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SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology

Joseph Steinberg

US 10,771,464 – Granted in September 2020. The post SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology appeared first on Joseph Steinberg: CyberSecurity Expert Witness, Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor. US 9,374,374 – Granted in June of 2016.

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2020 Oscar Nominees Used to Spread Malware

Adam Levin

Online scammers are using the 2020 Oscars to spread malware. The post 2020 Oscar Nominees Used to Spread Malware appeared first on Adam Levin. A recent study released by Kaspersky Labs uncovered several hacking and phishing campaigns promising their targets free and early access to Best Picture nominees for this year’s Academy Awards.

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Cybersecurity Trends To Know In 2020 to 2030: A Decade of Evolving Threats and Shifting Landscapes (With Infographics)

SecureBlitz

Here is an infographic on the Cybersecurity trends to know in the year 2020 to 2030. With the number of cyber incidents on the rise, there is a pressing need to be on top of IT security more than ever.

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Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach”

Krebs on Security

In January 2021, technology vendor Ubiquiti Inc. They allege that in late December 2020, Sharp applied for a job at another technology company, and then abused his privileged access to Ubiquiti’s systems at Amazon’s AWS cloud service and the company’s GitHub accounts to download large amounts of proprietary data.

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Monetization Monitor: Monetization Models and Pricing 2020

Reliable insights aren’t getting easier as technology evolves. While these might do the job to help enforce usage limits, they generally fall short on monetization model flexibility (the ability to implement a new model) or usage insights (the ability to see how a product is being used). Fast innovation (SaaS, IoT, etc.)

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Encryption & Privacy Policy and Technology

Adam Shostack

The Open Technology Institute has an Open Letter to Law Enforcement in the U.S., In closely related news, nominations for the 2020 Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies are open. Lastly, the Port of Seattle is considering putting rules in place around facial recognition technology.

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Top data breaches of 2020 – Security Affairs

Security Affairs

Data from major cyber security firms revealed that tens of billion records have been exposed in data breaches exposed in 2020. Below a list of top incidents: There were a number of major data breaches that took place in 2020, in many cases stolen records flooded the cybercrime underground and were used credential stuffing attacks.

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How Preparation and Strategy Can Be Used to Fight and Defeat Any Ransomware Attack

Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP

million attacks, the threat marked a 148% increase compared to 2020 and was the most expensive year on record! As a result, data protection needs to be a concern for most banks, businesses, and information technology specialists. Cyberthreats have become a serious issue.