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  • January 17, 2023

European data protection authorities issue record €2.92 billion in GDPR fines

European data regulators issued a record €2.92 billion in fines last year, a 168% increase from 2021. That’s according to the latest GDPR and Data Breach survey from international law firm DLA Piper, which covers all 27 Member States of the European Union, plus the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This year’s biggest fine of […]

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  • January 17, 2023

DigiCert releases Trust Lifecycle Manager to unify certificate management, PKI services

Digital security certificate company DigiCert has announced the launch of DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager – a new solution designed to unify certificate authority-agnostic certificate management and public key infrastructure (PKI) services. Available now as part of the DigiCert ONE platform, Trust Lifecycle Manager aims to set a new standard for managing trust within an organization’s […]

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The FBI Identified a Tor User

No details, though: According to the complaint against him, Al-Azhari allegedly visited a dark web site that hosts “unofficial propaganda and photographs related to ISIS” multiple times on May 14, 2019. In virtue of being a dark web site—­that is, one hosted on the Tor anonymity network—­it should have been difficult for the site owner’s […]

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The FBI Identified a Tor User

No details, though: According to the complaint against him, Al-Azhari allegedly visited a dark web site that hosts “unofficial propaganda and photographs related to ISIS” multiple times on May 14, 2019. In virtue of being a dark web site—­that is, one hosted on the Tor anonymity network—­it should have been difficult for the site owner’s […]

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IT/OT convergence and Cybersecurity best practices

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.  Most of the time, the advantages of technology overshadow the recognition of challenges. IT/OT convergence has given a boost to the industry, there […]

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Initial Access Broker Activity Doubles in a Year

US networks are most sought-after by cyber-criminals

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Initial Access Broker Activity Doubles in a Year

US networks are most sought-after by cyber-criminals

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US to Launch Third Iteration of ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Bug Bounty Program

Cybersecurity researchers will try and find vulnerabilities in the government’s FRCS network

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  • January 17, 2023

Earth Bogle: Campaigns Target the Middle East with Geopolitical Lures

We discovered an active campaign ongoing since at least mid-2022 which uses Middle Eastern geopolitical-themed lures to distribute NjRAT (also known as Bladabindi) to infect victims across the Middle East and North Africa.

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