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The Washington Post reported that both Facebook and Twitter said they had disabled a “sprawling disinformation campaign that appeared to originate in Iran”. It included two Twitter accounts that mimicked Republican congressional candidates and may have sought to push pro-Iranian political messages. According to The Washington Post, a private security firm called Fire Eye “did not attribute the activity to
The UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (aka Ministry of Fun) has announced plans to introduce new laws governing internet-connected devices, i.e. Internet of Things. Given that there have been some high-profile instances involving connected toys and cameras, this is welcome news. In a perfect world, users should be educated in the basics of IT security such
Despite all the warnings, 23 million people worldwide use the password "123456". This is according the UK's National Cyber Security Centre which analysed the Have I Been Pwned data set to produce a list of the top 100,000 passwords. It's frankly embarrassing - here's the top 10. Anyone who uses any of these should have their computer, tablet and phone
Chronicle, a new Alphabet company, announced the launch of Backstory. It is a global cloud service where companies can privately upload, store, and analyze their internal security telemetry to detect and investigate potential cyber threats. Chronicle is focused entirely on enterprise cybersecurity. Their mission is: “Give Good the Advantage”. That mission is fueled by their ability to leverage significant resources
If you still think that privacy and data sharing isn't an issue, then take a look at this... The other day I was visiting a popular gaming website and up popped the the usual notice about use of cookies. Normally I would dismiss these without a second thought but I was on a tablet and accidently tapped on the link
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has hit credit reference agency Equifax with a GB£500,000 fine for the 2017 data breach. Equivalent to US$660,000, the fine is the largest ever imposed by the ICO and is the maximum permitted under the legislation in force at the time. Under the newer GDPR laws, the fine could've been as high as $20
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