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US taxpayers signing up for an online account now have the option of a live interview to verify their identity instead of using ID.me facial recognition. Following discomfort surrounding their collection of biometric data, the IRS has offered the interviews as a short term solution for this year's filing system. The agency previously required taxpayers to authenticate their identity by providing a selfie. Following an $86 million contract  with ID.me, the IRS used their software to...

Next week, UK Research and Innovation's Digital Security by Design (DSbD) challenge's Four Nations Roadshow begins. The roadshow will journey across England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland and will feature talks from multiple speakers highlighting the developments in computing across the decades, the state of computing in the present day, and how we can move towards a safer, more secure future. DSbD is an initiative supported by the UK government to transform digital technology and create...

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a report revealing that Baltimore city was tricked out of hundreds of thousands of dollars last year by a cyber-criminal posing as a vendor. After receiving information from Baltimore's Bureau of Accounting and Payroll Services (BAPS) in regards to a suspected fraudulent Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), the OIG launched the investigation that uncovered the scam. Suspicions arose when a contractor received funds from the Mayor's Office...

Emil Frey, a Swiss car dealer have released a statement confirming that they were hit with a ransomware attack last month. The company, which is ranked as the number 1 car dealership in Europe, showed up on the list of victims for the Hive ransomware on February 1 later confirming that they were attacked in January. "We have restored and restarted our commercial activity already days after the incident on January 11, 2022," a spokesperson...

A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is an important component of any business continuity strategy.  An organisation's disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a formal document that gives clear instructions on how the business should deal with and respond to unanticipated, unexpected events that could be disruptive to them such as natural disasters, technology issues, fraudulent activity, and power cuts. The plan includes methods for limiting the consequences of a disaster so that the business can well...

A cloud misconfiguration has leaked personal details of countless airport staff throughout South America, a new report suggests. An Amazon Web Services S3 bucket was found without any authentication required to access its contents. A team at AV comparison site Safety Detectives found the problem and notified the owner, Swedish security giant Securitas on October 28 2021. The firm secured the database on November 2. Safety Detectives believe the S3 bucket contained around 1.5 million...

Scammers are conducting phishing campaigns using fake advertisements on recruitment platforms. The FBI issued the warning today through a public service announcement (PSA) on their Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3). "The FBI warns that malicious actors or 'scammers' continue to exploit security weaknesses on job recruitment websites to post fraudulent job postings in order to trick applicants into providing personal information or money," the FBI says. "These scammers lend credibility to their scheme by using...

Video-on-demand (VOD) has significantly grown in popularity over recent years and the opportunities they create for marketers has rapidly risen. There are several platforms to choose from, and they each have their own unique, varied audiences and reach. As well as this there are three VOD platform models for marketers to choose from: SVOD, TVOD and AVOD. There is certainly some choice - which is why this article will focus on the most cost effective...

One in seven ransomware extortion data leaks are revealing technology data critical to business operation, researchers say. In recent years, ransomware has catapulted in severity from its early days as barebone encryption and basic demand for payment. Historically, ransomware was used to infect systems and extort payments from the general public, typically in cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin (BTC). In recent years however, operators have taken to "big game hunting", targeting large organisations for a hefty...

In light of Data Privacy Day, we've reached out to a number of experts for their thoughts on the evolving nature of data privacy, as well as advice for businesses and individuals alike on how they can best protect their data. Lecio De Paula, VP of Data Protection at KnowBe4: "Although the metaverse took all the attention in 2021, some seemingly innocuous privacy accomplishments have been overlooked. In just the past year alone, dozens of...