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Report: Breaches of more than one target amplify financial damage by 26 times
A multi-party breach creates 26 times more financial damage than the damage that can be caused by even the worst single-party breach, according to a new report from Mastercard company RiskRecon and Cyentia Institute. The study, “Ripples Across the Risk Surface,” quantifies how a multi-party data breach impacts numerous... Read more
New York’s Excelsior Pass vaccine passport app may be overengineered
New York’s Excelsior Pass is getting more popular. Since it launched in March, the digital vaccine platform has issued millions of passes, which allow people to display proof of vaccination or negative test results via an app developed by the state. But not many businesses are using the Excelsior... Read more
Ransomware gang posed as real company to recruit workers
A screen shot of Bastion Secure’s website, which has since been taken down. Recorded Future A well-known Russian ransomware group set up a fake company to recruit technology workers to expand its criminal enterprise, security researchers say. The fake company was created by Fin7, thought to have created the... Read more
Xbox is working with developer Mainframe on cloud MMO with scaling complexity
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Finnish studio Mainframe is working on a cloud-native massively multiplayer online adventure for Xbox Game Studios. That’s according to reporter Jez Corden on The Xbox Two podcast, and it’s something that... Read more
Remote work is bringing the city to the suburbs
Watertown, Massachusetts, has long been a popular place to live due to its proximity to Boston and its distinction as having a very large Target. Thanks to remote work, locals say the city is now becoming more attractive in its own right. More people spending more of their time... Read more
10 Strategies to Retain Employees in a Workplace
A top performer just resigned out of nowhere, and you are now at a loss. What might be the reason for it? And how will this impact the rest of the employees? With that happening, you will have to lean on your other employees, making them take on more... Read more
Donald Trump is launching a new social network called Truth Social
Donald Trump is reportedly returning to social media. Getty Images Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he’s launching a new social network called Truth Social, whose goal is to push back against Big Tech, according to a press release purported to come from one of his companies. The Trump... Read more
Worldcoin launches a global cryptocurrency that will be given to every person on earth
Worldcoin is unveiling a new global cryptocurrency that will be given to every human on earth. It has raised $25 million at a $1 billion valuation. Coming out of stealth today, the company is unveiling hardware device, dubbed an Orb, for the first time, along with testing data that... Read more
How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts
Future Publishing | Getty Images Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they broadcast cryptocurrency scams, sometimes they simply auction off access to the account. Now, Google has detailed the technique that hackers-for-hire used to compromise thousands of YouTube creators in just the past... Read more
Australian dinosaur falsely accused of being a vicious monster
A reconstruction of the herbivorous dinosaurs, prosauropods, based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Anthony Romilio In the 1960s, a crew of Australian coal miners stumbled upon an alarming underground sight: dinosaur tracks. Upon scrutiny, the fossilized footprints’ general shape eventually led experts to paint the creature... Read more