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Despite nearly unanimous agreement, there’s still a lack of clarity on who is accountable for security incidents and whether previous security investments have paid off, a Gartner survey finds. Image: William_Potter, Getty Images/iStockphoto A Gartner survey of the members of various boards of directors finds that, while 88% believe that cybersecurity should be classified as a business risk instead of a technology one, the actions they’ve taken don’t necessarily reflect that. Organizations that classify cybersecurity…

The largest theft of Bitcoin from a single individual was allegedly perpetrated by a Canadian teenager. An unnamed youth was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing crypto-currency worth approximately $36.5m from an unnamed victim who is located in the United States.  It is alleged that the defendant used a SIM swapping attack to gain access to the victim’s cell phone, then used that access to drain the funds contained in the victim’s digital wallet.  In March…

Data belonging to up to 1.2 million WordPress customers has been exposed in a security incident at GoDaddy. The domain registrar web-hosting company said on Monday that an unauthorized third party had gained access to its systems by exploiting a compromised password. The intrusion began in September but wasn’t detected until last week.  GoDaddy has hired an IT forensics firm to investigate the incident. While that investigation remains ongoing, cybersecurity specialists have determined that the unauthorized…

When you don’t want to give out your personal or work email address, but still need to sign up for an account, Mozilla might have an answer for you with Firefox Relay. Image: Mozilla Mozilla has announced the availability of a new free and paid Premium service, called Firefox Relay. This new privacy-focused platform makes it possible to hide your actual email address to protect your identity.  SEE: Feature comparison: Time tracking software and systems…

With the acceleration of cloud migration initiatives—partly arising the need to support a remote workforce during the pandemic and beyond—enterprises are finding that this transformation has introduced new operational complexities and security vulnerabilities. Among these are potential misconfigurations, poorly secured interfaces, Shadow IT (access to unauthorized applications), and an increasing number of connected devices and users. To navigate these challenges, enterprises are relying on managed service providers to monitor and protect their cloud environment. To…

Online payment fraud surged by 208% between September and October 2021, indicating that scammers are ramping up attacks on online shoppers in the build-up to this year’s Black Friday. In a new report, cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky discovered 1,935,905 financial phishing attacks disguised as e-payment systems in October 2021. This is more than double the 627,560 attacks detected in the previous month. Interestingly, the researchers didn’t observe any seasonal trends for other types of phishing related to online shopping…