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Two Charged for Participation in Lockbit Global Ransomware Campaign Extracting $100 million dollars in Ransom Payments

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Newark NJ,  a Russian and Canadian national has been charged with participating in the LockBit global ransomware campaign, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, and FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy announced today.

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Twitter is rolling out a new gray ‘Official’ checkmark for governments, companies, and public figures

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Ridgewood NJ, Twitter is rolling out a new gray ‘Official’ checkmark for governments, companies, and public figures. The change will help users distinguish between Twitter Blue subscribers and accounts that are verified as official. The Official checkmark can’t be bought and only Twitter can determine who gets it. Anyone impersonating an official account without clearly identifying themselves as a parody will be permanently banned from the platform.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: “I got this wrong”

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Ridgewood NJ, Meta stock has plunged 71% this year amid disappointing earnings and sliding revenue leading to Mark Zuckerberg layoff 11,000 employees from Facebook-parent Meta. The mass firing maybe the most drastic retrenchment since the founding of Facebook in 2004.

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NJCCIC Advisory : Update Software on all Microsoft Products Due to High Risk of Hacking

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Ridgewood NJ , New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell  also known as the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness’ Division of Cybersecurity, is warning residents businesses and organizations over multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

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7 Tips for Businesses That Use WordPress: Get the Most Out of Your Website

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Are you a business that uses WordPress? If you are a business that uses WordPress, you know how powerful and customizable the platform can be. But with great power comes great responsibility! To get the most out of your website, you need to make sure you use it in the best way possible. This blog post will discuss 7 tips for businesses that use WordPress. If you follow these tips, you will be well on your way to having a successful website. Let’s get started.

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Twitter Staff Layoffs Start Friday

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Ridgewood NJ, a new broom sweeps clean, in the email, sent Thursday evening, Twitter said it would be notifying staff by email starting Friday morning about their employment . Its been reported that Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company’s workforce, in a bid to drive down costs following his $44 billion acquisition.

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Midterm Election : One in five of the websites voters use to confirm their voter registration details lack the cybersecurity protection

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  • With the midterms days away, voter registration websites in a fifth of states are at a greater risk from hackers because they lack a top-level .gov domain1
  • The states are: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma – the Washington DC site is also unprotected1
  • US Cybersecurity agency CISA describes sites with the .gov domain as more secure than other domains, with two-factor authentication and closer monitoring

Ridgewood NJ, As America prepares for next week’s midterm elections, one in five of the websites millions of voters use to confirm their registration details lack the cybersecurity protection called for by the White House, research by NordVPN can reveal2.

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What is a Colocation Center and How Does it Work

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When you’re looking for a place to house your business’s servers, you have a few options. You could choose to host them in-house, you could go with a hosting company, or you could use a colocation center. This article will explore what colocation centers are and how they work.

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Musk Twitter Deal Done , Musk Calls Himself the “Chief Twit”

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Ridgewood NJ, Elon Musk has bought Twitter. He originally offered to buy the company in April but changed his mind. This resulted in Twitter taking Musk to court to force the sale. Musk was scheduled to be deposed earlier in the month but announced that he would continue with the sale just days before the deposition was to take place.

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WhatsApp back online after global outage

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Ridgewood NJ, WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook parent Meta, suffered a global outage on Tuesday. Problems were first detected around 3:17 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector.com, which monitors outages across internet services. Normal service on WhatsApp had appeared to be restored at around 5 a.m. ET.

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How to Find & Hire Mobile Game Developers

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The main reason why companies hire mobile game developers is that they are cheaper than traditional developers. They can be hired at a fraction of the cost and are also more flexible in terms of working hours.

However, there is still a lot to be done before this trend will be fully realized. There needs to be more focus on quality and not just quantity when it comes to hiring mobile game developers.

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How Does a Marketing Strategy Differ Between B2B and B2C Companies?

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The difference between B2B and B2C is its clientele: B2C businesses are aiming for customers, B2B businesses are aiming for other businesses. A clothing store is B2C because it’s aiming for customers, but the clothing brand looking for a shop to sell their items is B2B.

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Google Rolled Out Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch and offered details on its Pixel Tablet

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Ridgewood NJ, Google showed off its Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch and offered more details on its upcoming Pixel Tablet at its big fall event. Both Pixel 7 phones are now available for preorder for an October 13 release. The Pixel 7 starts at $599 and the Pixel 7 Pro will cost $899. The Pixel Watch will start at $349.99. The Pixel Tablet will be released in 2023. Many more details about the new devices are available in the article.

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An Experimental Treatment to Cure HIV Targets the Genome

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Ridgewood NJ, Scientists will soon see the results of an experimental HIV treatment that uses CRISPR technology. The treatment is a one-time infusion that takes an hour to administer. It targets regions in the HIV genome important for viral replication. A man with HIV received the treatment in July. He will soon stop taking his antiretroviral drugs to see if the treatment was a success.

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