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Apple warns of “privacy and security threats” after EU requires it to allow sideloading

Malwarebytes

Despite several warnings about the risks, Apple will allow European iPhone owners to install apps obtained from outside the official App store (sideloading). These drastic changes are brought about to comply with the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA). But Apple also warns very firmly about the consequences.

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What is Digital Identity?

Identity IQ

The Risks to Digital Identities: Attack Vectors. Digital activities provide a fuller picture of your preferences and personality and are often used by companies for targeted marketing or to help improve user experience. The Risks to Digital Identities: Attack Vectors. Awareness of Phishing Scams. ID numbers. Geotagging.

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Gaming-related cyberthreats in 2020 and 2021

SecureList

Last year’s lockdowns gave a boost to the mobile market, with users downloading thirty percent more mobile games per week in Q1 2021 than in Q4 2019 globally, reaching over one billion weekly downloads. To measure the level of the cybersecurity risk associated with gaming, we investigated several types of threats. Methodology.

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Crimeware and financial cyberthreats in 2023

SecureList

The predictions, based on our extensive experience, help individuals and businesses improve their cybersecurity and prevent the vast range of possible risks. The cybercriminal market has been developing extensively, with the overwhelming majority of cybercriminals pursuing one goal — financial profit, no matter the source.

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Cyberthreats to financial organizations in 2022

SecureList

The lockdown’s effect on the global economy is leading emerging markets and different regions to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender or at least as a way of storing value during these times. MageCart attacks moving to the server side. Facebook incidents (a data breach in April and a data leak in October).

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Cyber Threats to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Digital Shadows

Scams could present themselves in many forms. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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Overview of Google Play threats sold on the dark web

SecureList

It’s a whole underground world with its own rules, market prices, and reputational institutions, an overview of which we present in this report. Seller specifies the installation price for each country See translation Increase installations of your Android app from Play Market through Google Ads (UAC).

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