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Weekly Update 170

Troy Hunt

Plus, there's an all new blog post on the long-overdue update to Scott Helme's and my little Why no HTTPS? References Forbrukerrådet does some excellent work identifying risks to consumers (link to their findings from a couple of year ago around kids tracking watches) Still why no HTTPS?

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Free Ransomware Decryption Site Celebrates Milestone as New Threats Emerge

eSecurity Planet

In total, 170 public and private sector partners have made 121 tools available for free on the site to decrypt 151 ransomware families. As Europol celebrated the fifth anniversary of its anti-ransomware initiative this week, menacing new ransomware threats made it clear that the fight against cyber threats is never-ending.

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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. Update your operating system and important apps as updates become available. billion in the first half of 2021.

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