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Dan.Garcia

How To Pursue Database Encryption

Cybersecurity remains a continual battle, with data breaches occurring at PayPal and T-Mobile in the first month of 2023 alone.

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New Government Cyber Security Strategy Vital For Healthcare

New Government Cyber Security Strategy Vital For Healthcare

The Senate Homeland Security Committee cleared legislation on March 30, 2022, aimed at enhancing the cyber readiness of the U.S. healthcare sector. The proposed “Healthcare …

German and South Korean Agencies Alerts of Kimsuky's Attacks

German and South Korean Agencies Alerts of Kimsuky’s Attacks

German and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a joint warning against the increasing cyber-attack tactics of a North Korean hacker group called Kimsuky. The …

Malicious ChatGPT Chrome Extension Targets Facebook Accounts

Malicious ChatGPT Chrome Extension Targets Facebook Accounts

Around 9,000 people have downloaded a trojanized version of the genuine ChatGPT plugin for Chrome from the Chrome Web Store, hijacking Facebook accounts in the …

Windows 11 Snipping Tool Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data

Windows 11 Snipping Tool Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data

The Windows Snipping Tool has also been discovered to be vulnerable to a serious privacy problem known as “acropalypse,” which enables users to partially recover …

Google Bans Chinese App Pinduoduo Over Security Concerns

Google Bans Chinese App Pinduoduo Over Security Concerns

In response to worries about the security of user data, Google has revealed that it has removed the Chinese social e-commerce app Pinduoduo from its …

BreachForums Admin Baphomet Closes The Hacking Forum 

BreachForums Admin Baphomet Closes The Hacking Forum 

An important update came up where BreachForums has been officially taken down. Still, Baphomet, the current BreachForums administrator, stressed that “it’s not the end” in …

Research & Study

Security 360 Reports Shows That Threat Actors Are Targeting BYOD And Company Devices

Jamf Threat Labs reveals that organisations are still using out-of-date software on devices, exposing them to cyber threats Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF) today announced the release of its latest Security 360 Report analysing the threats impacting devices used in the modern workplace. A significant finding from the report is that 1 in every 5 devices ran an

Developing a Security Strategy

Global State Of Cyberwarfare Study

Only one-third of UK organisations have a validated plan in place to handle cyberwarfare; and 57% have stalled or stopped digital transformation projects due to

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