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Cloudflare calls for end to CAPTCHA 'Madness'
- Monday, 24 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare has urged doing away with the CAPTCHA tests that enable websites to determine if users are human, calling the proliferation of CAPTCHAs “madness.” So reports The Verge.
Read more...Colonial Pipeline Restores Service After Ransomware Attack
- Monday, 24 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The operator of Colonial Pipeline has announced a return to full operations after a ransomware attack that led to gas shortages. So reports The Hill.
Read more...Elon Musk Hosting SNL Spurs $10M in Crypto Scams: Report
- Monday, 24 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Scammers took advantage of the announcement that Tesla boss Elon Musk would host a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, promoting cybersecurity schemes that potentially earned them as much as $10 million. That’s according to a blog post by cybersecurity firm Tenable.
Read more...Florida School Board Breach Exposes 10,000
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A data breach last year involving Florida’s Brevard County School Board may have compromised sensitive details of roughly 10,000 people. So reports Florida Today.
Read more...Several Law Firms Tap Cybersecurity Leaders
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has become the latest in a wave of law firms boosting the leadership ranks of their cybersecurity and privacy practice groups. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Pennsylvania Contact-tracing Breach Spurs Class Action
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A proposed class action suit has been filed against the Pennsylvania Department of Health and its third-party vendor Insight Global in connection with a breach of COVID-19 contact tracing data. So reports Health IT Security.
Read more...Scripps Health Blames Malware for Network Shutdown
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Scripps Health has said that a system outage following a cyberattack on May 1 was due to malware on its network. So reports Fierce Healthcare.
Read more...Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Surfaces in Data Leak: Report
- Friday, 14 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Researchers have uncovered a public database that allegedly includes the names of more than 200,000 people participating in an Amazon fake reviews scam. So reports ZDNet.com.
Read more...Biden Admin to Put Cybersecurity First in $1B IT Spending
- Thursday, 06 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The Biden administration plans to make cybersecurity a top priority as it spends $1 billion in information technology funding allocated by Congress this year. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Contact-tracing Breach
- Thursday, 06 May 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Pennsylvania state lawmakers have called for an independent inquiry into a COVID-19 contact tracing data breach. So reports local WPXI-TV.
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