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Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking, Phishing

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Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group ( TAG ) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets, the California-based global technology company wrote on its blog Thursday (May 27). Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the U.K.

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Deep Dive: How Digital ID Verification Helps Build Trust in Carsharing and Housesharing Platforms

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The challenges of maintaining this trust are now under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, which has seriously battered the sharing economy as ride- and homesharing businesses develop tactics to convince consumers of their security and restore the sector. . Seamless, Secure Onboarding . More than 111 million U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: Turkey To Test Digital Currency In 2021; Japan Prepares To Issue CBDC; Bitcoin Crests $28,000

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The update will help to alleviate a common issue with bitcoin in that there were few user-friendly, secure methods to buy, sell and use cryptocurrency in general. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez might want to make his city a hub for crypto at the government level, a report from CoinDesk says.

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Small Town Government, Big Time Cybercrime

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Last month, the city of Riviera Beach, Florida, was crippled by a ransomware attack that led to it paying a hefty sum to recover government systems. They attack every industry you can think of,” said Ron Bush, an information security consultant, in a recent interview with NWI.com. . We’re at war and don’t realize it.

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Google: State-Backed Hackers Behind Coronavirus Phishing Attempts

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Security experts at Google have identified over a dozen government-backed hacking groups trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to fuel malware and phishing attempts. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said hackers had been targeting the World Health Organization (WHO), as revealed in early April by Reuters.

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Deep Dive: Accelerating Cross-Border Payments With Cloud Technology

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The following Deep Dive explores cross-border payments’ challenges, including time-consuming government inspections, lack of transparency and the potential for fraud. The biggest hurdle the cross-border payments industry faces is navigating the networks that govern payment flows in every correspondent bank through which funds pass.

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Smart Glasses Firm Vuzix Launches AI-Powered Facial Recognition

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The company said the peripheral is especially helpful for “law enforcement and security guards on patrol,” and that it can locate 15 faces per frame in under a second. The glasses don’t tag and store new faces. The smart glasses are in use in the UAE for “security operations,” and there are about 50 in circulation currently.