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LATEST CYBER NEWS
08/22/2024 McDonald’s Instagram hackers make $700K shilling Grimace memecoin
Scammers hacked the official McDonald’s Instagram account to promote a sham memecoin based on the fast food giant’s mascot Grimace. (read more)
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08/26/2024 Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) has imposed a fine of €290,000,000 ($325 million) on Uber Technologies Inc. and Uber B.V. over GDPR violations. (read more)
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08/21/2024 Hackers steal banking creds from iOS, Android users via PWA apps
Threat actors started to use progressive web applications to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from Android and iOS users. (read more)
Executives, Are you on the Hook for Cybersecurity Liability?
12-May | Written by Vanessa Henri & Oleg Stratiev
COVID-19 has forced businesses to migrate online at an unprecedented pace. While this may preserve business continuity, the yet unknown costs associated with cybersecurity may be lurking. When they rear their unpleasant heads, who is liable? Vanessa Henri and Oleg Stratiev are both lawyers at Fasken, and they share their thoughts on this sensitive topic from a legal perspective in this CBR Featured Post. – Steve Tso
Buckle Up! Because Cyber Saves Lives
11-May | Written by Steve Tso
Similar to not wearing a seat belt, not taking cybersecurity preventative measures is irresponsible. In this article, I draw a comparison between the two and explain how getting to the point of being numb with something that’s clearly in the wrong doesn’t make it right. I then discuss the origins of Cyber Business Review, how it works, and how you can get involved.
AI Changes the Cyber Landscape and Prevents Cyber Attacks
11-May | via Forbes
AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) have evolved past the “buzzword” phase. They are now mainstream technologies regularly deployed at all areas of business. From a cybersecurity perspective, hackers are using AI/ML to attack, while organizations are using them to defend…
IT’s New Security Challenge in a Post-Pandemic World
11-May | via Forbes
There’s been much discussion around what the office of the future may look like post COVID-19. However, there hasn’t been much information on how this extends to healthcare facilities and how the ER of the future may operate…
Hacker Sells 22 Million Unacademy User Records
8-May | via Bleeping Computer
We’ve all heard it before, and some may even be numb to it. “Company X got hacked and Y amount of personal data was stolen”. Well, what does that really look like? This article from bleepingcomputer.com paints a dark reality on what hackers sell post breach…
Leveraging Cyber Insurance to Mitigate Cyber Incidents
7-May | via New York Law Journal
COVID-19 is forcing employees to work from home. This extension of the company IT perimeter into employee households is opening up a new wave of attack vectors for cybercriminals. Companies have accepted the fact that their cyber defense will never be 100% effective, and knowing that the average cyber incident costs $4 million, they are turning to cyber insurance as a mitigation tool…
Minding the Cyber Talent Gap
8-May | via Atlantic Council
As reliance on technology expands, the field of cybersecurity will increasingly require more talent. Only problem is that the workers aren’t there. (ISC)2’s Cyber Workforce Study 2019 states that the current cyber workforce will need to grow by 145% in order to meet existing demand.
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