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Fortune 500s Hit by MS Exchange Breach Maybe Still Unaware
2021-04-13 18:45:02| TechNewsWorld
Jonathan Cran, founder and CEO of Intrigue, a cybersecurity startup based in Austin, Texas, used his company's network security tools to compile a list of Fortune 500 companies still exposed to last month's Microsoft Exchange breach. Potentially, many of those companies may not know their networks are compromised.
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Category:Information Technology
Intrigue Funded to Develop New Attack Surface Management Platform
2021-04-13 17:26:22| TechNewsWorld
Startup information security firm Intrigue has announced a US$2 million seed round led by LiveOak Venture Partners for a new attack service management platform that helps secure enterprise networks. The Intrigue tools scan all public, exposed attack surfaces inside and outside a company. The seed funding will also support the security and developer communities contributing to Intrigue Core.
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Category:Information Technology
A Cure for What Ails Social Media
2021-04-12 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Social media has become the home of fake news, unscrupulous advertising, places to dole out abuse, and disseminate alternative history. Let's talk about what is likely to happen to social media companies; and how they might work to prevent that outcome. We'll close with the product of the week, a category-busting new smartwatch from OnePlus.
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Category:Information Technology
Fraud Awareness Kit Puts Businesses on Notice: It's Tax Scam Season
2021-04-07 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Businesses fearful their workers may be targeted by fraudsters will want to take a look at the free Tax Scam Awareness Kit offered by Proofpoint. The kit, for both Windows and macOS, includes materials for an employee education campaign about tax fraud, three educational videos, an infographic, answers to frequently asked questions about tax scams, and a tax scam flyer.
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Category:Information Technology
Hacker Recycles Data on Half a Billion Facebook Users
2021-04-06 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
A rich cache of data on some 533 million Facebook users was posted to a hacker forum over the weekend and is available to download for practically free. In a statement provided to TechNewsWorld by Facebook, the company said it is confident the posted information is old data that originated from a weakness in its contact importer feature that was discovered and fixed in August 2019.
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Category:Information Technology