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The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is anticipating the biometric component of its digital identity play will be ready for public testing by mid-year. Appearing at Senate Estimates Thursday night, CEO Randall Brugeaud said the agency is currently ensuring that the quality of the biometric is “exactly where it needs to be” before it is pushed […] More
Virgin Media, a provider of telephone, television, and internet services in the UK, disclosed today a data breach that was caused by a database server left exposed online without a password. The incident exposed the personal details of approximately 900,000 customers, representing around 15% of the company’s entire customer base. Exposed data varies by user, […] More
Brazil tops the global ranking in cyber threats distributed via email and ransomware, according to a new study by software firm Trend Micro. According to the report, which analyzes the security landscape for 2019, Brazil has seen over 2 billion email threats during 2019. This ranks the country third in the world in that kind […] More
Image via Ant Rozetsky EVRAZ, one of the world’s largest steel manufacturers and mining operations, has been hit by ransomware, a source inside the company told ZDNet today. The infection has been identified as a result of the Ryuk ransomware strain. The ransomware infection has hit and brought down the company’s North American branches. These […] More
Federal agencies are facing increasing cybersecurity risks due to a bevy of IT facilities aren’t being tracked as full-fledged data centers, according to a General Accountability Office report. As noted previously, federal agencies have been consolidating and closing data centers over the years, but a narrower definition of what facilities should fall under an optimization […] More
Image via Alex Haney Facebook filed a lawsuit this week against Namecheap, one of the biggest domain name registrars on the internet. The social networking giant claims that Namecheap has refused to cooperate in an investigation into a series of malicious domains that have been registered through its service and which impersonated the Facebook brand. […] More
In a joint press conference today in Washington, representatives from the Five Eyes countries and six major tech firms announced a joint framework for fighting online child exploitation and abuse. The “Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse” is a set of 11 actions that tech firms have voluntarily agreed to follow […] More
I’ve been working from home for almost two decades. At first, I missed the camaraderie of the office, but I eventually grew to love managing my time, setting my priorities, and customizing my work environment to be optimal for my ever-changing work responsibilities. Plus, you haven’t lived until you’ve met deadlines while holding a warm […] More
