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A cybersecurity blog reported that a reader had his credit freeze "thawed” without authorization on Experian’s website, demonstrating “how truly broken authentication and security remains in the credit bureau space.”
Google is seeing fresh threats from a North Korean government cyber group. This comes after Google’s Threat Analysis Group in January documented a hacking campaign targeting cyber security researchers. The hackers’ modus operandi is to build credibility by targeting legitimate researchers, according to Google. As described by Google in January, the actors set up a research blog and multiple Twitter profiles to interact with researchers and used the profiles to post links to their blog and post videos of "their claimed exploits." "Exploit" refers to code that takes advantage of a software ...
Analysis While blockchain is known for bringing trust and transparency to multi-party workflows, it can also ensure the immutability of business-critical data. Realizing this potential, technology giant Oracle has announced a crypto-secure data management offering that will be provided as a free feature for Oracle converged database users. Juan Loaiza, executive vice president, Mission-Critical Database Technologies at Oracle, told Cointelegraph that it’s become apparent that customers deploying blockchain solutions often do not require the full capabilities of these implementations...
The importance of data privacy regulatory compliance Alok Bishnoi and Madan Mohan Filed on March 1, 2021 With the rapid pace of technology unleashing ever new threats, companies are increasingly more vulnerable to data theft and misuse Convenience right now In this age of instant gratification, we as individuals prioritise convenience over security. We share our information all too easily and underestimate the extent to which it can be misused by others. Data protection and privacy is a fundamental issue for both individuals and societies. As businesses, there are two aspects involved...
Details 24 February 2021 Clubhouse has been gaining steam over the past few weeks, growing from 3.5 million global downloads on 1 February to 8.1 million by 16 February, according to App Annie. App Annie said Clubhouse exceeded 2.6 million downloads in the US alone this month as a result of appearances from renowned individuals such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. While the app is currently on an uptake high, a recent breach saw an individual temporarily stream multiple rooms from their own feed to a website. Clubhouse's spokesperso...