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A Practical Guide to Cyber Incident Response

IT Governance

In this interview Misconceptions Protection Detection Threat types Planning Training Common errors Digital forensics Incident response process Cyber incident response misconceptions What common misconceptions do you see around cyber incident response? If you’re a retailer, you’re going to see way more web traffic than usual.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Boost your organization’s IT literacy with ongoing cybersecurity training so they recognize the threats posed by malware attacks. This exposed data includes everything from emails and documents typed to passwords entered for authentication purposes. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. User-mode rootkit.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.