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By Alex Lysak, CEO of Scanteam Social media has become one of the most common ways to spend time online, with many of the world’s most popular websites offering social features. Social media is described as a digital platform that allows users to create an account, share content and interact with other users. Main examples include sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but there are hundreds of different social media sites, each offering a…

Email accounts at a Kansas hospital were compromised for nearly a year in a prolonged data breach affecting more than 52,000 individuals. Emporia-based Newman Regional Health was breached by an unauthorized threat actor last year. In a data security notice on its website, the healthcare provider disclosed that the actor was able to access a limited number of email accounts between January 26 2021 and November 23 2021. An investigation into the security incident, conducted “with the help of…

Costa Rica says it will not pay a ransom to a cyber-criminal gang that has infected its government’s computer systems with ransomware. The disruption of multiple systems was first reported a week ago by the country’s Finance Ministry. An attack on the ministry impacted several processes, including tax collection, the payment of public employees and the importation and exportation of goods through Costa Rica’s customs agency.  Further attacks were waged against Costa Rica’s Labor Ministry, the Ministry…

A man from California who was convicted of creating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and distributing it via the internet will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Fresno resident John Richard Brinson Jr pleaded guilty on July 23 2021 to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and to four counts of producing CSAM in which four different minors were victimized.  In 2016 and 2017, 28-year-old Brinson viewed, advertised and distributed CSAM on several…

German software group SAP reported first-quarter revenue growth of 11% for 2022 on Friday, driven in large part by its cloud business. The company’s cloud revenue climbed 31% to €2.8 billion (US$3.02 billion) in the first quarter of 2022, while revenue for its S/4HANA cloud software was €400 million, up 78% year-on-year. Total revenue for the quarter rose to €7.1 billion from €6.4 billion in 2021, which was also above analyst expectations of €6.9 billion….