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  • November 29, 2022

How to build a public profile as a cybersecurity pro

Cybersecurity professionals interested in raising their profiles as subject matter experts can count on social media to become more visible. With everyone being online this may not be enough though. CSO spoke to Forrester analyst Jinan Budge and cybersecurity professionals Katie Moussouris, Troy Hunt, Rachel Tobac, and Christina Morillo about their journeys and their tips […]

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Experts Find 16,000+ Scam FIFA World Cup Domains

Social media ads and accounts help to drive traffic

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How to secure your email via encryption, password management and more

From emailing vendors to communicating with team members, serious business happens in the inbox. That’s why it’s critical to secure it. These TechRepublic Premium resources can help. The post How to secure your email via encryption, password management and more appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Ireland’s DPC Fines Meta €265m Following Large-Scale Data Leak

The fine followed an inquiry into data processing by Meta in response to a major data breach

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Irish Regulator Fines Facebook $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users’ Data

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has levied fines of €265 million ($277 million) against Meta Platforms for failing to safeguard the personal data of more than half a billion users of its Facebook service, ramping up privacy enforcement against U.S. tech firms. The fines follow an inquiry initiated by the European regulator on April 14, 2021, close […]

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Elon Musk Unveils End-to-End Encrypted DMs For Twitter 2.0

The E2EE feature was first spotted by mobile researcher Jane Manchun Wong earlier this month

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  • November 29, 2022

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Critical Oracle Fusion Middleware Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-35587, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and impacts Oracle Access Manager (OAM) versions 11.1.2.3.0, 12.2.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.4.0. <!-

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Financial services increasingly targeted for API-based cyberattacks

A report published Monday by cloud services and CDN (content delivery network) platform Akamai said that the financial services industry is an increasingly popular target for a wide range of cyberattacks, with application and API attacks against the vertical more than tripling in the past year. APIs are a core part of how financial services […]

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