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By Mike East, VP EMEA, Menlo Security The pandemic has shifted the balance in many arenas, not least in relation to cybersecurity. Where COVID-19 has continued to have a drastic influence over economies, societies and governments globally, cybercriminals have been able to piggyback on a perfect storm of uncertainty and confusion, tapping into fears and capitalizing on new vulnerabilities. One of the most significant indirect impacts of the pandemic has been the uptick in remote…

And just like that, the holidays are here! That means it’s time to grab your devices and credit cards for some online holiday shopping. But while you plan to share the merry and shop for gifts, criminals are preparing some not-so-festive tricks of their own. Let’s unwrap the top four phishing scams that users should beware of while making online purchases this week and through the rest of the year. Email Phishing: How Cyber-Grinches Steal Your…

When using LinkedIn and other social media accounts for professional reasons, there are important factors to consider about securing your personal data. Learn how to protect yourself from a hacker. Image: Peshkova/Shutterstock I wrote about social media quizzes in September, explaining why it’s a bad idea to participate in these would-be fun events because you might inadvertently reveal personal data such as the city of your birth or your birth month. This data might then…

Social media giants Twitter and Meta have been forced to remove thousands of “inauthentic” accounts linked to state-backed disinformation campaigns and anti-vaxxer rhetoric. China loomed large over much of the activity. Twitter revealed that it removed over 3400 accounts – around 2000 of which were being used to amplify Communist Party narratives related to the treatment of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. Meanwhile, Meta removed four Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) operations. These included a Chinese effort to spread false news about…

Security researchers have found a misconfigured cloud-hosted database leaking over 300,000 records, including sensitive personal information on e-commerce buyers. A team at Safety Detectives found the leaky Elasticsearch database on July 25 this year but claimed the content had been exposed without any password protection or encryption since November 2020. Its efforts to close the leak have so far proven unsuccessful, after hosting firm Alibaba did not reply to the team’s outreach, and the identity of the…