eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. IT governance and security. Audit management. Riskonnect.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Two of the largest government security agencies are laying out the key cyberthreats to Kubernetes, the popular platform for orchestrating and managing containers, and ways to harden the open-source tool against attacks. “Kubernetes can be a valuable target for data and/or compute power theft,” the authors wrote.

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Risk Cloud Encryption Cybersecurity 109

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In addition to these malware families, we have started to see the attackers now deploying ransomware on victim servers vulnerable to CVE-2021-44228. Xmrig is an open sourced Monero CPU Miner used to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The ransomware encrypted the files with the extension ‘.locked’ Coinminers. Uptycs EDR detections.

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Honeypots Ransomware Mining Encryption 102

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. Facing a backlash from lawmakers and the public, the IRS soon reverses course , saying video selfies will be optional and that any biometric data collected will be destroyed after verification.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 234

ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. What's on your mobile than our external API's and in the past few years there's been an explosion of external API data. And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken.

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Authentication Communications IoT Security 52

ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. What's on your mobile than our external API's and in the past few years there's been an explosion of external API data. And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken.

Authentication 52

Authentication Communications IoT Security 52

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The activity of the TeamTNT group has been detailed by security firm Trend Micro, but in August experts from Cado Security discovered that that botnet is also able to target misconfigured Kubernetes installations.

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Mining Libraries Encryption Access 111

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2022

From smart cities and digital IDs to open government and better governance, the Cloud, Big Data, IoT and Artificial Intelligence have enabled a wide range of digital government initiatives. The European Union's Cybersecurity Act passed in 2019 gives ENISA, the EU Agency for Network and Information Security, a permanent mandate.

Government 71

Government Risk Artificial Intelligence Big data 71

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Smart Meters provide the data to support a cleaner future, showing how much energy is being used and how much this will cost you. Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? In February 2021.

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Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Security 52

ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Kyle Hanslovan CEO of Huntress Labs joins The Hacker Mind to discuss recent LoL attacks, specifically the Microsoft Follina attack and the Kaseya ransomware attack, and how important it is for small and medium sized businesses to start using enterprise grade security, given the evolving nature of these attacks. They'd be allowed, right?

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Ransomware Marketing IT Libraries 52

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

McAfee researchers addressed the shift in ransomware strategy this week in their McAfee Threats Report: June 2021. While 2021 has been noteworthy for headline-grabbing ransomware attacks like the one on Colonial Pipeline , the trend toward bigger targets had been underway before then, Samani told eSecurity Planet in an email interview.

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Ransomware Cybersecurity Encryption Phishing 103

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For now, let's talk about what the term means, starting with how it works in Chrome on the PC: That's what you get by "clicking it once" - an assurance that the connection is secure which really just reiterates what we already know courtesy of the padlock icon. That's on the page in the original tweet.

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Phishing Security IT Paper 133

Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

Multiple research teams, including mine, are monitoring these specific criminal activities in the principal cybercrime communities. “This represents over a 300% increase since January 2021. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. ” reported CheckPoint.

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Sales Authentication Mining Paper 95

Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

I've investigated hundreds of data breaches over the years (there are 514 of them in Have I Been Pwned as I write this), and for the most part, the situation with Gab is just another day on the internet. More specifically, I care about the data that's been exposed in the breach, especially when that data may include my own (I'm very serious).

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Passwords Data breaches Mining Risk 145