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Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Organizations in the finance sector manage trillions of dollars and maintain very valuable and vital electronic data, including bank account, credit card, and transaction information as well as sensitive data related to estates, wills, titles, and other matters. MFA, a crucial security strategy, is developing but isn't yet widely used.

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Spotlight Podcast: Security Automation is (and isn’t) the Future of Infosec

The Security Ledger

. » Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Rethinking Your Third Party Cyber Risk Strategy Episode 159: Deep Fakes and Election (in)Security with ZeroFOX Episode 160 Right to Repair’s Summer of Love – Sort of. ” McGuire was on to something : the use of plastic did indeed mushroom in the decades that followed.

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TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies

Security Affairs

The two Macros decoded a Javascript payload acting as a drop and execute by using a well-known strategy as described in: “ Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware ”. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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Digital transformation examples

IBM Big Data Hub

” An example of a company that underwent a major retail transformation is Amazon, which changed the way consumers shop for everyday items. There are many different digital technologies that might play a role in an organization’s digital transformation strategy, depending on the needs of the business.

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Attack of drones: airborne cybersecurity nightmare

Security Affairs

Drones currently occupy a unique legal position as they are classified as both aircraft and networked computing devices. According to research firm Statista, the global retail drone market is expected to reach $90 billion by 2030, with Defense, Enterprise, and Logistics being the primary industries driving growth. Market overview.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

TB LDLC Source (New) Retail France Yes 1,500,000 APROA Source (New) Professional services Argentina Yes 1,197,562 Petrus Resources Ltd. Source (New) Engineering Japan Yes >5 TB Array Networks Source (New) Cyber security USA Yes 2.5