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Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 17:52:11 +0000
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 17:30:28 +0000
For years, China was rumored to be behind the health insurance company’s massive data breach, but now the Justice Department is noticeably silent on the hackers’ motives and affiliation.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 17:02:56 +0000
Eight Americans and an Irishman have been charged with wire fraud this week for allegedly hijacking mobile phones through SIM-swapping, a form of fraud in which scammers bribe or trick employees at mobile phone stores into seizing control of the target’s phone number and diverting all texts and phone calls to the attacker’s mobile device. From there, the attackers simply start requesting password reset links via text message for a variety of accounts tied to the hijacked phone number. All told, the government said this gang — allegedly known to its members as “The Community” — made more than $2.4 million stealing cryptocurrencies and extorting people for restoring access to social media accounts that were hijacked after a successful SIM-swap.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 13:00:42 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how credit card skimming attacks can impact businesses and how ransomware can use software installations to help hide malicious activities. Read on: Mirrorthief Group Uses Magecart…
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Abby Gabriel| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 17:18:28 +0000
Today’s resilient operations are demanding actionable information close to the point of use. They require agile computing solutions with low latency and high reliability. This trend means that more data… Read more »
The post The Roadmap: The Evolving Data Center Infrastructure and Operations for the Future appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Alain Dedieu| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 15:31:18 +0000
Two major trends are accelerating the pace of modern industrial transformation: increased pressure to improve productivity and boost ROI and the relatively low cost of IT-driven data acquisition and analysis…. Read more »
The post Five Reasons Why Manufacturing Executives are Embracing Industrial Transformation Programs appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Natacha Lucius| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 11:00:41 +0000
Shocks from contact with electrical conductors continue to occur every year in every country. For example, in the UK, the Health and Safety Executive documented that “Each year about 1000… Read more »
The post How Type B residual current devices protect against shock in the most challenging applications appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
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