Tampa Bay companies have second-highest funding quarter ever, snagging more than $160 million in Q1
The funding comes after a record-breaking Q4 indicating demand is still high for Tampa Bay startups.
“Your AppIe lD has been locked” spam email takes you on a website mystery tour
Spam which claims your account has been locked out and needs to be fixed are common. They drive people to phishing campaigns on a daily basis. The mail below follows the same pattern with one key difference. It looks like a phish, but goes somewhere else entirely. No, your Apple ID has not been locked …
The Fifth Great Power Competition Conference
“Out of the clear blue sky…” is a phrase often uttered when recounting the events of September 11, 2001. A description of the temperate fall day, but also a metaphor for how unexpected it all was: the boldness of an attack on U.S. soil coupled with use of commercial airliners—loaded with fuel and innocent people—as …
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Appoints Two New Members to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), the country’s preeminent leader in one-to-one youth mentoring, has appointed Ad Council Chief Equity Officer Elise James-DeCruise, and National Corn Growers Association Chief Executive Officer Jon Doggett to its Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Council. James-DeCruise is an award-winning Learning & Development professional and Diversity, Equity & …
SMS group spam promises free gifts in return for bill payment
We’re seeing lots of examples of peculiar SMS messages sent to random groups of people. Most of these messages promise free gifts and/or offers after having paid bills. Nobody has asked for these texts, and they’re not being sent by providers of any services. What’s going on? The set up Most of the messages we’ve …
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April’s Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities
It’s that time of the month again. Time to check what needs to be updated and prioritize where necessary. The Microsoft updates include at least two zero-day vulnerabilities that deserve your attention. Microsoft Microsoft has released security updates and non-security updates for client and server versions of its Windows operating system and other company products, …
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KnowBe4 Finds Holiday-Themed Emails Entice Employees to Click
KnowBe4 releases Q1 2022 global phishing report
Exclusive: Tampa hiring tech startup raises $3.7M following Great Resignation wave
The round was hyperlocal, with Florida Funders leading and participation from Steve MacDonald.
NGINX zero-day vulnerability: Check if you’re affected
On April 9, hacking group BlueHornet tweeted about an experimental exploit for NGINX 1.18 and promised to warn companies affected by it. On April 10, BlueHornet claimed to have breached the China branch of UBS Securities using the NGINX vulnerability. All we learned on Twitter was that a new zero-day vulnerability in the NGINX web server …
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Steer clear of this “TestNTrace” SMS spam
Yesterday I received an SMS from “TestNTrace”, with the message resembling an official NHS communication: The text reads as follows: NHS: You’ve been in close contact with a person who has contracted the Omicron variant. Please order a test kit via: [URL redacted] Well, that’s an alarming thing to wake up to. However, not everything …