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The SANS Institute continues its mission to teach cybersecurity skills during the coronavirus lockdown: it now offers a slew of courses that feature live interaction with world-class instructors that go hand in hand with the many certifications from GIAC, which has also moved its offering online with proctored exams available from the end of May. Live Online, as SANS has simply termed the format, focuses on the interactive element of cybersecurity training, with sessions running completely live, with hands-on virtual lab environments, and new digital courseware perfect for preparation for taking those exams. Most importantly, Live Online sessions are all focused around the presence of a real, live SANS instructor with core knowledge of your study area, who can interact personally with course members in real time.
The SANS Institute continues its mission to teach cybersecurity skills during the coronavirus lockdown: it now offers a slew of courses that feature live interaction with world-class instructors that go hand in hand with the many certifications from GIAC, which has also moved its offering online with proctored exams available from the end of May. Live Online, as SANS has simply termed the format, focuses on the interactive element of cybersecurity training, with sessions running completely live, with hands-on virtual lab environments, and new digital courseware perfect for preparation for taking those exams. Most importantly, Live Online sessions are all focused around the presence of a real, live SANS instructor with core knowledge of your study area, who can interact personally with course members in real time.
The telecommunications, retail and financial services industries have been increasingly impacted by COVID-19 online fraud, according to TransUnion. "Given the billions of people globally that have been forced to stay at home, industries have been disrupted in a way not seen on this massive of a scale for generations," said Shai Cohen, Senior VP of Global Fraud & Identity Solutions at TransUnion.
As social networks and brands began to use this data to make money, people have lost their control over how their data is handled. Many of these leaks have exposed the private data of hundreds of millions of individuals who shared it with financial institutions, healthcare providers, or social media platforms.
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A report from LastPass, the password manager owned by LogMeIn, reveals "Cognitive dissonance" prevails because despite repeated warnings and breaches, which have a great financial and personal impact, most people are not practicing safe tech hygiene. If you use the same password at work as you do at home, your company's information is at risk.
People around the world are learning how to work from home and stay productive in response to COVID-19, Udemy reveals. Online learning surges as people look for ways to be productive while staying at home.
Riddle: What do you get when you cross the COVID-19 quarantine with bored kids, heart-melting online ads for floppy-eared spaniel puppies, and online ordering? The Better Business Bureau last week raised the alarm on what it says is a spike in online puppy scams it's seeing now that the pandemic has so many people stuck at home, wistfully imagining that it's the perfect time to train and bond with a little fluff ball.
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An EU-sponsored GDPR advice website run by Proton Technologies had a vulnerability that let anyone clone it and extract a MySQL database username and password. "The irony of a EU-funded website about GDPR having security issues isn't lost on us," mused the security consultancy.