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Employee guilty of joining ransomware attack on his own company

May 23, 2023 0 Comments access control, employee, Insider Threat, news, policy, ransom, Ransomware

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An employee that tried to take advantage of a ransomware attack on his own company has pleaded guilty after 5 years of denying he had anything to do with it.

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What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance?

April 27, 2022 0 Comments Awareness, backup, claim, claims, cyber insurance, document, excess, exempt, exemption, expenses, insurance, insurer, loss, policy, Ransomware, stalking, theft

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:57:03 +0000

Cyber insurance is back in the news, but this time the focus is on personal insurance. We take a look at what’s on offer.

The post What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

February 24, 2020 0 Comments ad fraud, adware, Android, Android apps, bad apps, cheetah mobile, disruptive ads, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, Machine Learning, Mobile, out-of-app ads, policy, Spam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:26:22 +0000

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we’re trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xlWz9s2MFTA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter hands over student’s account to his college

February 4, 2020 0 Comments @sunygenseeo, access, account hijacking, account suspension, apology, geneseo, impersonation, impersonation policy, isaiah kelly, mistake, mockery, New York, parody account, policy, Social networks, state university of new york, suny, twitter, university

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:11:48 +0000

Twitter admitted it broke the rules when it handed over control of the student’s account to college administrators.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/THaPVg5m35Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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YouTube bans malicious insults, veiled threats, harassment

December 13, 2019 0 Comments behavior patterns, coordinated online abuse, Google, harassment, influencers, malice, policy, threats, youtube, youtube partner program

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:43:12 +0000

The new policy addresses how coordinated online abuse often happens in real life: poisonous drips spanning multiple videos/comments.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hOuEgAv-Vn0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users

December 6, 2019 0 Comments age-appropriate, birthday, children, date of birth, facebook, Instagram, minors, nspcc, policies, policy, Privacy, Social networks, underage children

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:48:17 +0000

It’s about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn’t hurt, either.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Nf5pxYH4NiM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter’s new policy bans financial scams

September 25, 2019 0 Comments bitcoin, confidence, confidence fraud, confidence scams, cyrptocurrency, elon musk, financial scams, fraud, policy, security threats, Social networks, Spam, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:30:59 +0000

“Oh no! However shall I give away Bitcoin to all my followers?” sobbed a bunch of crooks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RF4–MivPx4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>