, streamlining, or economic reasons, TrueUp’s tech layoff tracker has recorded over 1000 rounds of layoffs at tech companies globally so far, affecting more than 182,000 people. Some of the biggest tech companies in the world […]

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UK Extends NIS Regulations to IT Managed Service Providers

The UK strengthens its regulations on Network and Information Systems (NIS) to better prevent software supply chain attacks

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Schoolyard Bully Trojan Apps Stole Facebook Credentials from Over 300,000 Android Users

More than 300,000 users across 71 countries have been victimized by a new Android threat campaign called the Schoolyard Bully Trojan. Mainly designed to steal Facebook credentials, the malware is camouflaged as legitimate education-themed applications to lure unsuspecting users into downloading them. The apps, which were available for download from the official Google Play Store, have […]

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Eight Charged with $30m Unemployment Benefits Fraud

Defendants allegedly used insider to obtain personal information

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Researchers Accidentally Crash Cryptomining Botnet

Akamai reveals how a simple syntax error stopped it sending commands

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Meet the most comprehensive portable cybersecurity device

This deal is your last chance to get the Deeper Connect Pico Decentralized VPN at $50 off plus free shipping. The post Meet the most comprehensive portable cybersecurity device appeared first on TechRepublic.

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LastPass Reveals Another Customer Data Breach

Incident is second this year, although company says passwords are safe

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Smashing Security podcast #300: Interplanetary file systems, iSpoof, and don’t delete Twitter

Why deleting your Twitter account may be a very bad idea, how the police unravelled the iSpoof fraud gang, and a trip into outer space (or at least interplanetary file systems). All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and […]

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Twitter isn’t going to stop people posting COVID-19 misinformation anymore

As of September 2022, Twitter had challenged 11.72 million accounts, suspended 11,230 accounts, and removed over 97,674 pieces of misleading content related to COVID-19 worldwide. Today? It’s not doing anything. As an update on the company’s COVID-19 misinformation report webpage notes: Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy. […]

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