How to Find and Install the Windows 11 22H2 Update
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Account takeover attacks on the rise, impacting almost 25% of people in the US
Losses triggered by account takeovers have averaged $12,000 per incident, according to data cited by SEON.
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SEC fines Morgan Stanley Smith Barney $35 million over failure to secure customer data
The financial giant hired a moving company with no experience in data destruction to dispose of hard drives with the personal data of around 15 million customers, said the SEC.
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Uber exposes Lapsus$ extortion group for security breach
In last week’s security breach against Uber, the attackers downloaded internal messages from Slack as well as information from a tool used to manage invoices.
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How to protect your organization’s single sign-on credentials from compromise
Half of the top 20 most valuable public U.S. companies had at least one single sign-on credential up for sale on the Dark Web in 2022, says BitSight.
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Cosmetics giant Sephora first to be fined for violating California’s Consumer Privacy Act
Sephora will have to pay $1.2 million in penalties, inform California customers it sells their personal data and offer them ways to opt out.
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How a business email compromise attack exploited Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication
Mitiga says that MFA, even if improperly configured, is no panacea for preventing attackers from abusing compromised credentials.
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How a business email compromise scam spoofed the CFO of a major corporation
In a scam analyzed by Avanan, the victim received an email claiming to be from the CFO directing them to make a payment to their insurance company.
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How ransomware attacks target specific industries
Analyzing over 100 prominent ransomware incidents, Barracuda found the top targeted sectors to be education, municipalities, healthcare, infrastructure and financial.
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How to protect your organization from ransomware-as-a-service attacks
RaaS kits are easy to find on the Dark Web, lowering the barrier of entry so that virtually any cybercriminal can launch successful ransomware attacks, says Microsoft.
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