Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses

Categories: Business

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Tags: financial

Tags: loans

Tags: cyber

Tags: lapses

Tags: security

Tags: update

Tags: New York

Tags: lapse

We take a look at a fine totalling millions aimed at financial services company OneMain.

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HardBit ransomware tailors ransom to fit your cyber insurance payout

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Tags: hardbit

Tags: ransomware

Tags: infection

Tags: insurance

Tags: cyber

Tags: negotiation

Tags: encrypted

Tags: locked

Tags: network

We take a look at a ransomware infection which uses a novel approach to payments: asking for the victim’s insurance details.

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Technology and the power of moral panic

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000

We look at how technology and a splash of moral panic have made for strange companions down the years.

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A week in security (November 4 – November 10)

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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