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Moving to the Cloud? Avoid These Strategic Errors

Running a business without some cloud support is a rarity these days. Still, when formulating a cloud strategy, companies seem to make some common mistakes. Here are several of them.

Mozilla Releases Gift Guide With Privacy in Mind

The 2022 edition of Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included buyer’s guide has privacy reviews of more than 75 popular consumer electronics gifts.

Watchdog Finds Flourishing Black Market on Facebook for Fraudulent Ad Accounts

The accounts can be used to run multiple pages and ad campaigns, creating new opportunities for online scams, disinformation, and election interference, according to the investigation by the Tech Transparency Project, a Washington, D.C.-based information and research organization that focuses on the...

Mozilla Antes Up $35M To Save the Soul of High Tech

Mozilla believes the high-tech industry has lost its soul by putting profits ahead of people and is going to try and do something about it. It has announced Mozilla Ventures, a US$35 million venture capital fund to finance early-stage startups producing products and technologies that advance values ...

CEO Fired Over Employee Monitoring Among Forrester Privacy Predictions for 2023

In the coming year, lawmakers will be paying increased attention to workplace monitoring, and whistleblowers may also be demanding monitoring information to support complaints about labor law violations, according to the predictions put together by 10 Forrester analysts.

Adobe Sees 2022 Holiday Season Sales Hitting $209.7B Online in US

Adobe expects consumers to start spending on holiday gifts earlier this year, starting with Amazon's second Prime Day event of 2022 on Tuesday and Wednesday. The report noted that early buying could impact Cyber Week sales later this year.

Social Media Account Hijacking Jumps 1,000% in Last 12 Months: Report

In a survey of consumers, the Identity Theft Resource Center found that 85% had their Instagram accounts compromised, while 25% had their Facebook account hijacked.

Zero Trust SIM Boosts BYOD Security

Cloudflare's Zero Trust SIM is designed to secure every packet of data leaving a mobile device. After it’s installed, the ZT SIM sends network traffic from the device to Cloudflare’s cloud where its Zero Trust security policies can be applied to the data.

A Third of US Social Media Users Creating Fake Accounts

Fake social media accounts are usually associated with bot networks, but new research shows that many social media users are creating their own fake accounts for a variety of reasons.

Stat Firm Reports Less Than 1% of Subscribers Playing Netflix Games

Some analysts contend that Netflix made a big mistake getting into gaming in the first place, and the initiative is destined to fail. Others are less concerned, calling the move "cautious and measured."

Top Universities Exposing Students, Faculty and Staff to Email Crime

Nearly all the top 10 universities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia are putting their students, faculty and staff at risk of email compromise by failing to block attackers from spoofing the schools’ email domains.

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Denmark Tops in Digital Quality of Life, US in Fifth Place

If you’re looking for the best digital quality of life in the world, Denmark appears to be the place to go. South Korea finished second in the overall rankings, although it captured the top spot in internet quality and both broadband and mobile speed growth.

Meta Moves To Back Off Removing Covid Misinformation From Platforms

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is asking its Oversight Board for an advisory opinion on whether measures taken to squash dangerous Covid-19 misinformation should continue or be modified.

Amazon Lawsuit Fingers Facebook Groups Recruiting Fake Reviewers

Amazon alleges that the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups have attempted to orchestrate the placement of bogus reviews on Amazon in exchange for money or free products.

Luxury Consumers Dismiss Inflation, Say ‘Full Shopping Ahead!’

Inflation may be forcing many Americans to reduce their discretionary spending, but shopping still appears to be strong among the luxury set.

Security Pros Lured to Bug Bounties by Big Pay Days

As criminal activity on the internet continues to accelerate, bug hunting for cash has begun to attract more and more security researchers. In its latest annual report, bug bounty platform Intigriti revealed that the number of analysts signing up for its services had increased by 43% from April 2021...

Digital Devices of Corporate Brass Ripe for Hacker Attacks

Digital devices and home networks of corporate executives, board members and high-value employees with access to financial, confidential and proprietary information are ripe targets for malicious actors, according to a study released Tuesday by a cybersecurity services firm. The connected home is a ...

Attacks on Cloud Service Providers Down 25% During First 4 Months of 2022

New research from Atlas VPN shows that cloud-native exploits on major cloud service providers (CSPs) declined during the first four months of 2022. Cloud-native exploits dropped by 25%, from 71 exploits in the first four months of 2021 to 53 exploits in the first four months of this year, Atlas rese...

Third-Party Risk Could Cost E-Commerce Sites Millions

Plugins or other software dependencies can inadvertently or maliciously introduce vulnerabilities or data leaks that can expose e-commerce site users to risk.

New EU Law Will Force Google, Meta, Others To Expose Algorithms

Among the provisions of the Digital Services Act approved in an agreement between the European Council and European Parliament are transparency measures on the algorithms used by online platforms and services to recommend content and products to users.

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