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Hackers Wield Securities Fraud as Extra Threat
- Monday, 04 December 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
Ransomware attackers have shown that they are willing and able to use securities disclosure rules against corporate targets, throwing another spanner in the works for cybersecurity pros.
Read more...Cyber Skills Gap Grows to 4M As Demand Outpaces Supply
- Thursday, 02 November 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
The global cybersecurity workforce is as big as it has ever been. So is the cybersecurity skills gap.
Read more...23andMe Warns Customers of Breach as Fallout Widens
- Friday, 27 October 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
Genetic testing company 23andMe has begun reaching out to customers as the reverberations from a hacker’s recent claim to have stolen millions of “pieces of data” from the ancestry tracker.
Read more...Israel-Hamas Conflict Spills Into Cyber Realm
- Saturday, 14 October 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
As Israel ordered a “siege” of Gaza following a surprise attack by Hamas, the deadly conflict reverberated across the digital world too.
Read more...More Firms Racking Up Return Trips on Cyber Insurance
- Friday, 08 September 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
As information security incidents continue to proliferate, cyber insurance providers may want to hand out punch cards.
Read more...Proofpoint, Microsoft Among Email Security Leaders: Forrester
- Sunday, 09 July 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
Proofpoint has once again topped Forrester’s ranking of email security vendors. So reports BankInfoSecurity.
Read more...Verizon Flags Social Engineering, Ransomware in 2023 Report
- Wednesday, 14 June 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Social engineering attacks continue to rise, while ransomware is still a major threat to organizations. Those are a couple of takeaways from Verizon’s newly released 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report.
Read more...'Hacking Is About Humans': New Book Traces Cybercrime History
- Sunday, 04 June 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, a new book by Scott Shapiro, examines the history of hacking and suggests approaches for fighting it, according to multiple published reviews and reports.
Read more...Hackers' Dwell Time Shrinks: Mandiant’s M-Trends 2023
- Tuesday, 02 May 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
For hackers, 2022 was no time to dwell. That’s according to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2023 report.
Read more...AI Takes Over At RSA Conference 2023, First Since ChatGPT
- Saturday, 29 April 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Artificial intelligence was the watchword as RSA Conference kicked off in San Francisco for the first time since the sudden rise in recent months of the generative-AI chatbot ChatGPT.
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