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TikTok found to be most impersonated app by malware groups

September 27, 2021

According to a recent ransomware study, cybercrime rings have used fake apps related to the COVID-19 pandemic to target individuals. New research looks at the most impersonated apps, along with trends in other cyberattacks.

San Francisco Airport first to require vaccines for all employees

September 22, 2021

All employees and contractors of the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will be required to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. SFO is the first U.S. airport to implement a vaccine requirement.

TSA doubles fines for travelers refusing to wear a mask

September 10, 2021

In remarks from the White House, President Biden announced the TSA fine increase as part of a larger plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

TSA extends face mask requirement through January 18, 2022

August 23, 2021

The Transportation Security Administration is extending the face mask requirement for individuals across all transportation networks throughout the United States through January 18, 2022.

Security vulnerability in COVID-19 testing website allowed access to user information

August 18, 2021

According to news reports, California-based medical startup Total Testing Solutions has removed a website that allowed customers to access their test results after a customer found a vulnerability that allowed access to other people’s personal information.

80% of organizations increased focus on identity security following pandemic shift to remote work

June 15, 2021

Over the last year, the shift to remote work has led to an increase in the number of identities and an increased focus on identity security, but a decrease in confidence in the ability to secure employee identities, according to a new Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) study.

Cloud security priorities of “pandemic-evolved” businesses

High-performing security organizations driving dramatic and substantive change, and reaping the benefits of going “all in” on cloud

June 11, 2021

Devo Technology announced the results of a report assessing the current state and pace of change with regards to enterprise cloud transformation initiatives and the ramifications on teams running a Security Operations Center (SOC).

New survey finds that password hygiene amongst cybersecurity leaders is lacking

Constella Intelligence research reveals that one in four cybersecurity leaders use the same passwords for both work and personal use; more than half experience account takeover first-hand

May 21, 2021

Constella Intelligence (“Constella”), Digital Risk Protection leader, released the results of “Cyber Risk in Today’s Hyperconnected World,” a survey that unlocks the behaviors and tendencies that characterize how vigilant organizations’ leaders are when it comes to reducing cyber vulnerability, allowing the industry to better understand how social media is leveraged as an attack vector and how leaders are responding to this challenge.

FBI sees record complaints for online scams and investment fraud

May 19, 2021

The FBI says that complaints concerning online scams and investment fraud have now reached a record-breaking level. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received its six millionth complaint on May 15. It took nearly seven years for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to log its first million complaints. It took only 14 months to add the most recent million.

US firms repurposing their existing video monitoring systems to support return to the workplace

April 15, 2021

A multi-country survey of organizations running video monitoring systems, conducted by Ava Security, found that U.S. firms are avidly repurposing their existing video monitoring systems to support the ‘COVID Safe’ return to offices and workplaces across North America.

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