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Brits could lose almost $1 billion to online scams this festive shopping season
New research has found that British shoppers could lose £800 ($977) million to online scams during the Christmas shopping period. Experts are urging people to stay alert.
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Mortgage and loan giant Mr. Cooper confirms cyberattack
Mr. Cooper, a mortgage and loan giant with more than four million clients, has confirmed that its customer data was exposed during a recent cyberattack.
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Digital wallets gain momentum as preferred payment in North America
Digital wallets and payment apps – such as PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Wallet – are now the fourth most popular payment method for online purchases made by North American consumers, according to a new survey.
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Cyber insurance prices are peaking, and so is the demand
Cyber insurance is raising its requirements and prices, with experts taking it as a positive sign.
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Scammers are preying on veterans, warns FTC
As Veterans Day approaches, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a reminder that scammers might be targeting veterans to extort money or personal information, regardless of whether they left the service decades ago or just recently.
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Half of Brits sign terms and conditions without reading them first
Lack of awareness is causing Brits to willingly sign away their data, according to new research from Thales.
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NSA opens AI security center as general sounds warning
The National Security Agency (NSA) in the US has announced a new department dedicated to overseeing the integration of machine learning into the country’s defense systems.
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Researchers extract audio from still images and silent videos
What if you could hear photos? Impossible, right? Not anymore – with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, researchers can now get audio from photos and silent videos.
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DarkBeam leaks billions of email and password combinations
DarkBeam, a digital risk protection firm, left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records with user emails and passwords from previously reported and non-reported data breaches.
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Nord Security secures $100M funding from Warburg Pincus
Internet privacy giant announces $100 million financing round from Warburg Pincus, a top global growth investor, having doubled its valuation in a year.
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UK online shopping fraudsters look west and north
The far west of England is most at risk of online shopping scams, according to analysis of police data carried out by UK researchers.
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Cybercriminals cash out $280,000 from Facebook ad scam
A fake get-rich-quick scheme is targeting victims via Facebook advertisements linking to one of 900 scam pages impersonating well-known companies, according to cybersecurity firm Group-IB.
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Study shows “dark reality” of API security
The majority of businesses underestimate threats associated with APIs and are unprepared to tackle them, according to research from Traceable AI, an API security firm.
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Facebook rids itself of "Spamouflage" influencer campaign
Meta said it has deleted over 7,500 facebook accounts, plus nearly 1,0000 other Facebook pages, groups and Instagram accounts.
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Third-party phishing campaigns on the rise
Scammers increasingly rely on third-party phishing websites to drain victims’ wallets, cybersecurity firm BlueVoyant claims.
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Spyware apps on Google Play Store send data to China
Pradeo, a mobile security company, has discovered a pair of spyware apps hiding on the Google Play Store and silently sending sensitive user data to servers based in China.
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EncroChat bust leads Europol to over 6,500 arrests
EncroChat dismantling continues to benefit law enforcement agencies, as access to the communications app favored by criminals provides comprehensive data for prosecution.
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Digital public services disappoint many, new survey reveals
Is government tech making our lives easier like it probably should? New survey shows that the majority of people think that digital public services aren’t improving
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FTC sues Amazon for using “dark patterns” with Prime
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that Amazon enrolled users in Prime subscriptions without their permission.
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French video games accidentally leak user passwords
The French web-based games ‘Play Glory’ and ‘Play Astra’ developed by Ankama Games accidentally spilled the passwords of 50,000 players.
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