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SHARED INTEL: ‘Credential stuffers’ leverage enduring flaws to prey on video game industry

The Last Watchdog

The video game industry saw massive growth in 2020; nothing like a global pandemic to drive people to spend more time than ever gaming. The video game industry withstood nearly 11 billion credential stuffing attacks in 2020, a 224 percent spike over 2019. Related: Credential stuffers exploit Covid 19 pandemic.

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6 ways messaging supercharges mid-market financial services

OpenText Information Management

Fast, easy, personalized, and engaging experiences are the name of the game in financial services. Here are six ways financial services organizations are tapping into the power of conversational experiences with mission-critical messaging: 1. Multi-factor authentication Security and privacy are key to building trust.

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MY TAKE: Here’s why we need ‘SecOps’ to help secure ‘Cloud Native’ companiess

The Last Watchdog

It’s rise in popularity has helped drive a new trend for start-ups to go “Cloud Native,” erecting their entire infrastructure, from the ground up, leveraging cloud services like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Security burden. Rising API exposures are another big security concern, by the way.

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GUEST ESSAY: 5 security steps all companies should adopt from the Intelligence Community

The Last Watchdog

Related video: Using the NIST framework as a starting point. Businesses at large would do well to model their data collection and security processes after what the IC refers to as the “intelligence cycle.” And, in doing so, the IC has developed an effective set of data handling and cybersecurity best practices.

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Summary – “Industry in One: Financial Services”

ARMA International

The scope of a records and information management (RIM) program in financial services can seem overwhelming. Compared to other industries, the complexities of managing records and information in financial services are arguably some of the toughest to solve, primarily because of the intense regulatory scrutiny.

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SHARED INTEL: Akamai reports web attack traffic spiked 62 percent in 2020 — all sectors hit hard

The Last Watchdog

Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. billion hitting financial services organizations — an increase of more than 45 percent year-over-year in that sector. billion web attacks globally; 736 million in the financial services sector.

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

Krebs on Security

. “There are just horrifying stories that run the gamut in terms of victims, from young women early in their careers, to senior citizens and even to people working in the financial services industry.” – No video: The scammers will come up with all kinds of excuses not to do a video call.

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