Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

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. That conflict was thought to be the first war ever fought in which a notable cyberattack and an actual military engagement happened simultaneously.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2020

Cequence Security , a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based based application security vendor, today is launching a new solution, called API Sentinel, designed to help companies jump in and start proactively mitigating API risks, without necessarily having to slow down their innovation steam engine. If this all seems too familiar, it should be.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A VPN provides a secure channel for users to send and retrieve sensitive data using public infrastructure – the Internet. This avoids the cost of leasing dedicated secure lines between branch offices and allows employees the flexibility to work anywhere with an Internet connection. Read on to find more answers to “What is a VPN?”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for them. The Military Chinese General and Philosopher Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) wrote these tactics over two thousand years ago, and it is as applicable today as it ever was. If they are in superior strength, evade them. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The PDPL will enter into force on 1 August 2019, giving businesses just under one year from the date of this article to prepare for the new regime. The PDPL also imposes new obligations upon businesses to ensure that the personal data they collect is kept secure. In this article we review some of the main features of this new law.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They have IT contractors who can provision laptops and maintain a certain level of compliance and security. They can provide that additional security, remotely. They have those security capabilities. In a way and then you consume the outcomes.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. This article looks at rainbow table attacks, how rainbow tables work, best practices for defending against cryptanalytic attacks, and more. What is a Rainbow Table?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

For it’s State of Cloud Security 2020 survey, Sophos commissioned the polling of some 3,500 IT managers across 26 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Sophos found that fully 70% of organizations experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. This article looks at encryption, how it fits into cryptology, how cryptographic algorithms work, types, use cases, and more. What is Encryption? The Move to HTTPS.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

I guess the answer is what I usually say to a security question: It depends. Clearing you don’t want someone off the street coming in as a Level 2 security analyst. Then again, you might want someone --anyone -- to come in as a Level 1 security analyst so your current Level 1s can advance. Sometimes it was only 20.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. This article looks at rainbow table attacks, how rainbow tables work, best practices for defending against cryptanalytic attacks, and more. What is a Rainbow Table?

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster. This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Is there something more secure? Simon Moffatt from CyberHut joins The Hacker Mind to discuss how identity and access management (IAM) is fundamental to everything we do online today, and why even multi-factor access, while an improvement, needs to yield to more effortless and more secure passwordless technology that’s coming soon.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

* This article first appeared in In-House Defense Quarterly on April 3, 2018. Information security is not yet a science; outside of the handful of issues falling under the field of cryptography, there is no formalized system of classification. Its prescription can be understood as an enterprise-level, targeted guidance approach.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. And so, myself and another individual named Rob Farrell, we were brought in to start a security team. Daniel provides an example.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

These directives, which the White House presents as constituting the most significant action any government has taken to address AI safety, security and trust, cover a variety of issues for private and public entities domestically and internationally.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From time to time, there emerge cybersecurity stories of such potential impact that they have the effect of making all other security concerns seem minuscule and trifling by comparison. The chips were alleged to have spied on users of the devices and sent unspecified data back to the Chinese military. Yesterday was one of those times.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The FTC continues its defense of the wide-reaching Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on “ Commercial Surveillance and Data Security ” that the Commission, by a 3-2 vote, issued in August. Marshall Erwin , Chief Security Officer, Mozilla. military and intelligence personnel.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 | March 7th, 2023 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About This week, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand-new article at BusinessWeek, one of their media properties. This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2015, Chinese military hackers hacked the Office of Personal Management and made off with the highly personal information of about 22 million Americans who had security clearances. In recent years, ransomware attacks have knocked hospitals offline, and many articles have been written about Russia inside the U.S. power grid.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

A cardplayer yawns when they're about to bluff, for example, or someone's pupils dilate when they've successfully drawn a winning card. In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. This appears to be the case with Qbot.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but that’s wrong on two accounts. The solution is to prioritize security and defense over espionage and attack. We know, for example, of an NSA exploit that remains on a hard drive even after it is reformatted.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 18, 2023

It could comment on news articles, blog entries and social media posts millions of times every day. ” Facebook, for example, has been removing over a billion fake accounts a year. ChatGPT could automatically compose comments submitted in regulatory processes. Back then, submitting comments was just a game of overwhelming numbers.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

On November 4, 2016, the hacker "Guccifer 2.0,: a front for Russia's military intelligence service, claimed in a blogpost that the Democrats were likely to use vulnerabilities to hack the presidential elections. On November 9, 2018, President Donald Trump started tweeting about the senatorial elections in Florida and Arizona.

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