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Episode 212: China’s Stolen Data Economy (And Why We Should Care)

The Security Ledger

These days, news that companies like Facebook or LinkedIn exposed data on hundreds of millions of users barely registered a collective shrug. . That way you can have a better chance that whatever scam you’re trying to run has success.” Waiting for Federal Data Privacy Reform? A Stolen Data Ecosystem Grows In China.

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Managing Digital Security as Risk and Complexity Rise

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Gartner defines digital risk management as “the integrated management of risks associated with digital business components, such as cloud, mobile, social, big data, third-party technology providers, OT and the IoT.” billion worth of academic research by performing a phishing scam on university professors.”

Risk 48
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Analyzing IP Addresses to Prevent Fraud for Enterprises

Security Affairs

In recent years, users have seen the unsettling results of monitoring technologies, hyper-personalization, and big data. They have often reacted negatively, making privacy online a great worry. He holds a degree of Computer Science from Iqra University and specializes in Information Security & Data Privacy.

Internet 125
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Cyber Security Roundup for June 2021

Security Boulevard

Eight UK men were arrested in an investigation into scam text messages. These scam text messages are known as " smishing " within the security industry, where text messages entice victims with a web link to either malware or malicious website, in a bid to steal personal data or bank details or to have the victim make a bogus payment.

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IoT and Cybersecurity: What’s the Future?

Security Affairs

It is easy to forget that our data will probably be warehoused and crunched by an external multi-million dollar data warehousing and analysis company, not the friendly, trustworthy folks at the customer service center. Big Data storage systems have weaknesses. ‘Twas a simple phishing scam that brought Twitter down!

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