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New Jersey Bureau of Securities Takes Action Against Three Website Operators Engaging in Deceptive Cryptocurrency Scams and Urges Residents to Stay Vigilant Against "Pig Butchering" Fraud.

An article published by Tom's Guide mentions 203 apps that contain malware. These apps were detected on Google Play and iOS, and despite the fact that several of them have already been removed, several had millions of downloads.

A class action lawsuit was filed against the San Andreas Regional Center concerning a 2021 data breach. The center is a medical system that offers specialized services to persons with disabilities. (source)

One of the main problems for users who have several services on the Internet is the need for quick and easy access to each of these services, which causes them to use the same password in different services.

One of the mobile phone operators discovered that more than 37 million customers suffered information leaks after a hack to their databases. The discovery was made in early January.

STATEWIDE – State Senator Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced High Risk App Ban for State Devices, Senate Bill 74, to prevent an attack on California’s information security. Last fall, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray warned TikTok could be used for espionage by a non-democratic government.

Governor Murphy announces cybersecurity directive prohibiting the use of high-risk software, like TikTok and WeChat, on State devices. This week Governor Murphy announced the issuance of a State cybersecurity directive to prohibit the use of “high-risk software and services,” including TikTok, on State provided or managed devices. This new directive will apply to all departments, agencies, boards, bodies, commissions, and other instrumentalities of the Executive Branch of the New Jersey State Government.

Governor Hochul disclosed $35.2 million in new financing for cybersecurity improvements across the whole state of New York in a news release earlier this week. It's the most recent action in Hochul's campaign to strengthen New York's cybersecurity, which also saw Colin Ahern appointed as the city's first-ever chief cyber officer. Cybercrime is a worldwide annoyance that is becoming more prevalent.

Gone are the days where your home Internet would be a single modem connected to a single computer via wires. These days almost everyone has a home network – a modem/router in the corner, beaming out a Wi-Fi signal that everything, from the television to the game consoles, security systems and even kitchen sink are connected to.

You may have heard about encryption and ways to make your personal information more secure, but do you know the difference between symmetric vs. asymmetric encryption? How will this knowledge help you?

In our world, it is more important than ever to know what is going on in the world of cybersecurity & what is necessary to try to protect your information from being messed with by hackers and bad actors. There are plenty of interesting statistics that can give you an idea of how things are going in the world of information security and how worried you might need to be about potentially being on the receiving end of a cyber attack.

Cyber attacks reached unprecedented levels in 2021, increasing by 105% according to a report. No industry is immune to their impact, supply chains. As more and more companies realize that they need a better way to manage costs, protect themselves from cyber attacks and recover if necessary, the popularity of cyber insurance has exploded. Unlike traditional insurance policies, cyber insurance protects businesses from data breaches, cyber attacks such as violations and terrorist acts, among other events.

Heuristic and human prejudice always have a negative press in cybersecurity, but cybercriminals rely on them to target their victims. Human heuristics and prejudice always get negative press in cybersecurity, but how do these very vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can count on to target their victims can also be used to strengthen their defense against them?

As cloud technology innovates and grows, the pace of change in the cloud has cybersecurity professionals worried. Enterprises are using the cloud to solve their users' problems by building at ever-increasing rates, and the tools and techniques used by security teams can struggle to keep up. This mismatch unnecessarily increases the risks faced by these organizations.

VPN Web Security Technology For Computer Network(shutterstock/Andrey_Popov) If you want to do anything sensitive on the internet, it’s important to use a VPN (virtual private network). According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center or the IC3, internet-enabled theft was responsible for $6.9 billion in financial losses, and over 50,000 people had their identities stolen in 2020. The number of complaints and economic losses have skyrocketed over previous years.

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is a good time to take a look at what you are doing to protect your digital personal data. According to Chris Kearney, CIO with TruWest Credit Union, almost 18,000 imposter scams were reported making up a third of all consumer fraud reports in Arizona. The most common cybersecurity crimes start with a phone call, text, or email. One of the best ways to protect yourself from becoming a victim of a cybercrime is to fortify yourself with multi-factor authentication and creating complex passwords.