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A cyber-bullying campaign waged against a sixth grader from North Carolina for nearly a year appears to have been curtailed following its discovery by the abuser’s mom. For ten months, 12-year-old Wilson resident Jaylen White was on the receiving end of abuse so severe that he changed schools in a fruitless attempt to escape it and began having suicidal thoughts.  The cyber-bullying was reported by White and his mother, Sheleen White, to school officials at Wilson Prep…

Fans of Formula One International auto racing were sent strange messages over the holiday weekend after the sport’s official app was hacked. Forbes reports that the messages received by users of the F1 app over the July Fourth weekend are believed to be linked to a targeted cyber-attack.  A spokesperson for F1 stated that no customer data is believed to have been compromised during the incident. Two push notifications were sent out, the first of which, delivered at…

Only a few weeks into 2021, a string of events ensured that cybersecurity would become one of the year’s hottest tech topics, with implications for everyone from individual IT workers and developers to security pros. In January, the federal government was still reeling from the cyberespionage campaign that targeted SolarWinds and the company’s Orion network monitoring platform. This supply chain attack targeted 100 private firms and nine federal agencies, and appears to have been the work of…

The mobile and desktop versions of Firefox Total Cookie Protection are now available Length: 1:06 | Jul 6, 2021 Jack Wallen explains how to protect your web browsing from supercookies with Firefox’s new privacy feature. Source link

Nearly half of professionals also admit to sharing passwords and more than a third say they write them on paper, according to Beyond Identity. Image: anyaberkut, Getty Images/iStockphoto A survey of more than 1,000 professionals reveals that most think their work password practices are secure, but the reality of the situation is anything but. Nearly half admit to password sharing, more than a third say they write their passwords on paper, and one in four…

Compensation is to be paid to thousands of victims of a large-scale data breach at British Airways (BA).  A legal claim was filed against the airline over a security incident that began in June 2018. Data belonging to around 420,000 people was compromised in a cyber-attack that went undetected for more than two months. Between June 22 and September 5, 2018, a malicious actor gained access to an internal BA application through the use of compromised credentials…

  From Human Resources to IT Senior Program Manager, Lacey Johnson found her way to the payments industry purely randomly, by happy accident. Over time, she has been part of the diversification of her company’s Information Security department, which is now 40 percent women. In this edition of our blog, Lacey explains that while gender diversity and leadership has improved in recent years, there is still more to be done for true equality in the…

The cybersecurity industry needs to push forward global collaborative efforts to combat cyber-threats. This was the message from a panel discussion during the UK Cyber Security Association’s One Day Summit Event. Governments need to play a major role in facilitating alignment in this area. Still, the panelists believe the industry associations, who operate in and fully appreciate the increasingly dangerous cyber-threat landscape, must take the initiative for real progress to begin. Professor Lisa Short, director &…

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Babuk, IndigoZebra, Ransomware, REvil, Skimmer, Zero-day and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed. Trending Cyber News…