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Fake mobile version of Cyberpunk 2077 spreads ransomware

Security Affairs

It is not the first time that threat actors attempt to exploit the interest of the gamers into new video games like has happened with mobile versions of the popular Fortnite back in 2028. Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt, it was one of the most. "CyberPunk2077.sfx.exe"

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GUEST ESSAY: Adopting an ‘assume-breach mindset’ to defend company networks in 2024

The Last Watchdog

billion by 2028. Related: The case for proactive security An assume-breach mindset is a cybersecurity strategy that flips the traditional security model. Rather than solely focusing on prevention, it assumes the attackers are already inside the network and prepares accordingly. Realistic perspective. Employee anxiety.

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Board Members Appointed to California Privacy Protection Agency

Hunton Privacy

The new board members come from various backgrounds including academia, private practice and nonprofits. The chair of the board, Jennifer M. Urban, is a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of its Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Lydia de la Torre, a law professor at Santa Clara University.

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An Agency Is Born: California Appoints Board of Its New California Privacy Protection Agency

Data Matters

John Christopher Thompson, a Senior Vice President of Government Relations for LA Olympics 2028 who also served for four years as Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Chief of Staff. Urban (Chair), Director of University of California, Berkeley’s Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic.

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MY TAKE: Get ready to future-proof cybersecurity; the race is on to deliver ‘post-quantum crypto’

The Last Watchdog

billion by 2028 as the quantum threat takes center stage. Related: The case for ‘zero-trust’ The tech security community gets this. One recent report estimates that the nascent market for PQC technology will climb from around $200 million today to $3.8 LW: What’s the argument for doing this now?

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NATO Announces New Integrated Cyber Defence Centre

eSecurity Planet

While the specific details of the NICC’s structure and operations are still being finalized, it is expected to be fully operational by or before 2028. The rise of cyberthreats has emerged as a major concern for NATO and its member states. The NICC’s functionalities are multifaceted.

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Out With the Old, In with the New: Five Members Join the California Privacy Protection Agency Board and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Moves to HHS

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The California Privacy Rights Act 2020 Initiative (“CPRA”) both amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and establishes the first administrative privacy agency in the US, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”).

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