DeepDotWeb admin sentenced to 8 years for money laundering
An Israeli national was sentenced to 97 months in prison for operating the DeepDotWeb (DDW) clearnet website. Tal Prihar, 37, an Israeli citizen residing in Brazil,…
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Protect yourself from online threats and cyber-attacks and what to be done to ensure safety.
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German laptop retailer fined €10.4m for video-monitoring employees
Online laptop and electronic goods retailer NBB was fined €10.4M by German data regulator LfD for video-monitoring employees.
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Law enforcement take down three bulletproof VPN services
The three VPN services were used to perform ransomware attacks, web skimming operations, spear phishing, and account takeovers.
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Sophos & ReversingLabs release SoReL-20M
SoReL-20M database contains 20 million Windows Portable Executable files, including 10M malware samples.
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Baidu's Android apps found collecting sensitive user data
The two apps in question were removed from the Play Store in October 2020.
Cyber Security
Phishing tricks – Top Ten Treacheries of 2020
Sophos Phish Threat is a phishing attack simulator that allows your IT department send realistic-looking fake phishes to your own staff to educate and tests them…
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Three suspects charged for the biggest Twitter hack
Main suspect identified is a 17-year-old teen from Tampa, Florida. Two other suspects were also charged.
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12 Cybersecurity tips for staff working remotely
As the threat of coronavirus continues to spread, businesses are sending employees home to work remotely. Here are tips for secure remote working.
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Privacy: Encrypt your data using these hot tips.
Let’s get straight to the point. There’s a dark world out there in the wilderness of Internet. Taking some basic precautions like encrypting your data will…
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Data Breach case with Equifax settled for $19.5m
Indiana Attorney General, Curtis Hill’s office has secured $19.5 million Equifax settlement for Hoosier consumers.
