Security

In a survey of consumers, the Identity Theft Resource Center found that 85% had their Instagram accounts compromised, while 25% had their Facebook account hijacked.

Cloudflare's Zero Trust SIM is designed to secure every packet of data leaving a mobile device. After it’s installed, the ZT SIM sends network traffic from the device to Cloudflare’s cloud where its Zero Trust security policies can be applied to the data.

Data privacy laws are becoming a major focus worldwide as businesses hasten to meet new compliance obligations. Many organizations involved with international commerce must alter their procedures to comply with new legislation.

Phishing links produced by EvilProxy lead to cloned web pages crafted to compromise accounts associated with a number of reputable services, including Apple iCloud, Facebook, GoDaddy, and others.

The threat actors would frequently pose as an employee of the fictional media publication “Australian Morning News” and provide a URL to their malicious domain. If a target clicked the URL, they’d be sent to the fake news site and be served up the ScanBox malware.

Canonical and Microsoft reached a new agreement to make their two cloud platforms play nicer together. Meanwhile, Microsoft apologized to open-source software devs. But no apology was rendered for BitLocker locking out Linux users. Get caught up on the latest OSS news.

The next generation web — Web3 — has been hailed as more secure than the current incarnation of cyberspace, but a new report warns that may not be so.

Concerned over the growing complexities of security operations, 77% of infosec pros would like to see more industry cooperation and support for open standards promoting interoperability.

Keeping safe in cyberspace is increasingly difficult as crooks try to exploit uninformed users every chance they get. Add to that, virus and malware threats are never-ending. Here are five things in your control to help keep your digital activity safe.

Nearly all the top 10 universities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia are putting their students, faculty and staff at risk of email compromise by failing to block attackers from spoofing the schools’ email domains.

Despite promising growth, accurate detection of security threats remains a problem. False alarms threaten user satisfaction with their systems, with about two out of three security system owners having paid a fine for a false alarm.

Companies have a long road ahead to protect privileged identities and access, despite corporate leaders’ good intentions. Less than half of the organizations surveyed by Delinea have implemented ongoing security policies and processes for privileged access management.

At this year's RSA Conference, Kevin Orr, president of RSA Federal met with leaders in government and enterprise cybersecurity. TechNewsWorld discussed with Orr key takeaways from the event and his observations on the state of cybersecurity.

Be suspicious at the first sign of your phone behaving oddly. Both the Android and iOS smartphone platforms present the same set of common symptoms to indicate malware may be at play inside your device.

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