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30 Aug Weekly Rundown: T-Mobile Hacked, Cybercrime Podcasts, No More Passwords?
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News and resources to keep you on the cutting edge of cybersecurity
– Kerry Morgan, Cybercrime Reporter
Northport, N.Y. — Aug. 30, 2018
THIS WEEK
- T-Mobile hacked – personal data of 2.3 million customers exposed.
- Iranian hackers target universities in global cyberattack campaign.
- U.K. government to build cyber centre in Kenya amid rising number of abuse cases faced by local authorities.
- Passwordless authentication – could this be the answer to better security?
- California works to create an Office of Elections Cybersecurity to combat voter tampering.
- Bank of Spain’s website hit by cyberattack.
- Cybercriminals move towards more covert methods of attack to improve infection rates.
- Germany funds cybersecurity research to end reliance on U.S. technologies.
- How gaming prepares the next generation of the cybersecurity workforce.
- Top 11 Cybersecurity Podcasts selected by the author of Hacked Again.
WATCH THIS
Ransomware damages are expected to cost the world $11.5 billion annually by 2019, up from $325 million in 2015.
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THE LIST
Community resources to keep you on the cutting edge of cyber:
- Top cybersecurity news sites for breaking stories and the latest threat alerts
- Quarterly cybercrime diary of data breaches and cyberattacks
- Hack blotter with cybercriminal Investigations, arrests and convictions
- 20 cybersecurity experts to follow on Twitter for crowd-sourced opinions and insights
- Cybersecurity events calendar featuring conferences and expos globally
- Big list of hacker and cybersecurity movies from 1969 to present
- Cybersecurity 500 list of the world’s hottest and most innovative cybersecurity companies
- Cyberwarfare report contains a dateline of U.S. and international cyber conflicts
- List of cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) every quarter
- VC report covers venture capital and corporate investments into cybersecurity companies
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– Kerry Morgan is a Cybercrime Reporter for Cybercrime Magazine.
