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osted: August 30, 2022 by Christopher Boyd Getting back into the travel habit? Jumping on a plane soon? Experienced a bit of a luggage disaster and looking for help on social media? Watch out, because a lack of prior research could prove very costly. Word has spread of a bogus Twitter account pretending to be a customer support channel of […]
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Posted: September 1, 2022 by Pieter Arntz The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued data broker Kochava for allegedly selling information that would allow for individuals’ whereabouts to be traced to sensitive locations. The information included location data from hundreds of millions of phones, including sensitive locations that could be tied to an individual. And, while the name Kochava may not
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Posted: August 31, 2022 by Jovi Umawing After much hemming and hawing, you’ve finally given in and bought your child their first smartphone, which you plan to give to them before the school year starts. But before you give it to them, it’s worth sitting them down to talk to them about things like what apps and sites they
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By Ellie Elphick, Buchanan Technologies Over the past several years, technology has become an essential part of our day-to-day lives, both personal and professional. For businesses specifically, technology in the workplace has completely redefined operational processes as well as consumer behaviors and expectations. In fact, according to a McKinsey Global Survey of executives, 93% of
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Posted: August 23, 2022 by Pieter Arntz Mark noticed something was wrong with his son. His penis was hurting and appeared to be swollen. Since it was a Saturday during the pandemic, an emergency consultation was scheduled by video. So the doctor could assess the problem ahead of time, the parents were advised to send photos of their
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Posted: August 24, 2022 by Malwarebytes Labs If you want to know how to secure your Mac so your kids can use it safely, I can help. In 2018 I decided to give my kids an old Apple laptop to share, and I documented the steps I took to secure it. They were still a few years short of their
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Posted: July 14, 2022 by Bill Cozens If you’re one of the 50% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that use Mac devices today, chances are your IT and security teams have a ton of Mac endpoints to monitor. Securing that many endpoints can get really complex, really fast, especially when you consider that the common wisdom that Macs don’t get
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pieter Arntz Malware Intelligence Researcher Was a Microsoft MVP in consumer security for 12 years running. Can speak four languages. Smells of rich mahogany and leather-bound books. Posted: August 24, 2022 by Pieter Arntz A former Twitter executive has acted as a whistleblower and alleged some serious problems. Provided these accusations are true, the disclosure shows a
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Microsoft and Kaspersky have agreed a collaboration to integrate Kaspersky’s threat data feeds into Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM/SOAR service ByAlex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 22 Aug 2022 11:08 Microsoft and Kaspersky have launched a collaboration that will see Kaspersky’s automated, real-time threat data feeds integrated into Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM/SOAR solution, Sentinel. The partners said the arrangement will give Sentinel users “actionable context” for
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Posted: July 5, 2022 by Jovi Umawing Brendan Carr, the commissioner of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), called on the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores. In a letter dated June 24, 2022, Carr told Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai that “TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined
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