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Ransomware Deals Deathblow to 157-year-old College
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Opportunity out of crisis: Tapping the Great Resignation to close the cybersecurity skills gap
What can organizations do to capitalize on the current fluidity in the job market and bring fresh cybersecurity talent into the fold?
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2022 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month's patch batch includes fixes for seven "critical" flaws, as well as a zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows.Hackers Actively Exploit F5 BIG-IP Bug
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Conti Ransomware Attack Spurs State of Emergency in Costa Rica
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Low-rent RAT Worries Researchers
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FBI: Rise in Business Email-based Attacks is a $43B Headache
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Podcast: The State of the Secret Sprawl
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Common LinkedIn scams: Beware of phishing attacks and fake job offers
LinkedIn scammers attack when we may be at our most vulnerable – here’s what to look out for and how to avoid falling victim to fraud when using the platform
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Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords
Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.Defending against APT attacks – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The conflict in Ukraine has highlighted the risks of cyberespionage attacks that typically involve Advanced Persistent Threat groups and often target organizations' most valuable data
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USB-based Wormable Malware Targets Windows Installer
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CANs Reinvent LANs for an All-Local World
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F5 Warns of Critical Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution in BIG-IP Systems
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VHD Ransomware Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group
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Decade-old bugs discovered in Avast, AVG antivirus software
Researchers say exploitation could have had "far-reaching and significant" consequences.There’s no sugarcoating it: That online sugar daddy may be a scammer
The bitter truth about how fraudsters dupe online daters in this new twist on romance fraud
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China-linked APT Caught Pilfering Treasure Trove of IP
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GitHub launches new 2FA mandates for code developers, contributors
New rules surrounding authentication will come in by the end of 2023.Attackers Use Event Logs to Hide Fileless Malware
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