Safer Internet Day: Two Million Brits Victims of Financial Identity Fraud
A new report suggests nearly 2 million UK adults have had their identity stolen and used by fraudsters to open a financial account in 2023
Day: February 6, 2024
Main Types of Patch Management Solutions: A Decision-Making Guide
Choosing between the different types of patch management solutions impacts the effort your IT team must make to keep the system safe. There’s no one-size-fits-all with patch management software, so you’ll need to evaluate your company’s profile first. …
Is NASA a National Security Organization?
Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) a national security organization? The answer matters greatly in the division of labor between government agencies, as well as how NASA should interpret national guidance. The United States’ current National Security Strategy states that an era of “strategic competition” exists, which the recent Joint Concept for Competing […]
Is NASA a National Security Organization? was originally published on Global Security Review.
A shadowy hacker group brought the British Library to its knees. Is there any way to stop them? | Lamorna Ash
The future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UK’s weak defences It is not quite accurate to say that the cyber-attack against the British Library took place on 28 October 2023. Most probably, Rhysida, …
Meta’s Oversight Board Urges a Policy Change After a Fake Biden Video
A fake video showing US President Joe Biden touching his granddaughter’s chest remains on Facebook despite an Oversight Board investigation
The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024
38,846,799 known records breached in 140 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Eye4Fraud database allegedly leaked – 14.9 million lines of unique data being sold A threat actor claims to be selling 14.9 million lines of data, with unique email addresses, from around 29 million order records from Eye4Fraud,
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Do foreigners in Spain have to carry their residency documents?
If you’re a foreigner living in Spain, you will have some type of residency document to prove that you live here and you’re not just on holiday, but is it necessary to carry it around with you all the time?
Latest Ivanti Zero Day Exploited By Scores of IPs
Shadowserver Foundation spots 170 distinct IP addresses trying to exploit Ivanti zero-day CVE-2024-21893
When a customer gets defrauded, should the enterprise reimburse?
The New York Attorney General’s decision to sue Citibank last week for failing to reimburse customers who’d been victimized by fraud raised some interesting issues for business that go beyond just Citibank. Specificially, when should a customer be r…
Left to their own devices: Security for employees using personal devices for work
As personal devices within corporate networks make for a potentially combustible mix, a cavalier approach to BYOD security won’t cut it