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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

The scale is so massive that it makes up 15 percent of all breached users globally since 2004 (the year data breaches became widespread). Essential security tool. Post Covid 19, these patterns are likely to become even more engrained as digitally remote work, education, healthcare and entertainment activities predominate.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

A report from the security firm Team Cymru found the DDoS attack infrastructure used in NoName campaigns is assigned to two interlinked hosting providers: MIRhosting and Stark Industries. MIRhosting is a hosting provider founded in The Netherlands in 2004. The NoName DDoS group advertising on Telegram. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Introducing Behavioral Information Security

The Falcon's View

The focus of the boot camp was around "behavior design," which was suggested to me by a friend who's a leading expert in modern, progress security awareness program management. I concluded that maybe this sub-field would be called something like "behavioral security" and started doing searches on the topic.

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Attacks Targeting Oil and Gas Sector Renew Questions About Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

Federal oversight of pipeline safety and security is split respectively between the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) and DHS’s Transportation Safety Administration (“TSA”). Pipeline security activities within TSA are led by the Pipeline Security Division.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC

KnowBe4

Building up your organization's human firewall by fostering a strong security culture is essential to outsmart bad actors. The Snake malware, initially known as "Uroburos" was developed in late 2003, and the first versions of the implant were completed by early 2004. Grimes , Data-Driven Defense Evangelist.