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Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

Krebs on Security

Malicious hackers are targeting people in the cryptocurrency space in attacks that start with a link added to the target’s calendar at Calendly , a popular application for scheduling appointments and meetings. The attackers impersonate established cryptocurrency investors and ask to schedule a video conference call.

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Episode 255: EDM, Meet CDM – Cyber Dance Music with Niels Provos

The Security Ledger

The post Episode 255: EDM, Meet CDM – Cyber Dance Music with Niels Provos appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. In this episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (#255) host Paul Roberts interviews Niels Provos of Lacework about his mission to use EDM to teach people about cybersecurity. Click the icon below to listen.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks

The Last Watchdog

Thanks to the sudden rise in use of Zoom and other video conferencing systems by an expanding work-from-home workforce, their logons are begin targeted by threat actors; underground forums today are bristling with databases holding hundreds of thousands of recycled Zoom logon credentials. billion, with $7.8

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GUEST ESSAY: Taking proactive steps to heal the planet — by reducing the impact of video streaming

The Last Watchdog

Related: Big data can foster improved healthcare Within that, video represents over 80 percent of the traffic that flows through this global network which is growing rapidly at about 25 percent per year. A tremendous amount of video traffic is being managed by IT departments. In 2022, VITEC moved its U.S.

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Brazilian Presidency Publishes Decree Establishing the New Data Protection Authority

Hunton Privacy

The remainder of the staff will be public servants reallocated from other governmental departments and the Military. The Council of Directors will meet at least monthly and must publish its meeting agendas in advance. Staff cannot refuse their new role and can be dismissed at any time.

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State of Preservica - Highlights and Momentum Looking Ahead

Preservica

Military Women’s Memorial - The nonprofit organization is the only historical repository documenting a century of stories from all military women's service. We’ve set them up to meet the important mandates governing the preservation of, and access to, valuable records and historical assets.

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The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act: Senate Passes Sweeping $250 Billion Bill to Bolster Scientific Innovation and Compete With China

Data Matters

semiconductor production, scientific research, development of artificial intelligence, and space exploration in the face of growing economic, technological, and military competition from China. Division E – Meeting the China Challenge Act of 2021. Senate adopted by a 68-32 vote S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,