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SHARED INTEL: ‘Credential stuffers’ leverage enduring flaws to prey on video game industry

The Last Watchdog

The video game industry saw massive growth in 2020; nothing like a global pandemic to drive people to spend more time than ever gaming. The video game industry withstood nearly 11 billion credential stuffing attacks in 2020, a 224 percent spike over 2019. In 2020, criminals started to process their lists differently.

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2020 in review: January to June

IT Governance

It’s hard to summarise 2020 without resorting to cliché, considering that our experiences have been so universal and subject to such little variety. These figures dwarf last year’s totals and show that criminal hackers were one of the few winners of 2020. What a simple time January 2020 was. Unprecedented. Challenging.

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Sharenting, BYOD and Kids Online: 10 Digital Tips for Modern Day Parents

Troy Hunt

Having just gone through the BYOD process with my 10-year old son at school (and witnessing the confusion and disinformation from parents and teachers alike), now seemed like a good time to outline some fundamentals whilst sitting on a plane heading down to Sydney to do some adult-related cyber things! What say you, internet?

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The Digital Markets Act Is Almost Here: 10 Things to Know About the EU’s New Rules for Big Tech

Data Matters

There is a lot to digest, so below is our breakdown of the top 10 key points you should know about the EU’s new rules. Under the DMA, the Commission will be empowered to impose severe sanctions for noncompliance, including fines of up to 10% — and, in the event of repeated infringements, up to 20% — of a gatekeeper’s worldwide turnover.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2020 – 8.8 billion records breached

IT Governance

Palm Beach County School District red-faced after being hacked by a 10-year-old (unknown). Scott Disick plans to sue rehab facility for privacy breach (1). Nova Scotia government mum after latest privacy breach (unknown). Vulnerabilities in Virginia’s online school system threatens students’ privacy (unknown).

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Cisco Webex flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to join private meetings

Security Affairs

Cisco addressed a vulnerability in Cisco Webex that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to join a protected video conference meeting. The CVE-2020-3142 vulnerability has received a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, it was discovered while its experts were resolving a Cisco TAC support case. for the latter). .

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Zoom Settles with FTC Over Deceptive Security Claims

Hunton Privacy

On November 9, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced it had entered into an consent agreement (the “Proposed Settlement”) with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. reviewing software updates for security flaws and ensuring that updates will not hamper third-party security features.