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Four SMB cybersecurity practices during geopolitical upheaval

March 3, 2022 admin 2fa, awareness, cisa, covid-19, covid-19 scams, multi-factor authentication, phishing, phishing scam, privileges, rdp access, rdp ports, Russia, SCAM, Shields Up, small- and medium-sized business, SMB, two-factor authentication, Ukraine, us cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:37:29 +0000

In a time of rapid-changing crisis, here are four SMB cybersecurity best practices to help prevent the most common attacks.

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CISA warns of cyberespionage by Iranian APT “MuddyWater”

February 25, 2022 admin APT, awareness, cisa, csa, cybersecurity advisory, earth vetala, FBI, iranian apt, mercury, mfa, muddywater, ncsc, NSA, phishing, seedworm, static kitten, temp.zargos

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:54:27 +0000

Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) on MuddyWater, an Iranian APT.

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Yik Yak “cyberbullying”: What can be done?

February 24, 2022 admin after school, anonymity, awareness, center for information and research on civic learning and engagement, circle, louisiana state university, lsu, rey junco, secret, square inc, washington post, whisper, yik yak

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:08:13 +0000

The new Yik Yak only spells trouble, they say. It’s because of anonymity, they say.

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US senators introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)

February 19, 2022 admin age appropriate design code, awareness, california bill, children's code, Facebook, frances haugen, kids online safety act, kosa, marsha blackburn, national telecommunications and information administration, online child safety, richard blumenthal

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:19:41 +0000

The Kids Online Safety Act is aims to protect kids and teens when using social media.

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Tags: Age Appropriate Design Code California bill Children's Code facebook Frances Haugen Kids Online Safety Act KOSA Marsha Blackburn National Telecommunications and Information Administration online child safety Richard Blumenthal

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What can the NYPD teach you about security?

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, Business, Education, Police, RSA conference, rsa2020, RSAC, Security Awareness, SMB

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:41:39 +0000

At RSA Conference 2020, the former director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations for the NYPD talked about how the police have raised cybersecurity awareness.

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Child identity theft, part 2: How to reclaim your child’s identity

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, child identity fraud, child identity theft, familiar fraud, identity compromise, identity fraud, Identity Theft, new account fraud, personally identifiable information, reclaim child identity, reclaim identity

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:33:29 +0000

In part 2 of our series on child identity theft, we examine the signs their PII might be compromised and how to reclaim your child’s identity if it is. We also list ways to protect their data and ID in the future.

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Tags: child identity fraud child identity theft familiar fraud identity compromise identity fraud identity theft new account fraud personally identifiable information reclaim child identity reclaim identity

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The effects of climate change on cybersecurity

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, Climate Change, Cooling, cybersecurity, datacenters, Energy Consumption, GLOBAL WARMING, supercomputers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 18:55:13 +0000

We explore the relationship between climate change and cybersecurity, two of the major issues of our time. Does cybersecurity actually contribute to global warming? Or can climate change illicit an uptick in cybercrime? We take a look.

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Tags: climate change cooling cybersecurity datacenters energy consumption global warming supercomputers

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Technology and the power of moral panic

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, computer games, cyber, discord, elvis, hacking, kali, linux, moral panic, Poster, video games, virtual machine

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000

We look at how technology and a splash of moral panic have made for strange companions down the years.

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Tags: computer games cyber discord elvis hacking kali linux moral panic poster video games virtual machine

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