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FCC Fines Wireless Carriers for Sharing User Locations Without Consent

The Federal Communications Commission leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegall...

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Managed Detection and Response in 2023

ContentmenuClose ManagedDetectionandResponsein2023(PDF) Alongsideothersecuritysolutions,weprovideKasperskyManagedDetectionandResponse(MDR)toorganizati...

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Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and Others Join Government AI Safety Board Led by DHS’ Mayorkas

CEOs of major tech companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s cr...

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Google Says it Blocked 2.28 Million Apps from Google Play Store

In 2023, Google said it blocked 2.28 million bad applications from being published on Google Play and banned 333,000 developer accounts. The post Goog...

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How TikTok Grew From a Fun App for Teens Into a Potential National Security Threat

History of TikTok and how it many view it as a national security threat. The post How TikTok Grew From a Fun App for Teens Into a Potential National S...

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CISA Rolls Out New Guidelines to Mitigate AI Risks to US Critical Infrastructure

New CISA guidelines categorize AI risks into three significant types and pushes a four-part mitigation strategy. The post CISA Rolls Out New Guideline...

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Honeywell: USB Malware Attacks on Industrial Orgs Becoming More Sophisticated

An analysis conducted by Honeywell shows that much of the USB-borne malware targeting industrial organizations can still cause OT disruption. The post...

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Beyond the Buzz: Rethinking Alcohol as a Cybersecurity Bonding Ritual

Jennifer Leggio makes the case for more alcohol-free networking events at conferences, and community-building opportunities for sober individuals work...

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Kaiser Permanente Data Breach Impacts 13.4 Million Patients

US healthcare giant is warning millions of current and former patients that their personal information was exposed to third-party advertisers. The pos...

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Should Cybersecurity Leadership Finally be Professionalized?

The majority opinion is that a cybersecurity professional body is long overdue and would benefit cybersecurity and cybersecurity practitioners. The po...

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Collection Agency FBCS Says Data Breach Exposed Nearly 2 million People

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) says compromised information may include names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and account ...

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Okta Warns of Credential Stuffing Attacks Using Tor, Residential Proxies

Okta warned of a spike in credential stuffing attacks using anonymizing services such as Tor, DataImpulse, Luminati, and NSocks. The post Okta Warns o...

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Hackers Claim to Have Infiltrated Belarus’ Main Security Service

A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of ov...

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Darktrace to be Taken Private in $5.3 Billion Sale to Thoma Bravo

UK cybersecurity firm Darktace has agreed to sell itself to private equity giant Thoma Bravo for approximately $5.32 million in cash. The post Darktra...

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In Other News: China Hacked Volkswagen, DDoS Service Shutdown, Rubrik IPO

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Volkswagen hacked by Chinese threat group, DDoS service shut down, Rubrik IPO. The post In...

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Self-Spreading PlugX USB Drive Malware Plagues Over 90k IP Addresses

More than 90,000 unique IPs are still infected with a PlugX worm variant that spreads via infected flash drives. The post Self-Spreading PlugX USB Dri...

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Over 1,400 CrushFTP Instances Vulnerable to Exploited Zero-Day

More than 1,400 CrushFTP servers remain vulnerable to an actively exploited zero-day for which PoC has been published. The post Over 1,400 CrushFTP In...

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Powerful ‘Brokewell’ Android Trojan Allows Attackers to Takeover Devices

A new Android trojan named Brokewell can steal user’s sensitive information and allows attackers to take over devices. The post Powerful ‘Brokewell’ A...

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Critical WordPress Automatic Plugin Vulnerability Exploited to Inject Backdoors

A vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites. The post Critical WordPress Aut...

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Predictive Security Startup BforeAI Raises $15 Million

Predictive attack intelligence and risk protection startup BforeAI has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures. The post Pr...

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