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SMBs face growing cybersecurity threats, but basic measures can lower risks - Most Popular Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face growing cybersecurity threats and might not have expandable resources, but with a smaller attack surface to safeguard, even basic security measures can go a long way to lowering their risks. Like their counterparts around the world, SMBs in Singapore have to deal with an increasing volume of cyberattacks. In the first half of this year, 50 unique files that contained malware or unwanted software masked as business… Continue Reading
NSA, FBI, CISA, and Japanese Partners Release Advisory on PRC-Linked Cyber Actors - An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock (A locked padlock) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Search Today, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security… Continue Reading- What are passkeys? The life-changing magic of going passwordless - Most Popular 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our… Continue Reading
Microsoft Releases July 2023 Security Updates - An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock (A locked padlock) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Search Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker can exploit some of… Continue Reading
DoS and DDoS Attacks against Multiple Sectors - An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock (A locked padlock) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Search CISA is aware of open-source reporting of targeted denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against multiple… Continue Reading
AI ethics toolkit updated to include more assessment components - Most Popular A software toolkit has been updated to help financial institutions cover more areas in evaluating their "responsible" use of artificial intelligence (AI). First launched in February last year, the assessment toolkit focuses on four key principles around fairness, ethics, accountability, and transparency -- collectively called FEAT. It offers a checklist and methodologies for businesses in the financial sector to define the objectives of their AI and data analytics use and identify potential bias.… Continue Reading
These are the most hacked passwords. Is yours on the list? - Most Popular Cybercriminals use a variety of tactics to try to determine your passwords. And too many people make the effort easier by using weak and simple ones. A new study from Dojo on the most hacked passwords may be able to help you stay safer online by knowing which mistakes to avoid. From the RockYou2021 collection of breached password lists, Dojo was able to examine more than 6 million such passwords. As a result,… Continue Reading
Flying this weekend? This $6 USB condom will protect your data from suspicious outlets - Most Popular 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our… Continue Reading
The US government buys your user data. Here’s what it does with it - A recently declassified government report confirms for the first time that the US intelligence community purchases commercially available information on Americans. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the report detailing how the US government buys and uses personal data and how foreign adversaries could wind up with that data as well. The report goes on to outline the current legal framework for privacy laws in the US and details how the widespread… Continue Reading
You can get a share of Google’s $23 million dollar settlement. Here’s how - Most Popular Google reached a $23 million settlement on a class action lawsuit filed against the company for sharing users' referrer headers, which include users' search terms, with third parties. Although Google denies any wrongdoing in the settlement, it is still willing to pay you some money. Also: Best secure browsers to protect your privacy online If you used Google Search or clicked on a search link between October 25, 2006 and September 30, 2013, you… Continue Reading
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