cybersecurity

How to protect yourself from scams – National

Bob Woodward017 mins

NEW YORK (AP) — October isCybersecurityAwareness Month, which means it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from scams. “Scams have become so sophisticated now. Phishing emails, texts, spoofing caller ID, all of this technology gives scammers that edge,” said Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center. As scammers…

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Iranian hackers target critical sectors with ‘brute force,’ U.S., Canada say – National

Bob Woodward07 mins

Iranian cyber actors have spent the past year using “brute force” and other techniques to gain access to multiple critical infrastructure organizations and steal information, an advisory from the U.S., Canada and Australia says. The joint advisory released Wednesday by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation says the actors…

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