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Digital gifts for Christmas and New Year | Kaspersky official blog

January 13, 2024 admin apps, Books, christmas, games, Gifts, music, New Year, Products, streaming services, subscriptions, Tips

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:37:12 +0000

Six reasons to buy digital gifts for friends and family this holiday, plus the five best options for such presents.

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Ho, ho, no! Scams to avoid this festive season

December 8, 2022 admin Android, App, bitcoin, christmas, cryptocurrency, fake job, FBI, festive season, gift cards, Interview, news, offer, resume, scams, social media, survey, telegram, WhatsApp, xmas

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We take a look at a list of popular scams compiled by the FBI to avoid this festive season, and offer our own insights.

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Please don’t buy this: smart doorbells

December 9, 2019 admin Amazon, august view, bitdefender, Black Friday, christmas, Cyber Monday, el monte, Gizmodo, google nest hello, jeff bezos, motherboard, please don't buy this, ring, senator ed markey, Senator Ron Wyden, smart doorbells, the intercept, vice

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:15:56 +0000

This holiday season, please reconsider buying smart doorbells to protect your online shipments. The cybersecurity and privacy risks are too severe.

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Ryuk ransomware attacks businesses over the holidays

January 8, 2019 admin attribution, BitPaymer ransomware, christmas, cybercrime, data resolution, dataresolution.net, emotet, exploit, Hermes, Holiday, Lazarus, malicious office documents, malspam, malware, malwarebytes anti-exploit, malwarebytes anti-ransomware, NORTH KOREA, Onslow water and sewer authority, OWASA, protection, ransom, ransomware, ryuk, stats, Tips, tribune publishing, trickbot

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:49:45 +0000

Over the holiday, a little-known ransomware family called Ryuk caused serious damage to numerous organizations. The attacks leave a lot of questions unanswered. What do we know so far?

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Out-of-office security

December 25, 2018 admin Business, BYOD, christmas, confidential data, mobile devices, New Year, SMB, the human factor

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 14:43:42 +0000

Employees going away for the winter break? We explain what to do to keep trips from turning into corporate data leaks.

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Smart speakers: Christmas treat or lump of coal?

December 21, 2018 admin christmas, cybercrime, EULA, privacy, Security, Smart Speakers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:30:00 +0000

If you’re interested in buying smart speakers this Christmas, you may be wondering how much of a privacy problem they really are. We take a look at this popular holiday present and separate the hype from the real issues at hand.

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X-mess

December 21, 2018 admin Business, christmas, data breach, Dracula, enterprise, GDPR, santa, SMB

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:51:41 +0000

The eternal battle of good and evil, as seen through the lens of contemporary European legislation.