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💸 IBM: the cost of a #cyberattack on public administration is €2.06M. Internationally, these attacks are reported monthly.
A large number of employees and varying security awareness increase attractiveness for cybercriminals.
When you click a link to webpage inside an app (e.g. FB, TikTok), you don't get to your default browser - you stay in an embedded version.
These in-app browsers have #privacy issues, they e.g. inject JS code so host apps track what you do.
WhatsApp has 2B active users.
It's a growing medium in cybercrime too, as people have gradually become aware of email / SMS #phishing. 2000% increase in WhatsApp scams reported this year! 📈
Article lists most popular scam types >>
🏨 17 brand hotel chain IHG (e.g. Holiday Inn) reservation systems down due to #cyberattack.
Hotel industry is a common target for cybercrimes, e.g. due to data contained in reservations, payment card data and reward point systems.
A doc leaked earlier that said FB has no idea where user data goes and what they do with it. Now 2 veteran engineers confirmed similar things in court hearing.
⚠️ "data may be in 55 FB subsystems"
⚠️ "code is its own design doc"
#privacy
From the user management of Cyberday, you can set some users as so-called as "external users". This means that they do not participate in e.g. to the Guidebook process, but may otherwise...