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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Streamlining onboard sales through a single, back-office solution

CGI

Retail is a prime area for achieving both objectives, and travel operators are seeking to invest in retail systems that streamline and improve processes while offering a shorter payback period and generating more revenue. Many back-office retail solutions fall short of managing all of the required functions.

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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

The company got its start in 2002 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, as a two-man operation that set out to help small firms filter the early waves of email spam. You can give a listen to the entire interview at this accompanying podcast. Here are key takeaways: Sizable need AppRiver is in the perfect position to deliver an SMB cyber risk index.

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FTC Investigating Privacy Risks to Data Stored on Digital Copiers

Hunton Privacy

Congressman Markey had urged the FTC to investigate this issue after a CBS News exposé showed that almost every digital copier produced since 2002 stores on its hard drive images of documents that are “scanned, copied or emailed by the machine” – including documents with sensitive personal information.

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States Attempt to Address Privacy Risks Associated with Digital Copiers and Electronic Waste

Hunton Privacy

Retailers of covered electronic equipment will be required to provide consumers with information at the point of sale about opportunities offered by manufacturers for the return of electronic waste, to the extent they have been provided such information by the manufacturer.

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Is email really the nemesis of better collaboration software?

ChiefTech

For example, the BBC reported that 40% more pages faxed in 2002 than the previous year. In October, AOL announced a private beta of a new email aggregator, for consumers, called Alto : "Alto makes 'stacks' out of social notifications from Facebook or Twitter, retail emails, daily deals and anything else you want to organize in your email.