Darkreading.com reported that “Twitter said its investigations so far showed that someone used social engineering to obtain credentials belonging to a small number of employees and then used those credentials to somehow bypass two-factor protections and access a key internal system.” The July 20, 2020 article entitled “Twitter…
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HelpNetSecurity.com reported comments from Irfan Saif (principal and AI co-leader, Deloitte & Touche) from Deloitte’s State of AI in the Enterprise, 3rd Edition … “As organizations become more invested in AI, it is imperative that they have a common framework, principles and practices for the board, C-suite, enterprise and…
Darkreading.com reported that “a stunning 15 billion credentials circulating on the Dark Web and in underground marketplaces. The compromised credentials from over 100,000 breaches in recent years were associated with a wide range of accounts, including domain administrator accounts, bank and financial accounts, and social media and video-streaming service accounts.”…
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Securitytoday.com estimated that there were more than 26.22 billion IoT on January 1, 2020 so you should consider Darkreading’s report that “Whether for business or pleasure, you’re on your own once you walk into the house with a new Internet of Things [IoT] device.” The July 2, 2020 report…
HelpNetSecurity reported that in “…the wake of COVID-19, health delivery organizations (HDOs) have quickly increased their utilization of telehealth capabilities (i.e., remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine) to treat patients in their homes.” The June 22, 2020 report entitled “Privacy and security concerns related to patient data in…
AARP reported that “BEC attacks targeted more than 30,700 organizations in the first quarter of 2020, according to security company Symantec. The FBI says fraudsters are exploiting disruptions in business operations caused by the coronavirus outbreak to perpetrate new variations on the scam, in some cases hijacking Paycheck Protection Program…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release that stated that in the past month “Fifteen defendants have pleaded guilty to-date for their roles in a transnational and multi-million dollar scheme to defraud American victims through online auction fraud.” The June 11, 2020 press release entitled “…
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released “more state-level information available to the public about the complaints it receives from consumers related to COVID-19, with reports about online shopping problems topping the list of complaints in most states.” The June 11, 2020 news release entitled “FTC Makes More State-Level…
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HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “Phishers are impersonating companies’ IT support team and sending fake VPN configuration change notifications in the hopes that remote employees may be tricked into providing their Office 365 login credentials.” The June 4, 2020 report entitled “Office 365 users: Beware of fake company emails delivering…
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CIO.com reported that “It’s legendary: A CIO promotes his best developer or IT pro into a management role, losing an excellent tech worker and gaining a bad manager.” The May 29, 2020 report entitled “10 steps to becoming a horrible IT boss” included in Step 8b: “For…
