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The highly orchestrated symphony of grouping employees into well-defined roles with specific and granular access to enterprise apps/services is breaking down under the frenetic rock ‘n’ roll era of dynamic business. The instruments of creative destruction — digital transformation, cloud migrations, DevOps, and Agile methodologies — are powering the new sound. If security and risk […] More
It has taken security researchers nearly ten months to discover a reliable method of cleaning smartphones infected with xHelper, a type of Android malware that, until recently, has been impossible to remove. The removal technique is described at the end of this article, but first some context for readers who want to learn more about […] More
Mobile banking app users have been targeted by phishing scam messages which aim to trick them into giving up their login details. Almost 4,000 smartphone users have been fooled into clicking through to the links that are part of a mobile phishing campaign, with most in the US and Canada. Uncovered by researchers at mobile […] More
Image via Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) US Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations have exposed today a new North Korean hacking operation. Authorities have published security advisories detailing six new malware families that are currnetly being used by North Korean hackers. According to the Twitter account of […] More
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has publicly said it has nothing to do with a misleading poster designed to put fear into the hearts of parents and urge them to call the police if their children are using Kali Linux. The poster, made public by Twitter user @G_IW, has reportedly been distributed by local […] More
A risk you can’t afford? You think we’re living in the end of times? No, this is just a transitional period between relative sanity and robot inanity. The problem, of course, is that our deep, mindless reliance on technology is causing severe disruption. I’m moved to this fortune cookie thought by the tale of a […] More
An international business education scheme that promised customers they could make six-figures at home by signing up will pay the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $17 million to settle claims of scamming and misleading consumers. On Thursday, the regulator said that My Online Business Education (MOBE), a company registered in Malaysia and founded by Matthew […] More
The UK may have finally left the European Union, but the now the wrangling over key aspects of the country’s future relationship with Europe – including data flows – really begins. After the UK left the EU, at the end of January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK will now look to “develop separate […] More
