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The High-Stakes Game of Ensuring IoMT Device Security

SecureWorld News

A 2021 Cynerio report revealed a staggering 123% increase in ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities, resulting in more than 500 incidents and costs exceeding $21 billion. New security solutions are now aiding healthcare organizations' IT teams in promptly resolving issues, even with devices from various manufacturers.

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WCAG 2.2: The Next Step in Digital Accessibility

Kitaboo

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), first published on 9 May 1999 by the Worldwide Consortium (W3C), are part of a series of Web Accessibility Initiatives (WAI). Since May 2021, W3C has been working on a major revision of WCAG. was released on 21 May 2021. 3.3.7 – Accessible Authentication.

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Protecting Student Data: A Comprehensive Guide for K12 Publishers

Kitaboo

As digital technology reshapes education, ensuring student data privacy and security takes center stage. Research reveals that 80% of lower educational organizations were hit by ransomware attacks in 2022, up from 56% in 2021. This blog sheds light on aspects of student data privacy and security that apply to K12 education.

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Moving beyond usernames and passwords

CIO Business Intelligence

In recent months, you may have noticed an uptick in two-factor and multi-factor authentication prompts, which are being used to verify consumer and business accounts. This “unknown” amount was 40% higher than the “unknown” data breach causes for all of 2021. Already, this year has proven to be full of corporate security exploits.

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Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: Watch Out for BlackMatter RaaS

SecureWorld News

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) provided information about the techniques BlackMatter is using to hold organization networks for ransom. October 18, 2021. BlackMatter has been operating since July, according to the advisory.

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Amazon just got Fakespot booted off Apple’s iOS App Store

The Verge

We have more amazing products coming soon that will make secure shopping the gold standard for eCommerce. link] — Fakespot (@FakespotTweets) June 21, 2021. Amazon tells us it believes Fakespot violated Apple guideline 5.2.2, We appreciate Apple’s review of this app against its Appstore guidelines,” reads a statement from Amazon.

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Smooth Cybercriminals: Google Warns of Iran-Backed APT Hackers

SecureWorld News

Microsoft, for instance, just released the 2021 Digital Defense Report pointing a finger at Russia as making up 58% of all nation-state cyberattack incidents observed by the corporation. Attackers used the Munich Security and the Think-20 (T20) Italy conferences as lures in non-malicious first contact email messages to get users to respond.

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