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The Heightened Importance of Cybersecurity in Mobile App Development
Mobile device use is pervasive, and has eclipsed traditional computing. We often hear how various malicious mobile apps are released into circulation. For these reasons, mobile app development needs to focus on cybersecurity just as much as it does on functionality and flexibility, if not more so. It’s an inevitable aspect of app development that must be taken more seriously, as the very real threats to business proliferate.
AI-generated phishing attacks are becoming more convincing
It's time for you and your colleagues to become more skeptical about what you read. That's a takeaway from a series of experiments undertaken using GPT-3 AI text-generating interfaces to create malicious messages designed to spear-phish, scam, harrass, and spread fake news. Experts at WithSecure have described their investigations into just how easy it is to automate the creation of credible yet malicious content at incredible speed.
The Latest Cybersecurity Trends for 2023
Cyberattacks have never been more common than they are now. This is particularly true as the world starts to recover from the pandemic and moves toward a more cloud-based approach. Did you know that 54% of businesses were victims of cyberattacks in the past year? And 75% reported increased security incidents, most frequently caused by identity thefts, ransomware,
What's a workflow?
A quick overview of Torq no-code, automated security workflows.
College's data leak posing a significant security risk in southern Indian region
A thriving hacker has been found to be posting a college database showcasing it to be a breach. This happened to one of the colleges in the southern region of India, Kerala. Necessary measures have been taken to keep them up to date! The college’s information was found to be floating around on the Dark Web. These data seem to be highly sensitive. These data could be acquired by any human being for just a few thousand.
Rising Trend in APT Hackers Using Excel Add-ins as Intrusion Vector
APT hackers turn to malicious Excel add-ins as initial intrusion vector, PurpleUrchin bypasses CAPTCHA and steals cloud platform resources, and Russia’s Turla APT piggybacks on other hackers’ USB infections.
Create Permanent Shared Objects
A shared object refers to the code, which is shared across different programs instead of being replicated manually for each program. Here, the permanent shared objects are the codes that are bound to remain active in the system’s memory even after the program is over. The main purpose of creating the permanent shared objects is to ensure that these codes are stored in the memory and can be re-used multiple times as and when required.
Phone Scams Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Learning about phone scams allows you to be better prepared any time a scammer calls. Learn signs of a scam call and how to respond in our video!
Newsworthy Data Leaks | Cybersecurity Sessions #15 with Jurgita Lapienytė
Not a week goes by without a massive data leak being reported in the news – both in tech publications and across mainstream media. According to Atlas VPN, 5.9 billion credentials were leaked in 2021 alone. But it’s not just credentials under attack; personal data, payment information, sensitive corporate data, and even source code are all at risk of being leaked. But how is so much data leaked so often? What do criminals do with this data once they have it? How much risk does this pose to the public, and what can be done about it?
Fewer Barriers, Better Data Protection | Protegrity
Precision data protection, advanced methods for tiered access, and the power to democratize your data can be achieved with Protegrity’s data protection solutions.