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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

IT Governance

Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., We identified certain accounts that we believe are affiliated with the Spy.pet website, which we have subsequently banned.”

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GUEST ESSAY: Scammers leverage social media, clever con games to carry out digital exploitation

The Last Watchdog

One trend we’ve seen in recent years is a massive surge in cases of sextortion. This online epidemic involves the blackmail of a victim by the perpetrator via material gained against them, typically in the form of nude photos and videos. The advancement of fraud has materialized parallel to that of currency.

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How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates

Krebs on Security

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. To help reverse that trend, many states are now turning to a little-known private company called ID.me. 77,000 NEW (AB)USERS EACH DAY. Image: ID.me.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security. His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC

KnowBe4

IT and Online Services Emails Drive Dangerous Attack Trend This last quarter's results reflect the shift to IT and online service notifications such as laptop refresh or account suspension notifications that can affect your end users' daily work. Russian state hackers began using the malware in their attacks shortly after.

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Secure Together: Britons scammed out of £3.5 million and essential services under attack

IT Governance

We take a look at some of those challenges in this latest round-up, which discusses the cyber security risks associated with the pandemic and the ways lockdown threatens our ability to work productively and safely. Cyber crime.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears

KnowBe4

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%