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πŸ“’ Morgan Stanley agrees $60 million settlement in data breach lawsuit πŸ“’

The two separate data incidents occurred in 2016 and 2019 and concerned the investment bank's handling of legacy IT equipment

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ How to fix the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error in Windows 11 πŸ“’

Encountering Windows' dreaded BSOD error is never fun, but it's possible to diagnose the problem with a few simple steps

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Majority of Americans say ransomware attacks should be considered terrorism πŸ“’

Most also believe it should be made illegal to pay ransoms to hackers

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Google Cloud acquires Israeli security startup Siemplify πŸ“’

The SOAR specialist has been described as "the missing piece" for Google's Chronicle platform

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Researchers warn of spear-phishing exploit in Google Docs πŸ“’

Hackers have found a way to use Google's comment function to dupe victims into clicking on malicious links

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ A month in the life of a social engineer πŸ“’

With hackers finding more ingenious ways to exploit human flaws, we get inside the planning stages of a social engineering attack

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Sophos XGS 3300 review: Xstream firewall performance πŸ“’

A powerful firewall appliance combining hardware acceleration with a vast array of security measures

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Solving cyber security's diversity problem πŸ“’

Why failing to address a shortage of women in senior cyber security positions may open businesses up to greater threats

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ How to boot Windows 11 in Safe Mode πŸ“’

Unless you’re a complete Windows 11 novice, you’ll have come across Safe Mode before - but what exactly is it, and how do you access it in Windows 11?

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ China to introduce cyber security reviews for companies listing overseas πŸ“’

The country continues to gain oversight of its tech sector as it begins to implement laws proposed last year

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ IT Pro News In Review: Microsoft Y2K22 bug, RIP BlackBerry smartphones, Apple hits $3 trillion πŸ“’

Catch up on the biggest headlines of the week in just two minutes

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Google, Facebook fined €210 million for making it difficult for users to reject cookies πŸ“’

Data regulator CNIL gives companies three months to provide a system for refusing cookies that is as easy as single click consent

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via "ITPro".
πŸ•΄ IT/OT Convergence Is More Than a Catchy Phrase πŸ•΄

The most successful strategies for protecting IT and OT from growing threats will include use of both the ISO 27000 series and ISA/IEC 62443 family of standards.

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via "Dark Reading".
πŸ•΄ Cerberus Sentinel Acquires True Digital Security πŸ•΄

US cybersecurity services firm expands security services and network monitoring capabilities.

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via "Dark Reading".
πŸ•΄ MSP Thrive Acquires InCare Technologies πŸ•΄

Partnership extends Thrive's cloud and cybersecurity managed services platform to clients in the southern United States.

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via "Dark Reading".
❌ Cyberattackers Hit Data of 80K Fertility Patients ❌

Fertility Centers of Illinois' security measures protected electronic medical records, but the attackers still got at extremely intimate data in admin files.

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via "Threat Post".
πŸ•΄ NHS Warns of Attackers Targeting Log4j Flaws in VMware Horizon πŸ•΄

An unknown threat group has been observed attacking VMware Horizon servers running versions with Log4j vulnerabilities.

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via "Dark Reading".
❌ EoL Systems Stonewalling Log4j Fixes for Fed Agencies ❌

End of life, end of support, pandemic-induced shipping delays and remote work, scanning failures: It’s a recipe for a patching nightmare, federal cyberserurity CTO Matt Keller says.

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via "Threat Post".
⚠ Honda cars in flashback to 2002 β€“ β€œCan’t Get You Out Of My Head” ⚠

Where were YOU on the night of 17 May 2002? And what about the day after that?

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via "Naked Security".
β™ŸοΈ Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer β™ŸοΈ

Norton 360, one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers' computers. Norton's parent firm says the cloud-based service that activates the program and enables customers to profit from the scheme -- in which the company keeps 15 percent of any currencies mined -- is "opt-in," meaning users have to agree to enable it. But many Norton users complain the mining program is difficult to remove, and reactions from longtime customers have ranged from unease and disbelief to, "Dude, where's my crypto?"

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via "Krebs on Security".
πŸ“’ Simple Active Directory tweak helps block BlackMatter ransomware attacks πŸ“’

Security researchers reverse engineer the infamous ransomware strain and discover a way to stymie its file encryption process, even if it reaches a corporate network

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via "ITPro".