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A SAFE SPACE: Google Workspace is a cornerstone for modern businesses and schools, providing email, cloud storage, and collaboration tools all in one place. Its user-friendly approach supports remote work and hybrid models by making user accounts central to accessibility. But with great flexibility comes great responsibility—cybersecurity threats loom large in this interconnected environment. Here’s …

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JOB RECRUITMENT SCAM: North Korea-linked threat actor Sapphire Sleet have stolen and estimated $10 million in cryptocurrency through social engineering campaigns over a six-month period. Microsoft reported that multiple clusters of threat activities from this group involved creating fake LinkedIn profiles posing as recruiters or job seekers to generate revenue for North Korea. Active since …

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BUG BOUNTIES – Ahead of next week’s debut of Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, the company has announced a bug bounty program offering up to $1 million to security researchers who find critical vulnerabilities. This initiative aims to encourage experts to report exploits that could remotely execute malicious code on its servers, with additional rewards for …

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2024 is drawing to a close. The clocks have turned back, Halloween season is over, and the weather has mostly cooled down (excluding some random 80 degree days). As we approach the end of the year, let’s take a look back at some of its biggest breaches. This year has been marked by unprecedented data …

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CRYPTO BUST – The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against multiple individuals and entities involved in digital asset market manipulation as part of a large-scale fraud investigation. Spearheaded by the FBI, Operation Token Mirrors involved creating a fake cryptocurrency token and company called NexFundAI to uncover fraudulent activities. NexFundAI, marketed …

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NJCU RANSOMWARE ATTACK – New Jersey City University’s computer network fell victim to a ransomware hack this past week. The group responsible for the cyberattack demands $700,000 in Bitcoin, lest the sensitive data of staff, students and faculty be released. The university informed students and staff of the June 4-10 breach nearly two months after …

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has seized two internet domains and searched nearly 1,000 social media accounts that Russian threat actors allegedly used to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation. These accounts, part of a bot network on X (formerly Twitter), were created using AI to promote messages supporting Russian government objectives. The bot network, consisting of …

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, settled for $1.4 billion following allegations from Texas claiming that it clandestinely collected millions of users’ bio-metric data. This goes down in history as one of the largest penalties imposed on the social media giant. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton affirmed that the state is “[committed] …

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🙁 – On Friday, a massive technology outage caused widespread chaos, affecting companies and services across various industries. Flights were grounded, banks and hospital systems went offline, and media outlets were unable to broadcast. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that provides software to numerous companies globally, was at the root of this major disruption. It claims …

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SURGE IN SOCIAL ENGINEERING SCAMS: Scheming cyber-criminals are ramping up their scamming efforts. According to Ernst & Young LLP., social engineering attacks are on the rise in the workplace. Interestingly, the assumed tech virtuosos of Generation Z and millennials are less confident in dealing with cyber threats compared to their older coworkers. Despite the digital …

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