Cybersecurity
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The incident, described as an “attempted interruption,” prompted staffers to work manually, and led to the cancellation of a City Council meeting. Water, sewer and tax payments are also disrupted. -
The move places the state among a growing group of governments using the shared authorization framework to reduce duplicative vendor security assessments. GovRAMP evolved from StateRAMP last year.
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A faux-phishing email crafted by students at Eminence High School in Kentucky snagged 14 staffers at the district. Another in late January, created with help from generative AI, persuaded 29 staffers to click the link.
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Spam "E-card" used as disguise for malware.
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New York, Houston and San Francisco are top three in preparedness.
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When Susan started receiving threatening messages on her MySpace account, she knew she'd made a mistake.
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Experts point to a number of disadvantages for spammers who try and use PDFs in their spam campaigns which may explain its decline.
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"Businesses today are boosting productivity and corporate agility by enabling more employees to connect to the corporate network via mobile technologies ... Employees' awareness and behaviors relating to mobile security are the crucial factors in protecting information and assets."
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The IT team automated functions such as fire ground command, pre-fire planning, building inspection records, and personnel records. However, new challenges surfaced when staffing grew 500 percent and file-sharing needs and application requirements increased from 250GB to 600 GB in 12 months.
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"Laptops can be targets for thieves and every state employee must be vigilant and adhere to common sense practices to secure the taxpayer-funded equipment and data with which they have been entrusted."
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Nevertheless online adults still engage in activities that lead to being the victim of a phishing attack.
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"RFID technology is not in and of itself the issue ... But we shouldn't condone forced 'tagging' of humans. It's the ultimate invasion of privacy."
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"Loss of this personal information is a significant breach of security and MDE sincerely apologizes for any impacts it may cause to the affected individuals."
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Member of warez scene convicted in Operation Safehaven.
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Students are using site to avoid misidentification by uploading photos of their passports and other personal records.
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A new survey by the UK National Computing Centre reveals that the security of Wi-Fi networks, VoIP and USB liabilities still have to be addressed by many.
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A continued rise in malicious software for smart phones is predicted as the price of smart phones drops and adoption increases.
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State Department denies passports to any non-custodial parent owing $2,500 or more in court-ordered child support.
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Among the topics to be explored are: public safety, globalization, Radio Frequency Identification, nanotechnology, children and privacy, location-based tracking, data mining and Internet crime.
