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Companies Left 'Waiting' Amid Warnings of Russian Cyberattacks
- Thursday, 03 March 2022
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Multinational companies have found themselves forced to sit tight after weeks of warnings that Russia’s conflict in Ukraine could lead to wider cyberattacks. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Victims’ Data Affected By Forensic Tester’s Data Breach
- Sunday, 27 February 2022
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Sexual assault victims’ personal information has been potentially exposed following a data breach at DNA Solutions, a forensic testing company used in the past by the Oklahoma City Police Department. So reports the Oklahoman.
Read more...NFT Marketplace OpenSea Warns of Phishing Attack
- Sunday, 27 February 2022
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OpenSea, a marketplace for NFTs—digital tokens rooted in cryptocurrency technology that soared in popularity last year—has revealed that it is investigating an apparent phishing attack resulting in at least $1.7 million in losses to investors. So reports ThreatPost.
Read more...Cybersecurity Worries Trail Beijing Winter Olympics
- Sunday, 27 February 2022
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As 16,000 athletes and others return from the Winter Olympics in Beijing, concerns have remained about malware that could be coming home with those who didn’t follow data-privacy precautions such as using a “burner” phone. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Zero-click Hacks Proliferate Among Governments Spying on Activists
- Sunday, 27 February 2022
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Zero-click attacks, which let hackers access a phone or a computer without the user having to click on malicious content, are on the rise. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...521,000 People Affected by Michigan Company’s Data Breach
- Friday, 18 February 2022
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Saginaw, Mich.-based Morley Services has begun notifying more than 521,000 employees, former employees and clients that they were impacted by an August data breach. So reports Mlive.com.
Read more...Cybersecurity Firm Securonix Raises $1B in Funding
- Friday, 18 February 2022
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Securonix, which provides security information and event management (SIEM) and extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities, has grabbed more than $1 billion in funding from investment firm Vista Equity Partners. So reports Crunchbase.
Read more...49ers Suffer Ransomware Attack as Hackers Claim Financial Breach
- Friday, 18 February 2022
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Ransomware gang BlackByte has claimed to have stolen some of the San Francisco 49ers’ financial data, posting purportedly stolen documents on the dark web. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Hackers Grab Info on Donors to Ottawa Trucker Protest
- Friday, 18 February 2022
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A nonprofit leak site has said that it received a cache of information about donors to Ottawa truckers’ Freedom Convoy protests, following an apparent hack of the fundraising site GiveSendGo. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Cybersecurity M&A Soars to $77.5B in 2021
- Friday, 18 February 2022
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The volume of cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions surged last year to $77.5 billion, according to data compiled by cybersecurity consultancy Momentum. So reports ZDNet.
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