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House passes bill to deny funding to schools, colleges housing migrants

July 20, 2023

Via: Education Dive

Public K-12 schools and universities that house migrants on their campuses would have their federal education funding stripped away under legislation passed by a 222-201 mostly partisan House vote late Wednesday. H.R. 3941, known as the Schools Not Shelters Act […]


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Prosus group trading profit rose in H1, e-commerce losses widen

November 22, 2021

Via: Investing.com

Prosus (OTC:PROSF), which owns a $175 billion minority stake in Chinese internet gaming and social media group Tencent, posted an 8% rise in first-half trading profit to $2.9 billion as revenue rose rapidly in its overall portfolio. Sometimes compared to […]


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100+ Financial Services Firms Targeted in Ransom DDoS Attacks in 2020

February 15, 2021

Via: Dark Reading

More than 100 financial services firms across multiple countries were targeted in a wave of ransom distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks conducted by the same threat actor in 2020. The attacks moved in methodical fashion across Europe, North America, Latin America, […]


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DDoS Attacks Spiked, Became More Complex in 2020

December 30, 2020

Via: Dark Reading

The large-scale shift to remote work and the increased reliance on online services as the result of the global pandemic this year gave threat actors new opportunities to use distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to harass and extort organizations. Providers of […]


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UK banks facing stiff competition from digital rivals, report suggests

December 22, 2020

Via: TechRadar

UK banks are increasing their adoption of digital platforms as businesses and their customers move towards a cashless society, claims a report published today. The document, published by Information Services Group (ISG) highlights the growing popularity of cloud-based core banking […]


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Tide is adding payroll power to its banking app

December 17, 2020

Via: TechRadar

Finance platform Tide is launching a new payroll service that it says is the first of its kind to be available directly from within a business banking app in the UK. Small business owners will be able to pay employees […]


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Google Pay app gets reborn as a personal finance assistant

November 19, 2020

Via: TechRadar

Google is transforming its Google Pay app into a personal finance powerhouse, which can help users with transferring money and budgeting amongst other things. The revamp focuses on users friends and businesses, making it much easier to ping funds to […]


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New Brazilian Banking Trojan Targets Mobile Users in Multiple Countries

November 9, 2020

Via: Dark Reading

A Brazil-based threat group that recently has been expanding its operations worldwide has deployed a new banking Trojan that is actively targeting Android users in multiple Latin American and European countries and could soon hit US users as well. Researchers […]


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Fraud Prevention During the Pandemic

September 11, 2020

Via: Dark Reading

There’s one fraud pattern that’s highly predictable: When the economy goes down, fraud goes up. In the wake of COVID-19, the Great Recession of 2008 provides some important lessons that can help enterprise security teams protect their companies and employees […]


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The coronavirus crisis is increasing the risk of bank fraud. Here’s how banks can play defense

July 7, 2020

Via: Fortune

Banks have enjoyed something of an unlooked-for reprieve during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the last decade, the industry was subject to increased regulatory scrutiny and public scorn triggered by misconduct scandals. During the coronavirus shutdown, however, banks have been critical […]


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Businesses are set to spend big on cloud this year, but not security

June 17, 2020

Via: TechRadar

Businesses are prepared to lay out major investment in cloud technology and systems this year, new research has claimed. Cloud spending has soared in 2020 so far due to the increased need for remote working capabilities brought on by the […]


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Money now the biggest driving factor behind cybercrime

May 19, 2020

Via: TechRadar

As enterprises across the world prepare for business continuity amidst the Covid-19 lockdown, cybercriminals have been equally busy tweaking their plans. According to the Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), hackers are changing their targets in these unprecedented […]


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Public, a would-be Pinterest of stock-buying apps, raises more cash

March 2, 2020

Via: Fortune

Investors looking to buy stocks with no commission have many options: Upstarts like Robinhood and SoFi and, in more recent months, traditional brokerages including Charles Schwab. But despite this crowded market, a startup backed by actor Will Smith and NFL […]


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Half of U.S. local government offices haven’t upgraded their ransomware defenses since 2019’s online crime spree, IBM poll says

February 27, 2020

Via: Fortune

Half of state and local government officials say their office hasn’t done anything to prepare for ransomware over the last year, a new survey says, despite such attacks debilitating cities and counties around the country in 2019. A Harris-IBM survey […]


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Ransomware: the cyber threat that keeps on giving

February 19, 2020

Via: TechRadar

When it comes to ransomware conventional wisdom says you should never pay. Often, however, the reality is not as simple as that. If the data cannot be retrieved from your backup solution or if the encrypted information is business critical […]


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Blockchain opportunities for banks

January 22, 2020

Via: TechRadar

In some areas of their business, banks and financial institutions are already well on their way to completing their transformation journeys. Processes amenable to digitization have indeed been digitized, and the increasing adoption of technologies such as robotic process automation […]


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Making customer privacy a priority

January 14, 2020

Via: TechRadar

Within 24 hours of the long-awaited launch of Disney+, the entertainment multinational’s streaming service, it was reported that thousands of accounts had been hacked, with critical data stolen and sold online. As these breaches are so common, we’ve become almost […]


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Keeping personal information secure

January 9, 2020

Via: TechRadar

As more and more aspects of our lives go online, how can we make sure that our personal information remains secure, and that our conversations remain private? Here are five simple steps you can take to improve your online safety. […]


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Overcoming the strains facing cybersecurity

November 20, 2019

Via: TechRadar

Consumers are no longer surprised by data breaches. And, the truth is that large scale data breaches are here to stay. In fact, according to recent research from Bitdefender, six in every ten businesses have suffered a data breach in […]


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Google’s New Password Security Tool Flags Compromised Websites

October 2, 2019

Via: Fortune

A big problem with passwords is that people use the same one over and over. This means that hackers who steal a password for one website—like for a hotel reward program—can often use it in many other places—such as to […]