ATLANTA– Attorney General Chris Carr is warning Georgia consumers to beware of price gouging and other scams in response to the nationwide baby formula shortage. “With skyrocketing inflation, record-high gas prices, and now an unprecedented shortage of baby formula made worse by the increasingly dire situation at our southern……
Exposed to hackers and virus attacks? Buy a cyber liability insurance | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Exposed to hackers and virus attacks? Buy a cyber liability insurance Photo : iStock With digital revolution taking the world by storm, there have been a paradigm shift in the way people communicate, transact and shop. But, this too much digital dependence has also exposed all of us to cyber……
Insider Threats: Recruitment Tactics and TTPs You Should Prepare For | #malware | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Insider threats on the rise The tactic of recruiting insiders has been gaining popularity among threat actors aiming to breach systems and/or commit ransomware attacks. According to Flashpoint data collections, there were 3,988 unique discussions about insider-related threats observed in our datasets between January 1 and November 30, 2021—a number that……
‘Alex the Officer’ impostors hack his real-life girlfriend’s phone and credit card | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #hacker
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The people hiding behind stolen social media photos of the man known as “Alex the Officer“ are targeting his real-life girlfriend after the couple went public on News 6 to warn women about the elaborate global romance rip-offs. Nicole Hayden, of Palm Beach County, Florida……
Russian Hacking Cartel Attacks Costa Rican Government Agencies | #malware | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker
WASHINGTON — A Russian hacking cartel carried out an extraordinary cyberattack against the government of Costa Rica, crippling tax collection and export systems for more than a month so far and forcing the country to declare a state of emergency. The ransomware gang Conti, which is based in Russia, claimed……
5 Reasons to Switch from Chrome to Firefox Browser Right Now | #firefox | #chrome | #microsoftedge | #cybersecurity | #hacker
According to a report by Stat Counter, Chrome has the highest percentage, 64.34%, out of the total market share of browser usage! Despite the boastful market share, Chrome doesn’t provide you with the type of freedom any concerned netizen would expect. In this post today, you will know five solid……
Conti presses Costa Rica. Bluetooth LE proof-of-concept. Making initial access more difficult. Cyber phases of hybrid wars. | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Dateline Ukraine at D+82: Micromanagement and failed military reform. (The CyberWire) Ukraine winds up its resistance in Mariupol, but it amounts to a Pyrrhic victory for Russia as its military failures continue in the Donbas. The cyber phase of the hybrid war remains characterized by politically aligned cybercrime and nuisance-level……
Data Matters Privacy Blog Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks | #malware | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker
*Reprinted with permission from the May 6, 2022 edition of the New York Law Journal © 202X ALM Global Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited, contact 877-256-2472 or reprints@alm.com. It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal……
Linux Foundation project presents 10-point plan • DEVCLASS | #linux | #linuxsecurity | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Supply chain security The Open Source Software Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a project of the Linux Foundation, has come up with a 10-point plan to improve the safety of the software supply chain, costed at $147.9M over two years, though it relies in part on developers changing their behaviour to take……
Prince Harry hopes Archie and Lilibet ‘never have to experience online world as it is now’ | Science & Tech News | #socialmedia | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Prince Harry has said he hopes his children “never have to experience the online world as it is right now”. The Duke of Sussex said the way people use social media “isn’t working and needs to be fixed”, as he expressed concerns he and wife Meghan share for their children’s……