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Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is "a growing concern"—Microsoft

Malwarebytes

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.”

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News alert: AI-powered web scrapers from Oxylabs are breaking new ground in fraud detection

The Last Watchdog

trillion) is laundered yearly , with increasing volumes of online data and the digitization of the economy making fraudsters more creative and difficult to catch. Such services as distributed cloud account protection can detect malicious actors very accurately by monitoring transactions at a large scale and in real time.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Lack of access to security features, such as passwords for admins, may result in a data breach where unauthorized persons within the organization may access sensitive data and leak it to malicious insiders. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts.

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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

It has significantly impacted various industries, from telecommunications and healthcare to transportation and entertainment. Regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandate strict adherence to data security and privacy standards (Voigt et al.,

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Best Encryption Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

“QKD is an exciting technology with applications in highly sensitive data transmission, but the current drawback is that it is range-limited,” said Rebecca Krauthamer, Chief Product Officer at QuSecure. In telecommunications, repeaters are used to extend the range that a signal can travel.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

I’m not exaggerating: A s ecure cloud backup solution can save hours, days, months and years of your team’s work. In the event of the Ransomware assault, the G Suite administrator will receive a notification about the incident either via e-mail or by Slack.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). The day after that story ran, Ika posted a farewell address to his mates, expressing shock and bewilderment over the apparent compromise of his BlackSEO account. ru under the handle “ r-fac1.”