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Passwords Belong In Time Capsules, Not IT Ecosystems

Forrester IT

According to the FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report, phishing was the most widely reported cybercrime last year. It’s no secret that credential theft remains a primary attack vector for cybercriminals. Recently, we’ve seen a sharp uptick in the number of phishing attempts that leveraged the paranoia surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus).

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Four of the Biggest Financial Data Breaches of 2019

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Four of the Biggest Financial Data Breaches of 2019 - Information Technology Blog. In 2018, this sector reported a whopping 819 incidents, and that figure looks set to rise for 2019 once the statistics are released. The First American Financial Corp. First American Financial Corp.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

GeekWire

There’s a lot of chatter these days about Web3 — a decentralized version of the internet that operates outside the confines and grips of social media and technology giants. Evernym raised an $8 million round of funding in 2019, with backers including Barclays Ventures and Medici Ventures.

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Why Apple’s improved 2FA protection matters to business

Computerworld Vertical IT

Apple has introduced a new layer of protection to its existing two-factor authentication (2FA) system, making it a little harder for phishing attacks to successfully steal valuable authentication credentials. Phishing costs billions and is bad for business. Phishing is a huge problem.

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Top Email Marketing Trends for 2019

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Top Email Marketing Trends for 2019 - Information Technology Blog. We invite you to know the trends in Email Marketing for 2019 and to start planning your actions taking into account what seems to be the backbone of success. Email Marketing trends 2019: Segmentation and Automation.

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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks

SecureWorld News

As of January 2019, the vast majority of Internet-accessible CoAP devices were located in China and used mobile peer-to-peer networks. Later in 2019, several security researchers reported an increase in cyber actors’ use of non-standard protocols and misconfigured IoT devices to amplify DDoS attacks.

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The race is on for quantum-safe cryptography

The Verge

Pretty much all internet security relies on this math to encrypt information or authenticate users in protocols such as Transport Layer Security. In 2019, Google reported that its quantum computer had solved a problem faster than the best existing supercomputers, but it was a contrived task with no practical application.

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