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– Feb 26, 6:00 AM
A new campaign is targeting governments with the ForeLord malware, which steals credentials. SAN FRANCISCO – A never before seen credential-stealing malware, dubbed ForeLord, has been uncovered in recent spear phishing emails. Researchers…
Pacific Speciality says employee email accounts were compromised A major US insurance company has disclosed a data breach after several employee email accounts were compromised. Pacific Speciality Insurance Company, an automotive and home insurance…
Disconnect the security camera on the Trifo Ironpie if you want to be safe. The Trifo Ironpie robot vacuum is designed to do double duty. The fans on the swiveling disc hoover your house, while the camera mounted on it acts as an ankle-high…
Cyber-attacks have become very routine nowadays, with a lot of large-scale issues occurring on a weekly basis. Earlier, cyber attacks had only threatened local regions, but now they have hit world governments. Mexico has become the most recent…
TechStartups Team Posted On February 26, 2020 The last time we wrote about Palantir was back in 2019 when the Peter Thiel-backed startup won a whopping $800 million Pentagon battlefield intelligence contract, beating out traditional defense…
The charity sector often leads with campaigns about how “just £2 a month could buy blankets, pay for clean water, create a safe place to sleep…” so just how does an ISO in the charity sector secure money for cyber…
The developers of the dating app Tinder recently announced that new safety features would be added to its app throughout 2020. These updates include a means to connect users with emergency services when they feel unsafe and more safety information…
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– Feb 26, 11:06 AM
The FTC will pay back $30 to people who fell victim to the “Click4Support” tech support scheme. Most of the victims were tricked into paying much higher amounts of money, but the refund is still something. Tech support scams are…
InfoSecSherpaThe FTC Will Send Refund Checks to Tech Support Scam Victims
Global insurer Zurich has partnered with cybersecurity firm CYE on a new offering aimed at helping businesses define and deploy effective cyber risk management programs. Available to companies globally, Zurich Cyber Security Services is designed to…
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) will play a greater role in discovering code vulnerabilities in the years ahead, suggests HackerOne's latest survey of the hacker ecosystem. In addition, hackers want to participate more in companies' code-development…
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