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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

Krebs on Security

But not long after KrebsOnSecurity reported in April that Shefel/Rescator also was behind the theft of Social Security and tax information from a majority of South Carolina residents in 2012, Mr. Shefel began contacting this author with the pretense of setting the record straight on his alleged criminal hacking activities. Image: U.S.

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2022 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Scams

KnowBe4

Then, in 2005 the clever people at the National Retail Federation decided that an online frenzy of shopping was needed the Monday after Thanksgiving. Over time, Black Friday became Black November as retailers cashed in on the sales and consumers obliged. We know this Monday as Cyber Monday.

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MY TAKE: Agile cryptography is coming, now that ‘attribute-based encryption’ is ready for prime time

The Last Watchdog

I had the chance to learn more about ABE from Brent Waters, a distinguished scientist in the Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab at NTT Research. And since 2005 or so, one area of focus has been on sharpening the math formulas that make attribute-based encryption possible. Customized keys.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. SSC asked fellow forum members for help in testing the security of a website they claimed was theirs: myiptest[.]com

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MY TAKE: How digital technology and the rising gig economy are exacerbating third-party risks

The Last Watchdog

Allen is a widely respected thought leader on this topic, having launched Shared Assessments in 2005 as an intel-sharing and training consortium focused on third-party risks. You also have different perspectives; you’ve got privacy concerns, security concerns, business continuity concerns.” And it’s not a static thing.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

And this continues to include enterprises that have poured a king’s ransom into hardening their first-party security posture. Shared Assessments was created in 2005 by five big banks and the Big Four accounting/consulting firms as a forum for deriving a standardized way to assess the risks of partnering with one other.

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The Sainsbury Archive chooses Preservica to create new cloud-based digital archive

Preservica

Preservica’s active digital preservation platform selected to future-proof unique digital assets that document nearly 150 years of corporate, brand and retail history. In 2003 the Sainsbury Archive was set up as an independent charitable trust and in 2005 relocated to the Museum of London Docklands in Canary Wharf.