article thumbnail

The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

.” LAPSUS$ seems to have conjured some worst-case scenarios in the minds of many security experts, who worry what will happen when more organized cybercriminal groups start adopting these techniques. “Someone was trying to phish employee credentials, and they were good at it,” Wired reported. “vishing”).

Phishing 251
article thumbnail

SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security. Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.)

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

INTERPOL operation targets global cyber crime Operation Synergia, an INTERPOL operation involving 60 law enforcement agencies from more than 50 countries, has identified 1,300 malicious command-and-control servers involved in phishing , malware and ransomware attacks. Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 of the Standard. of the Standard.

article thumbnail

CNIL Releases Guidance on Teleworking

Hunton Privacy

According to the Guidance, employers must implement the following measures to secure their information systems: Ensuring that they have an IT charter or information security policy in place covering teleworking, or, at the very least, a set of minimum rules that must be complied with by each teleworking employee.

article thumbnail

NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Compromised logins continue to facilitate cyber attacks at all levels, from phishing ruses to credential stuffing to enabling hackers to probe deep inside of a breached network. Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services.

Passwords 164