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ParkMobile Breach Exposes License Plate Data, Mobile Numbers of 21M Users
Someone is selling account information for 21 million customers of ParkMobile, a mobile parking app that's popular in North America. The stolen data includes customer email addresses, phone numbers, license plate numbers, hashed passwords and mailing addresses.Biden Nominates Former NSA Officials for Top Cybersecurity Roles
President Biden has nominated Jen Easterly as the new director of CISA and is expected to nominate Chris Inglis as the first national cyber director.1.3M Clubhouse Users’ Data Dumped in Hacker Forum for Free
Clubhouse denies it was ‘breached’ and says the data is out there for anyone to grab.
Microsoft Warns of Malware Delivery via Google URLs
A new campaign abuses legitimate website contact forms to send URLs that ultimately deliver the IcedID banking Trojan.Man Arrested for AWS Bomb Plot
A man caught in an FBI sting said he wanted to destroy "70 percent of the internet" by going after the tech giant's data centers.
Federal Reserve Chairman Says Cyber-Risk a Top Threat to National Economy
Jerome Powell tells 60 Minutes that cyberattacks have the potential to do major damage to US financial system.Zero Trust: The Mobile Dimension
Hank Schless, senior security solutions manager at Lookout, discusses how to secure remote working via mobile devices.
IcedID Circulates Via Web Forms, Google URLs
Attackers are filling out and submitting web-based "contact us" forms, thus evading email spam filters.
Paving the way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A podcast featuring Noel Haskins-Hafer
With a background in Russian language and literature, Noel Haskins-Hafer might have seemed like an unlikely candidate for a career in technology. But through her love for learning, she started out in the industry by reading IBM manuals and assembler programming books, often while on vacation. Over time, she explored and eliminated roles that she hated until she discovered where she fit, and what she loved, in the realm of audit and compliance. In this edition of our podcast, Noel explains why lifelong learning – and learning broadly – can be the key to a successful career.
Microsoft Uses Machine Learning to Predict Attackers' Next Steps
Researchers build a model to attribute attacks to specific groups based on tactics, techniques and procedures, and then figure out their next move.New Malware Downloader Spotted in Targeted Campaigns
Saint Bot is being used to drop stealers on compromised systems but could be used to deliver any malware.Clubhouse in the spotlight after user records posted online
Reports of another trove of scraped user data add to the recent woes of popular social media platforms
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Wake Up and Smell the JavaScript
The SolarWinds attack showed the true meaning of a supply chain breach. And it's the canary in the coal mine for sensitive data on the Web.Omdia Research Spotlight: XDR
Few emerging cybersecurity market segments are garnering more attention than XDR. Here, Omdia highlights its recent research on XDR.Cybersecurity firm Darktrace plans £3bn IPO on London Stock Exchange
Cambridge-based company claims to be first to use AI to detect cybersecurity threats on a large scale
The cybersecurity firm Darktrace has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, in a move that will reportedly value the Cambridge-based company at £3bn.
It is the first big company to have chosen the City for its initial public offering (IPO) since Deliveroo’s disappointing stock market debut last month.
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