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Ethics in Data Collection

SecureWorld News

Fundamentally, the laws and regulations are one of the best, if not the best, methods to encourage organizations to address data privacy and cybersecurity. But these laws must incorporate principles that respect ethical data collection practices to be truly effective. Current questionable data practices.

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Prevent Cyber Attack From Swiss Cheese Slice Approach

Cytelligence

With the internet becoming a part of our daily lives it is sad but important to know that the dangers of Cyber attacks are increasing every day. First, let’s understand what is a cyber attack. So protecting your computers from different types of cyber attacks is very important. The number is huge.

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33.4% of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in H2 2020

Security Affairs

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. The data analyzed by the experts were received from ICS computers, running Kaspersky security products, that are hosted in networks of industrial infrastructures. than in 2019). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Education Sector has Seen a 44% Rise in Cyber Attacks Since 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

These attacks also tend to be more successful in access and payout in the event of ransom demands, with 74% of attacks ending successfully for hackers. Here are a few prime examples of cyber-attacks in the education sector. In July, poor password hygiene led to another ransomware attack.

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Group-IB: $49.4 million of damage caused to Russia’s financial sector from cyber attacks

Security Affairs

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector.

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Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

Yang explained that cameras, printers, NAS devices, Smart TVs, and routers which use UPnP for streaming, sharing, and service discovery are exposed to attacks, threat actors could use them to potentially bypass firewalls and attack local network. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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How to Survive a Data Breach

SiteLock

Data breaches are fairly common occurrences these days – in 2014 alone, nearly half (43%) of all companies experienced a cyber attack. What can businesses do to prepare for and mitigate the inevitable cyber attack?