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PHOTO: THOMAS TRUTSCHEL
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Mystery attack: Wytec International, which provides cellular services and safety tech such as gunshot detection systems, said two hacks of its website have disrupted operations. The financial fallout from the August incidents "will likely be significant," the San Antonio, Texas-based company said in a regulatory disclosure. Wytec said it "has received no contact from the bad actor, nor is it aware of any reason for this attack." (SecurityWeek)
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Employees fall for phishing scams at about the same rate, whether they’ve had training or not, a new study says. The researchers found that on average, employees who received training of any sort had only a 1.7% lower failure rate than employees who had no training. (WSJ)
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Going right to the source: Pro-North Korea hackers recently launched a campaign targeting Validin, which runs a threat-intelligence portal.
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The goal apparently was to mine for bugs and vulnerabilities to exploit in fake tech worker scams, according to cyber company SentinelOne, which investigated the attack with Validin. (InfoSecurity Magazine)
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40,000
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Number of tech vulnerabilities published last year by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (CyberScoop)
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