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GUEST ESSAY: A new year, a familiar predicament — consumers face intensifying cybersecurity risks

The Last Watchdog

It can cost a company millions of dollars, or lead to individual identity theft and invasion of privacy. This includes antivirus software, operating systems, and individual apps. Even if 99% of all phishing attacks are ignored, all it takes is one successful attempt out of thousands to do serious harm.

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

” Compared with today, those were sleepy times – when you might update your desktop antivirus weekly or even monthly -like changing the batteries in your TV remote, but not be overly concerned about debilitating cyber attacks or scams, Schrader noted.