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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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  • November 15, 2022

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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Top cybersecurity threats for 2023

Next year, cybercriminals will be as busy as ever. Are IT departments ready? The post Top cybersecurity threats for 2023 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Data encryption as a crucial step to manage data access and security

With data breaches on the rise, encryption has never been more important for protecting companies against hackers and cyberattacks. The post Data encryption as a crucial step to manage data access and security appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Bitwarden vs 1Password: Password manager comparison

With password hacks and attacks on the rise, the myriad passwords deployed by companies and individuals can’t just be inscrutable, they must also be inaccessible. The best among the growing crowd of password managers do both, and much more. The post Bitwarden vs 1Password: Password manager comparison appeared first on TechRepublic.

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GitHub Now Supports Private Vulnerability Reporting For Public Repositories

The feature needs to be manually enabled by repository maintainers

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Australia Considers Ban on Ransomware Payments After Medibank Breach

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil made the announcement on ABC television on Sunday

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  • November 14, 2022

“Gucci Master” business email scammer Hushpuppi gets 11 years

Learn how to protect yourself from big-money tricksters like the Hushpuppis of the world…

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