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TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million

| | Australia , Bytedance , children , Children and smartphones , five eyes , information commissioner's office , SB Blogwatch , TikTok , uk , Won’t somebody think of the children?
$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ...
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Western Digital Hacked: ‘My Cloud’ Data Dead (Even Local Storage!)

| | cloud storage , My Cloud , Ransomware , SB Blogwatch , storage , WD , Western Digital , Western Digital My Cloud
Déjà Vu: Hack of WD systems leads to My Cloud service outage. Owners unable to access files ...
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Prepare for the Security Resilience Onslaught

| | Cybersecurity , endpoints , Network Security , Resilience , rsac
As we get ready for the upcoming RSA Conference, I gave some thought to what the industry marketing machinery will be hyping, and in looking at my inbox for clues, I saw ...
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Show Me the Coverage: Ransomware Actors Demand Cyberinsurance Policies

| | cyberinsurance , Cyberlaw , encryption , extortion , Malware , Ransomware
The landscape of cybersecurity threats is continuously evolving, and ransomware attacks have emerged as a significant concern for organizations of all sizes. In a ransomware attack, cybercriminals encrypt the victim’s files, rendering ...
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API Attacks Rise 400% in Last Six Months

| | API attacks , API security , APIs , Salt Labs , Salt Security
Attacks on APIs continue to rise sharply. New findings from Salt Labs found a shocking 400% increase in unique API attackers in the last six months. Interestingly, the report also discovered that ...
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Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites

| | booter , booter services , booters and stressers , crime , ddos , National Crime Agency , National Cyber Crime Unit , NCA , Operation Power Off , Operation PowerOFF , SB Blogwatch , U.K. National Crime Agency , uk
UK National Crime Agency nips it in the bud: Aims to scare straight naughty DDoS kiddies ...
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Do You Need an Enterprise Browser to Secure Your Organization?

| | browser , browser attacks , credentials , Endpoint security , Password , Web security
Web browsers are a useful mechanism for handling many functions and types of media in one place, but they also present security risks and are common targets for hackers. Browser security refers ...
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Unpatched Vulnerabilities Hamper IT Security Efforts

| | Action1 , patching , security best practices , vulnerability , Vulnerability Management
Executive leadership teams are overlooking critical gaps in vulnerability management within organizations, despite a series of high-profile breaches, according to an Action1 survey of 804 IT professionals. The study revealed that, on ...
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Business Email Compromise Threats Soar Past Phishing Risks

| | bec , business email compromise , email security , Endpoint security , Phishing
The risk of business email compromise (BEC) is increasing annually and is estimated to be twice as severe as the overall threat of phishing, according to an Osterman Research/IronScales survey of 249 ...
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Data Encryption Methods and their Advantages and Disadvantages

| | Data encryption , Privacy , sensitive data
Protecting data has become a critical part of every organization’s operation. However, choosing the best method of data encryption can be difficult with all the available options.   Here we discuss the ...
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