All Okta customer support users had their email addresses copied
Identity and access provider Okta now says the threat actor who accessed its customer help desk system last month got the names and email addresses of all contacts of organizations that use its support system. Originally, the company said that, after an investigation, it determined only one per cent of
Read moreAfter a week-long outage, Fidelity National Financial confirms cyberattack is now ‘contained’
Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, one of the largest real estate services companies in the United States, said it “contained” a recent cyberattack that engulfed its many subsidiaries and customers in a state of chaos for more than a week. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
Read moreWhatsApp’s new ‘secret codes’ add an extra layer of privacy for your locked chats
WhatsApp is rolling out a new “secret codes” feature that adds another layer of privacy to your locked conversations on the messaging platform. The app launched locked chats earlier this year to help people hide sensitive conversations, and is now adding a way to further protect those chats and make
Read moreFailure of technology to detect attacks is a prime cause of breaches: Survey
Despite the money being poured into cybersecurity by IT departments, the leading cause of breaches of security controls was the failure of technology to detect an attack, a new survey from Trellix suggests. Forty-two per cent of respondents to the international survey of infosec leaders whose organization had suffered a
Read moreCanadian group gets $2.2 million to research AI threat detection for wireless networks
A group consisting of Canadian university researchers and Ericsson Canada is the latest to have won government funding under the National Cybersecurity Coalition for advanced investigations into meeting cyber threats. Researchers from Concordia University, the University of Manitoba, the University of Waterloo, and Ericsson said this week they will spend
Read moreHow to memorize the periodic table
Motivation Memorizing the periodic table has some practical value, especially if you’re a chemist, but in any case it’s an interesting exercise, easier to do than it may sound. And it’s a case study for how you might memorize other things of more practical value to you personally. Major system
Read moreFNB Customers reach R3b spending peak on black Friday
FNB customers once again hit R3 billion in purchases on Black Friday, in line with last year’s highest spend peak. FNB saw a positive shift in usage of the FNB Virtual Card, with a 94% year on year increase in customer spend over Black Friday weekend. Robust Increase Transactions Additionally,
Read moreKognitos raises $35M to help businesses automate back-office processes
Businesses will never not (forgive the double negative) push to improve efficiency. It’s their commercial imperative. Sometimes, that takes the form of budget cuts. Other times, it’s more drastic — e.g. layoffs or hiring freezes. But Binny Gill, the co-founder of Kognitos, makes the case that companies can have their
Read moreSouth Korea to launch digital currency pilot with 100,000 residents next year
The Bank of Korea (BOK) rolled out details on its pilot program for its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), stating that 100,000 selected Korean citizens will join the trial in the fourth quarter of next year. The participants will be able to buy goods with tokens in the form
Read moreTelkom empowers employees by fostering lifelong learning
Telkom, a leading telecommunications Company in South Africa, announced the graduation of 139 employees from its Managers of Managers (MoMP) and Foundational Management (FMP) programmes in collaboration with the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB). Dedicating Resources to Shaping Future Leaders The initiative was born out
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