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SANS Institute Phishing Attack Leads to Theft of 28,000 Records
SANS Institute Phishing Attack Leads to Theft of 28,000 Records
SANS Institute Phishing Attack Leads to Theft of 28,000 Records. Security training firm says PII forwarded to external address
Aug. 12, 2020
A Third of UK Unis Hit By Ransomware in Last 10 Years
A Third of UK Unis Hit By Ransomware in Last 10 Years
Universities may be seen as especially vulnerable to ransomware attack
Aug. 12, 2020
Police Use of Facial Recognition Ruled Unlawful in World-First Case
Police Use of Facial Recognition Ruled Unlawful in World-First Case
Police Use of Facial Recognition Ruled Unlawful in World First Case. Liberty celebrates verdict but South Wales Police may continue trials
Aug. 12, 2020
Microsoft Patches 120 CVEs Including Two Zero Days
Microsoft Patches 120 CVEs Including Two Zero Days
Microsoft Patches 120 CVEs Including Two Zero Days. Yet another 100+ patch-load for sysadmins this year
Aug. 12, 2020
Incident Response Exercises Not Taken Seriously by Business Leaders
Incident Response Exercises Not Taken Seriously by Business Leaders
Business efforts on incident response exercises do not show suitable preparedness
Aug. 12, 2020
Pace Center for Girls' Donor Data Breached
Pace Center for Girls' Donor Data Breached
Blackbaud security breach affects donor data of Florida non-profit social services agency
Aug. 12, 2020
FireEye Announces Bug Bounty Program
FireEye Announces Bug Bounty Program
California cybersecurity company launches public bug bounty program
Aug. 12, 2020
Human Error Threatens Cloud Security
Human Error Threatens Cloud Security
Majority of security professionals believe human error could expose cloud data
Aug. 12, 2020
Steam Game Festival returns in October (with slightly stricter demo eligibility rules)
Steam Game Festival returns in October (with slightly stricter demo eligibility rules)
Valve is bringing its Steam Game Festival back for another week-long digital demo drive, but it looks like it has taken some small steps to keep the participant pool a little smaller than it was for the last version of the event.
Aug. 12, 2020
Mobile classic Subway Surfers surpasses 3 billion lifetime downloads
Mobile classic Subway Surfers surpasses 3 billion lifetime downloads
The 2012 mobile endless runner from Sybo Games and Kiloo Games has officially surpassed 3 billion downloads since launch, marking a 500 million increase in just over a year.
Aug. 12, 2020
Obituary: Meridian 59 and MMO developer Brian Green
Obituary: Meridian 59 and MMO developer Brian Green
Game developer and noted MMO advocate Brian Green has passed away at the age of 46.
Aug. 12, 2020
UK survey finds positive links between playing games and literacy
UK survey finds positive links between playing games and literacy
New research published by the National Literacy Trust indicates video games can have a positive impact on the literacy, creativity, and wellbeing of young people.
Aug. 12, 2020