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Labs report finds cyberthreats against healthcare increasing while security circles the drain

November 13, 2019 0 Comments apis, biotech, ehr, electronic health record, emotet, health apps, health insurance portability and accessibility, health records, healthcare, healthcare cybersecurity, healthcare security, hipaa, medical device, medical device threat, medical management apps, phishing, Reports, trickbot, trojan malware

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000

In this special edition of our quarterly CTNT report, we focus on the top attack methods and threats plaguing the healthcare industry over the last year, plus highlight recurring security challenges and reasons why cybercriminals target patient data.

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Reports

Tags: APIs biotech EHR electronic health record emotet health apps Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility health records healthcare healthcare cybersecurity healthcare security HIPAA medical device medical device threat medical management apps phishing trickbot trojan malware

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Vital infrastructure: securing our food and agriculture

November 12, 2019 0 Comments agriculture, Food, IoT, precision agriculture, supply chain, Vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:06:39 +0000

Food and agriculture is one of the biggest verticals and one that reaches almost everyone of us. So why do we never hear about cybersecurity in this sector? We need to talk!

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Vital infrastructure

Tags: agriculture food IoT precision agriculture supply chain vital infrastructure

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Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant

November 11, 2019 0 Comments advertising reporting tool, cloned accounts, concert tickets scams, facebook, facebook bad ads, facebook scams, grant, lottery, messenger grant scams, rogue ad campaigns, Scam, scams, social media, social media scams, tickets

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:27:46 +0000

Despite the company’s efforts to clamp down on bad ads and bogus accounts, Facebook scams continue to run rampant. We highlight a few popular examples.

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Scams

Tags: advertising reporting tool cloned accounts concert tickets scams facebook facebook bad ads facebook scams grant lottery messenger grant scams rogue ad campaigns scam social media social media scams tickets

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A week in security (November 4 – November 10)

November 11, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, awis, cyber, facebook, fake news, Hacking, Mobile, round up, social media, twitter, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:38:19 +0000

A roundup of important security news from the week of November 4–10, including the release of Malwarebytes 4.0, vendor email compromise, fake news, robocalls, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: awis cyber facebook fake news hacking Mobile round up social media twitter week in security

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Not us, YOU: vendor email compromise explained

November 7, 2019 0 Comments account takeover, acid, agari, agari cyber intelligence division, ATO, BEC, Business, business cyberattacks, business email compromise, business threats, nigerian scammer, phishing, silent starling, Social engineering, vec, vendor email compromise

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:49:16 +0000

Vendor email compromise (VEC) is a new cybersecurity term for a familiar practice, taken to the thousandth degree. Learn the similarities with business email compromise and how your organization can protect against them both.

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Business

Tags: account takeover ACID Agari Agari Cyber Intelligence Division ATO bec business cyberattacks Business Email Compromise business threats Nigerian scammer phishing Silent Starling Social Engineering VEC vendor email compromise

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Here are the most popular robocall scams and how to avoid them

November 6, 2019 0 Comments banks, chinese robocalls, chinese scams, chinese student scams, fake kidnapping scams, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, immigration, irs, phones, robocall, robocall scams, robocalls, Scam, scams, social security, tax, visas

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:52:11 +0000

We dip back into robocall scams, exploring some of the most popular tricks and tactics used to part people from their money and personal information.

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Scams

Tags: banks chinese robocalls chinese scams chinese student scams fake kidnapping scams Federal Trade Commission FTC immigration IRS phones robocall robocall scams robocalls scam social security tax visas

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

November 6, 2019 0 Comments access act, apple pages, Big Tech, center for democracy and technology, competition, congress, data interoperability, data portability, Data privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, ello, European Union, facebook, Facebook Messenger, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Google, google docs, Instagram, interoperability, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, mastodon, Messenger, Microsoft Word, portability, Privacy, senate, the access act, twitter, us congress, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, user privacy, whatsapp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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Privacy

Tags: ACCESS Act Apple Pages Big Tech Center for Democracy and Technology competition congress data interoperability data portability Data privacy data privacy laws data privacy legislation Ello European Union facebook Facebook Messenger gdpr General Data Protection Regulation Google google docs Instagram interoperability LinkedIn Mark Zuckerberg Mastodon messenger microsoft word portability Senate The ACCESS Act twitter US Congress US data privacy laws US data privacy legislation user privacy whatsapp

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Announcing Malwarebytes 4.0: smarter, faster, and lighter

November 5, 2019 0 Comments introduction, katana, malwarebytes 4.0, malwarebytes for windows, Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:01:00 +0000

Malwarebytes 4.0 not only sports a whole new look, but packs cutting-edge detection methods into a lightweight, lightning-fast program.

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Malwarebytes news

Tags: introduction katana Malwarebytes 4.0 Malwarebytes for Windows

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A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

November 4, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, adobe creative cloud, advanced persistent threats, american cancer society, Android, APT, blogger, cybersecurity challenges, data breach, disaster donation scam, emoji app, esports, Fancy Bear, fraud, FTC, gafgyt, Internet, journalists, maas, Magecart, malware-as-a-service, messagetap, nuclear power corp of india, raccoon, retina-x, sextortion, smb, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:37:57 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of October 28 – November 3, including cyberattacks against SMBs, the Internet’s 50th birthday, stalkerware, donation scams, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: Adobe Creative Cloud advanced persistent threats American Cancer Society Android APT blogger cybersecurity challenges data breach disaster donation scam emoji app esports Fancy Bear fraud FTC Gafgyt internet journalists MaaS Magecart Malware-as-a-Service MessageTap Nuclear Power Corp of India Raccoon Retina-X sextortion SMB stalkerware US Federal Trade Commission wordpress

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Cybersecurity for journalists: How to defeat threat actors and defend freedom of the press

November 1, 2019 0 Comments communication, data, eavesdropping, encrypted, how-tos, journalists, Privacy, Security, Tracking

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:26:48 +0000

When it comes to cybersecurity, journalists need to protect themselves, their sources, and the freedom of the press. Which methods should they use?

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How-tos

Tags: communication data eavesdropping encrypted journalists privacy security tracking

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