IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

It’s never a surprise to hear that Yahoo is implicated in a cyber security scam. The most likely victims tend to be older people, who don’t stay up to date with cyber security issues. The security researcher Brian Krebs reported on a curious phishing scam that targeted Connecticut-based United Rentals. Steals VPN certificates.

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Phishing Retail Cloud Data breaches 83

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? Listen here: [link].

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Security Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Libraries 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? Listen here: [link].

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Security Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Libraries 40

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? Listen here: [link].

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Security Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Libraries 40

IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. Among other news: The ICO began an investigation into how the TikTok video-sharing app handles children’s personal data. Digital bank Monzo told 480,000 customers to change their PINs after a data security incident. million (£4.2

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Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Only time will tell – and we may not have to wait long – but in the meantime, what is the impact of data breaches in the retail industry, and what needs to be done to mitigate them? This short video breaks down the numbers relating to the UK-specific cyber attacks and data breaches of 2017. million users was compromised. The PCI DSS.

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Retail Data breaches GDPR Compliance 66

Troy Hunt

AUGUST 5, 2021

I mean after all the usual Maslow's hierarchy of needs stuff , of course, the thing that I (and many of my readers) can instil in our kids is a deep passion for this life-altering and possibly career-defining thing that increasingly defines our everyday being. In this video we also use OctoPrint which I highly recommend.

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Education Retail IT Libraries 28

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s time to rethink your security stack and priorities. Security and privacy are more than just adding on to what you have historically done: It’s a constant re-evaluation of your approach, where nothing is sacred except for the data you are entrusted to protect. Of course, data protection requires effective cybersecurity solutions.

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Encryption Cloud Privacy GDPR 215

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. Facing a backlash from lawmakers and the public, the IRS soon reverses course , saying video selfies will be optional and that any biometric data collected will be destroyed after verification.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 226

Troy Hunt

MARCH 29, 2018

The penny first dropped for me just over 7 years ago to the day: The only secure password is the one you can't remember. Of course, we all know that but it's interesting to look back on that post all these years later and realise that unfortunately, nothing has really changed. Same again when one of the 1.9M

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Passwords Data breaches IT Security 106

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. Welcome to the hacker mind, in original podcast from for all security.

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Passwords Access IoT IT 52

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s hard to see a short-term change that would slow attempts by attackers,” Patrick Sullivan, Akamai’s senior director of security strategy, told me. New life for botnets Of course botnets continue to be the engine that drives all manner of online criminal activity.

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Big data Passwords Digital transformation Data breaches 164

Architect Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Tools and techniques that were once available only to intelligence agencies to collect “open source intelligence” (known as OSINT in national security parlance) are now available to amateur sleuths. Of course these techniques can also just as easily be used to prove when a photo was not taken.

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Metadata Artificial Intelligence Libraries Retail 49