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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Central bank digital currencies: The fiat future of cryptocurrency?

CBDCs are here, and coming on stronger than ever. Their impact on the world is still unknown, but they could transform finance for good.

Plundered bitcoins recovered by FBI – all 3,879-and-one-sixth of them!

Phew! An audacious crime… that didn’t work out.  But $189 million recovered.

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8
JAN
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Apple, crypto-currency, Google, ransomware, surveillance, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

Happy New Year!!

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Serious Security: OpenSSL fixes “error conflation” bugs – how mixing up mistakes can lead to trouble

Have you ever seen the message “An error occurred”? Even worse, the message “This error cannot occur”? Facts matter!

Security and Your Phone:  What the Risks Are and How to Stay Safe

A great article and infographic ...

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1
JAN
0

Android, Apple, CISSP, Domain 8, ransomware, smartphones, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

Merry Christmas!!

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Office 2021 Provides On-Premises Productivity Apps

Microsoft has released a new version of its on-premises productivity suite for those customers who are not interested in using cloud-based productivity apps. Find out what [more…]

The post Office 2021 Provides On-Premises Productivity Apps appeared first on CHIPS

What you should ...

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25
DEC
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Android, Apple, cybersecurity, law and policy, Software vulnerability, TOR, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Morgan Stanley Warns Against Recent “Brushing Scam”

Morgan Stanley has outlined several common scams everyone should be on the lookout for during the holiday season. The first involves phony delivery notifications. These scams are common year-round, but they’re particularly relevant during the holidays.

“A popular scam involves receiving a text or email that asks you to click on ...

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18
DEC
0

insider threat, malware, social engineering, social networks, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Nuclear Ransomware 3.0: It Is About To Get Much Worse

As an intro to the quintuple-extortion article just below, we asked Roger Grimes to give us his (scary) perspective.

“If you think ransomware is bad, it is about to get much, much worse. What will ransomware gangs do? Just everything. I have been writing about computer security for ...

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13
NOV
0

ransomware, robotics, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

China’s New Data Policy and What It Means

China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on August 21, 2021 as part of that country’s growing scrutiny of its high tech sector. This law goes into effect on November 1, 2021 and will impose a new set of obligations for data security, especially when combined China’s Data Protection Law. ...

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6
NOV
0

CISSP, Computers and Internet, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, Domain 2, privacy, ransomware, Weekend Update

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