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Law enforcement officers in Florida’s Marion County have arrested a dozen men in a sting operation to catch sexual predators who use the internet to target children. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the 12 defendants were caught chatting online with users who they believed to be children. In reality, the suspects were talking with undercover detectives. The men arrested in the operation are 18-year-old Allen Vasquez of Jacksonville, Donald Dziadyk, Brayant McCullough, 21-year-old Robin Strickland…

Facebook is to pay $650m to users in Illinois who accused the company of using their biometric data without first obtaining their consent.  Nearly 1.6 million users in the Prairie State joined a class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook in April 2015 in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of plaintiff Carlo Licata.  The lawsuit alleged that the social media giant had violated an Illinois privacy law by using facial-recognition technology to scan photos uploaded by users and by digitally…

Resist the lure of catching up with award nominees by trolling for free views. Free, when offered by bad actors, could end up costing you much more than it would for a one-time rental. Din Djarin and The Child, “The Mandalorian” Image: Disney Plus Free, more often than not, comes with strings. When it comes to movies and TV shows, treat “free” with a good deal of skepticism, according to new research from Kaspersky.  SEE: Top…

Data centers. In our fast-changing world of new, modern apps delivering even newer, more modern products and services, it can be easy to lose sight of this ‘chassis’ that underpins all of the hot innovations. App modernization has delivered capabilities like mobile apps and AI-driven service queues, bringing to our markets the power to deposit a personal check from our mobile devices or to manage a complex supply chain in just a few clicks. But…

Remote employees have engaged in certain risky behaviors, such as storing sensitive data, using inappropriate admin access and failing to update software, says Tanium. Image: iStock/simpson33 The coronavirus pandemic forced organizations to quickly and unexpectedly shift employees to a remote working environment. Though many IT teams have handled the transition as effectively as possible, such an abrupt change has still opened the door for increased security risks. A report released Monday by security provider Tanium…

Half of organizations are concerned that the shift to remote work is putting them a greater risk of cyber-attacks, according to a new study by LogMeIn in collaboration with IDG. A survey of UK CIOs, CTOs and IT decision makers revealed that insecure practices are regularly taking place among remote workers, providing more opportunities for cyber-criminals to strike. A large majority (80%) of organizations admitted that a portion of their workforce use personal computers to…

Sunnyvale, Calif.— March 1, 2021 – Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading next-generation cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced its Board of Directors has elected Elizabeth (“Betsy”) Rafael as a new independent director, effective Thursday, February 25, 2021. Ms. Rafael has also been appointed as the chair of Proofpoint’s audit committee. Ms. Rafael is currently the Audit Chair at Autodesk and Kinaxis. She most recently served as Chief Transformation Officer at GoDaddy Inc. from May 2018…

Sole traders and micro-businesses now have some extra cybersecurity support after the UK authorities launched a new online self-assessment tool. The free service is being provided by the GCHQ-backed National Cyber Security Center to the country’s smallest businesses who, like most others, have been working remotely during the pandemic. It’s a group the government believes is particularly at risk as they may typically lack the resources of even SMBs to devote to enhanced cyber-protection. This can…

COVID-19 struck IT like a tsunami in early 2020, sweeping away long-established operations and processes, forcing CIOs to quickly identify and deploy acceptable alternatives. Now, as the virus threat appears to be gradually receding, IT leaders are viewing a radically transformed landscape, wondering how essential operations and practices will fit into a “new normal” business world. The pandemic reshaped enterprises in an almost endless number of ways. IT, too, has felt the impact, leaving CIOs…