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Social Engineering Remains the Coin of the Realm for Ransomware Gangs (or APTs- Advanced Persistent Threats)

Ooda Loop

A recent 60 Minutes segment was a great primer on what the cybersecurity community knows all too well—that good old-fashioned social engineering (a hustle or a con—like some of the stunts Sinatra and the gang pulled in the original Ocean's 11) remains the main point of entry for most large-scale ransomware attacks.

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How Lydia wants to make payments more personal and social

TechCrunch

More importantly, the company is positioning its mobile app as a social product — not a fintech product. When I met with Lydia’s co-founders Cyril Chiche and Antoine Porte, they both had read my recent article on Zenly , another popular social app designed in Paris. We need a new definition for money. Image Credits: Lydia.

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Social audio platform Walkie-talkie raises $3.25M to expand its global reach

TechCrunch

Walkie-talkie, a social audio platform developed by Picslo Corp, has raised a $3.25 “We’ve been building a lot of communication apps in the past, so I think that was definitely our expertise. Audio was coming back into fashion, especially with Gen Z and with the movement around anti-social networking.

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How Zenly made social maps cool again — and what’s next

TechCrunch

Zenly has always felt like the small social app that could become the next big thing. But it turns it Zenly is quietly becoming a social giant without anyone paying much attention — at least until now. This isn’t a social network. Zenly still wants to make the definitive social maps app. This isn’t a utility.

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Blidz raises $6.6M to expand its Pinduoduo-inspired social shopping app

TechCrunch

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. General Catalyst — one of the group of VCs out of the U.S.

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Scooters and social media companies are surprising IPO candidates

TechCrunch

Yes, we had the whole gang back together today to dig through the week’s pile of news — and you can definitely tell how exciting it was by how fast we all talked through the news (sorry to our dear producers!). Now, the news. Here’s what we got into: Amazon has invested heavily in an Indian meat delivery company.

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Credential Stuffing Attacks – Definition, Detection and Prevention

The Crazy Programmer

The attackers use an account checker to try the stolen credentials on multiple websites like social media or online marketplaces. The post Credential Stuffing Attacks – Definition, Detection and Prevention appeared first on The Crazy Programmer.