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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal personal information, followed by an affected company sending regretful notification letters offering a year or two of complimentary credit monitoring. New VPNFilter malware targets at least 500K networking devices worldwide , Talos (May 23, 2018).

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

pic.twitter.com/4NK5GAm1z2 — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) December 24, 2018. Lesson 3: Invest in Financial Literacy I regret many things about my own education at school and university. These things, to my mind, are essential life lessons and I do hope things have moved on a bit in the education system since then.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

Group-IB’s report Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 examines various aspects of cybercrime industry operations and predicts changes to the threat landscape for various sectors, namely the financial industry, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and the energy sector. Ransomware operators buy access and then encrypt devices on the network.