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Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

Krebs on Security

Terpin alleges that crooks stole almost $24 million worth of cryptocurrency after fraudulently executing a “SIM swap” on his mobile phone account at AT&T in early 2018. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead. According to Terpin, this was the second time in six months someone had hacked his AT&T number.

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Consumers have their Say about Protection of Personal Data – Call for More Stringent Controls

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Tue, 10/11/2022 - 06:46. We live in a digital world in which we engage with significant social, government, retail, business and entertainment services now delivered without any direct human service management. The global study that informs the Index involved more than 21,000 participants across 11 countries.

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Radisson Rewards programme breached

IT Governance

The hack occurred on 11 September 2018 but was only detected on 1 October. The hotel group has confirmed that no payment card information, passwords or travel history were accessed. The hotel group has confirmed that no payment card information, passwords or travel history were accessed. Countries of residence.

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2019 end-of-year review part 2: July to December

IT Governance

The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data. increase from 2018. million for breaching the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

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How data breaches are affecting the retail industry

IT Governance

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? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. Data breaches. million users was compromised. million users was compromised.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? And as a consequence I inherited a family of raccoons living into my cottage.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? And as a consequence I inherited a family of raccoons living into my cottage.

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