Abine Blog – 5.23.22
Google’s new search removal policy makes it possible to remove more of your information from their search results. The April 2022 change of their search removal policy is a rare bit of good news for privacy advocates.
Source: What You Need to Know About Google’s New Search Removal Policy – DeleteMe
Avast Blog – 5.24.22
If you have heard of the process of social engineering, the ability of a hacker to trick you into divulging your private details, then you might have come across ethical hacker Rachel Tobac. She’s the CEO of SocialProof Security and board member of Women in Security and Privacy. I virtually attended one of her more recent talks, during which she explained her craft and gave some suggestions on how we all can improve our personal security and make her job more difficult.
AMD YouTube Channel – 5.23.22
AMD Privacy View provides enhanced privacy by spotlighting the area of the screen where you’re viewing and blurring parts of the screen where you aren’t looking – focusing on what’s important while enhancing your privacy wherever you are.
Source: Introducing: AMD Privacy View
Avast Blog – 5.23.22
The year is not even half over, but the FTC has already logged almost 500,000 fraud scams and over 300,000 cases of identity theft since January. According to the UN, an additional 782 million people have come online during the pandemic, raising the number of internet users globally from 4.1 billion to 4.9 billion. This increase brought a wealth of new and not-yet-savvy victims to the world of cybercrime, unfortunately at the same time that scams were growing more sophisticated and tricky.
Avast Blog – 5.20.22
At the beginning of May, Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced their commitment to a common password-less sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium.
Source: SSI and FIDO2: Different approaches for a passwordless world
Acronis Blog – 5.20.22 (5.19.22)
Cybercrime in 2021 burrowed to new depths, costing companies millions more than in 2020. Known threats increased and new, more sophisticated blended attacks surfaced. Remote working conditions contributed, at least in part, to the evolution of cyberattacks throughout the year.
Source: How cyberthreats and cybersecurity are evolving in 2022