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How fraudsters undermine text passcodes
Malicious bots are taking new forms – a burst of spam and scam text messages led to 18,000+ consumer complaints at the FCC last year. One of the newest scams – artificial …

A new wave of sophisticated digital fraud hits Europe
Forced verification and deepfake cases multiply at alarming rates in the UK and continental Europe, according to Sumsub. In Germany alone, forced verification grew by 1500% as …

Virtual claims raise alarms among insurance carriers and customers
As the digital revolution changes the claims process, both carriers and customers are increasingly concerned about data privacy, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions. More …

Katie Boswell on AI security and women’s rise in cybersecurity
Katie Boswell spent years on the front lines securing the most critical national infrastructure in energy and life sciences. Yet, earlier in her career, she was told that …

Week in review: MOVEit Transfer critical zero-day vulnerability, Kali Linux 2023.2 released
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: MOVEit Transfer zero-day attacks: The latest info Progress Software has …

New infosec products of the week: June 2, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitdefender, ConnectSecure, CYTRACOM, Permit.io, and PingSafe. Permit.io launches …

How defense contractors can move from cybersecurity to cyber resilience
As the world’s most powerful military and economic power, the United States also holds another, less impressive distinction: Cyber threat actors target the US more than any …

Cybercriminals use legitimate websites to obfuscate malicious payloads
According to Egress, the evolving attack methodologies currently used by cybercriminals are designed to get through traditional perimeter security. “The evolution of phishing …

Despite cutbacks, IT salaries expected to rise
Despite rising labor costs, economic inflation, and companies making an effort to cut back, the salary outlook for IT professionals is positive, according to InformationWeek. …

Why organizations should adopt a cloud cybersecurity framework
The cloud is the future of enterprise architecture. It’s economical (to a degree), it’s scalable, it’s flexible and – best of all – it’s someone else’s …

Disaster recovery challenges enterprise CISOs face
An essential aspect of organizational operations is effectively responding to and returning from a disruptive event, commonly called disaster recovery. The primary objective …

Fighting ransomware: Perspectives from cybersecurity professionals
Ransomware has become an ever-present threat to individuals, businesses, and even entire nations. In this Help Net Security round-up, we present parts of previously recorded …
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