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Government Employees at High Risk for Mobile Phishing

SecureWorld News

The number of unmanaged devices—tablets, smart phones, and laptops—required BYOD policies be updated, but "personal mobile devices represent the new frontier of shadow IT.". Mobile phishing attacks come in two varieties: credential harvesting and malware delivery.

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How Can Educational Institutions Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats in Education?

Kitaboo

According to recent Microsoft Intelligence findings , education is the most targeted industry, with nearly 80% of malware encounters in the last 30 days. Installing Malware. Malware is malicious software designed to infect or damage the system and networks. Install Anti-Malware Software. Update Systems Regularly.

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7 IT Security Risks for Small Businesses

Galido

Like phishing, malware is a major security concern for businesses of all size. Some of the infamous types of malware are viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, adware and spyware. Malware can steal information; damage data and affect your computer performance. Create a sound BYOD policy. What to do? Open Wi-Fi.

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Common Techniques Hackers Use to Penetrate Systems and How to Protect Your Organization

ForAllSecure

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. Malware can be delivered through email attachments, malicious websites, or compromised software.

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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Craig Federighi, senior vice president, software engineering — covering “iOS operating system; competition faced by Apple; Apple’s investment and efforts to combat malware, spyware, and other issues relating to app security and iOS device user protection.” (Scheduled for one hour examination, 30 minutes cross examination.).

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What?No Angry Birds? - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

This change in policy was ascribed to people not getting their work done while working remotely. They have tools that make it easy to implement policies of device imprisonment. There’s nothing wrong with trying to protect your users from malicious apps, malware and spyware. You can blacklist apps. AntonioVegas.

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NSO Group Placed on U.S. Blacklist

SecureWorld News

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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