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Holiday Season Sees Onslaught of Ransomware, DDoS Attacks

Distributed denial-of-service attacks continued to rise in November. A prime target was the United States, with 1,543 attacks. While "as a service" offerings have made ransomware a low-effort, low-risk option for generating criminal gains.

FBI Stats Reveal Nevada, North Dakota Top States for Cybercrime

A new analysis of data from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reveals that Nevada has more cybercrime victims than any state in the union by a large margin.

NIST Action Will Heat Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Market: Report

Action by the National Institute of Standards on potential post-quantum cryptographic algorithms is forecast to strongly stimulate the PQC market over the next five years.

Researchers Weaponize Machine Learning Models With Ransomware

Defenders of software supply chains have a new attack vector to worry about: machine learning models.

Report Calls for Crackdown on Advertising by Digital Pill Mills

Loopholes in the rules governing advertising for stimulant medications should be closed, according to a report released Monday by the Center for Data Innovation.

China’s Woes Could Take a Bite Out of Apple’s Bottom Line

Worker unrest at the Zhengzhou Foxconn factory could result in a production shortfall of six million iPhones, just as the holiday season is about to enter the home stretch.

Moving to the Cloud? Avoid These Strategic Errors

Running a business without some cloud support is a rarity these days. Still, when formulating a cloud strategy, companies seem to make some common mistakes. Here are several of them.

Mozilla Releases Gift Guide With Privacy in Mind

The 2022 edition of Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included buyer’s guide has privacy reviews of more than 75 popular consumer electronics gifts.

Watchdog Finds Flourishing Black Market on Facebook for Fraudulent Ad Accounts

The accounts can be used to run multiple pages and ad campaigns, creating new opportunities for online scams, disinformation, and election interference, according to the investigation by the Tech Transparency Project, a Washington, D.C.-based information and research organization that focuses on the...

Mozilla Antes Up $35M To Save the Soul of High Tech

Mozilla believes the high-tech industry has lost its soul by putting profits ahead of people and is going to try and do something about it. It has announced Mozilla Ventures, a US$35 million venture capital fund to finance early-stage startups producing products and technologies that advance values ...

Schools Must Leverage Tech To Boost Response Time to Violence: Report

Schools are spending a flood of money on security products. Still, a new report says not enough thought is given to how those products can be leveraged to better respond to violent events.

Compromised credentials provide an easy way for threat actors to get their hands on valuable data possessed by governments. Phishing attacks on civil servants jumped 30% from 2020 to 2021, with one out of every eight workers exposed to phishing threats during the period.

CEO Fired Over Employee Monitoring Among Forrester Privacy Predictions for 2023

In the coming year, lawmakers will be paying increased attention to workplace monitoring, and whistleblowers may also be demanding monitoring information to support complaints about labor law violations, according to the predictions put together by 10 Forrester analysts.

Research Finds Potential Benefits for Pre-Teen Video Game Players

Kids who play video games three hours or more a day performed better in cognitive skills tests involving impulse control and working memory than kids who never play video games, according to research released Monday.

Massive Typosquatting Racket Pushes Malware at Windows, Android Users

A large-scale phishing attack built on typosquatting is targeting Windows and Android users with malware. The campaign currently underway uses more than 200 typosquatting domains that impersonate 27 brands to trick web surfers into downloading malicious software to their computers and phones.

Metaverse Maybe a Moneymaker for Enterprises by 2027

In five years, 40% of large organizations worldwide will be using a combination of Web3, AR cloud, and digital twins in metaverse projects aimed at increasing revenue, Gartner predicted at its IT symposium in Orlando, Fla.

Report Finds Biometric Data Threatened by Social Media

The Trend Micro report cited, as an example, the #EyeMakeup hashtag on Instagram, which has nearly 10 million posts, and #EyeChallenge on TikTok, with more than two billion views, exposing iris patterns good enough to pass iris scanners.

IIHS Study Finds Drivers Confused About Motor Vehicle Automation

The IIHS isn't alone in finding gaps in consumer understanding of the capabilities of driver-assistance technology. Studies by J.D. Power have yielded similar results.

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Google Cloud Introduces New AI-Powered Medical Imaging Suite

Applying artificial intelligence to medical images can benefit physicians and patients, but developing the tools to do it can be challenging. Google says its new Medical Imaging Suite is ready to meet that challenge.

Social Media Account Hijacking Jumps 1,000% in Last 12 Months: Report

In a survey of consumers, the Identity Theft Resource Center found that 85% had their Instagram accounts compromised, while 25% had their Facebook account hijacked.

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