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The UK government is backing proposed legislation that would give workers the right to request flexible working arrangements from day one of their employment.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw millions of workers start working from home as lockdown orders were enforced, most employees continued to have flexibility over how and when they work, with many organizations now practicing a hybrid work model.
Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000
Microsoft security researchers investigate an attack where the threat actor, tracked DEV-0139, used chat groups to target specific cryptocurrency investment companies and run a backdoor within their network.
The post DEV-0139 launches targeted attacks against the cryptocurrency industry appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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Credit to Author: alexandra.hamer@sophos.com| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:00:16 +0000
Discover the six endpoint security measures that can help mitigate the risk of a ransomware attack.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Michael Langford| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000
Learn about chaos engineering, a method of resilience testing that intentionally introduces “chaos” into a system to discover vulnerabilities and weaknesses that can be exploited by attackers.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:44:50 +0000
In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. The defendants, who initially pursued a strategy of counter suing Google for tortious interference in their sprawling cybercrime business, later brazenly offered to dismantle the botnet in exchange for payment from Google. The judge in the case was not amused, found for the plaintiff, and ordered the defendants and their U.S. attorney to pay Google’s legal fees.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Gilles Vermot Desroches| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000
When I look back on my career, I’m especially grateful to a handful of colleagues who, at various moments, took the time to sit with me and share their real-world experiences. Those chats helped shape me. Their words inspired me to find purpose in my…
The post How mentoring with Schneider Electric’s Foundation unlocks opportunities for young people and energizes us all! appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
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Credit to Author: eschuman@thecontentfirm.com| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 09:43:00 -0800
Biometrics is supposed to be one of the underpinnings of a modern authentication system. But many biometric implementations (whether that be fingerprint scanes or face recognition) can be wildly inaccurate, and the only universally positive thing to say about them is they’re better than nothing.
Also — and this may prove critical — the fact that biometrics are falsely seen as being very accurate may be sufficient to dissuade some fraud attempts.
There are a variety of practical reasons biometrics don’t work well in the real world, and a recent post by a cybersecurity specialist at KnowBe4, a security awareness training vendor, adds a new layer of complexity to the biometrics issue.
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.
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