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Elon Musk Hosting SNL Spurs $10M in Crypto Scams: Report
- Monday, 24 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Scammers took advantage of the announcement that Tesla boss Elon Musk would host a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, promoting cybersecurity schemes that potentially earned them as much as $10 million. That’s according to a blog post by cybersecurity firm Tenable.
Read more...Florida School Board Breach Exposes 10,000
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A data breach last year involving Florida’s Brevard County School Board may have compromised sensitive details of roughly 10,000 people. So reports Florida Today.
Read more...Several Law Firms Tap Cybersecurity Leaders
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has become the latest in a wave of law firms boosting the leadership ranks of their cybersecurity and privacy practice groups. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Pennsylvania Contact-tracing Breach Spurs Class Action
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A proposed class action suit has been filed against the Pennsylvania Department of Health and its third-party vendor Insight Global in connection with a breach of COVID-19 contact tracing data. So reports Health IT Security.
Read more...Scripps Health Blames Malware for Network Shutdown
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Scripps Health has said that a system outage following a cyberattack on May 1 was due to malware on its network. So reports Fierce Healthcare.
Read more...Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Surfaces in Data Leak: Report
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Researchers have uncovered a public database that allegedly includes the names of more than 200,000 people participating in an Amazon fake reviews scam. So reports ZDNet.com.
Read more...Biden Admin to Put Cybersecurity First in $1B IT Spending
- Thursday, 06 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The Biden administration plans to make cybersecurity a top priority as it spends $1 billion in information technology funding allocated by Congress this year. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Contact-tracing Breach
- Thursday, 06 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Pennsylvania state lawmakers have called for an independent inquiry into a COVID-19 contact tracing data breach. So reports local WPXI-TV.
Read more...Cybersecurity Startups Vanta, Cymulate Each Raise Millions
- Thursday, 06 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Two cybersecurity startups, automated compliance platform Vanta and attack simulator Cymulate, have each separately unveiled multimillion-dollar funding hauls. So report VentureBeat and TechCrunch.
Read more...SmileDirectClub Reveals Cyberattack
- Thursday, 06 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
SmileDirectClub, a teeth-straightening retainer seller, has disclosed that an April cybersecurity incident affected operations and will hit sales. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
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