eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

From analyzing attack methods and suggesting defense tactics to doing vulnerability assessments, it provides users with the knowledge to improve their security posture. Aside from ethical hacking, HackerGPT seeks to assist professionals and improve security assessments. It has an intuitive UI similar to ChatGPT.

Cybersecurity 111

Cybersecurity Education Privacy Access 111

IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

It emerged this week, according to the New York City Department of Education, that data from a further 381,000 students was also compromised in this incident. Data breached: 1,201,000 people’s data. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? Known data breached MovieBoxPro Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Leisure China? Young, Inc.

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Data breaches Education Manufacturing Retail 59

IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Compared to August, it was a comparatively quiet month, as we identified 88 publicly disclosed security incidents and 35,566,046 compromised records. Welcome to our September 2022 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. Cyber attacks.

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Data breaches Ransomware Education Phishing 143

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Among those affected was SAP SE. The researchers discovered credentials that provided access to 95,592,696 artifacts, as well as download permissions and some deploy operations.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 3, 2018

As the head of a security company I’m hypersensitive about the security of my personal and company data. I know that in the age of devices we use interchangeably in our work and personal lives that unless everything you are doing is secure, nothing is secure. The first line of defense is education.

Security 63

Security Encryption Passwords Access 63

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

This is presumably intended to help security researchers vetted by the search engine’s staff to secure the exposed devices and files indexed on the service. To see if any of your online accounts were exposed in previous security breaches, use our personal data leak checker with a library of 15+ billion breached records.

IoT 109

IoT Access Ransomware Education 109

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Security researchers from NCC Group reported an increase in ransomware attacks in November 2021 over the past month, and PYSA (aka Mespinoza) and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs. CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code is based on public Python libraries. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Ransomware 96

Ransomware Encryption Government Retail 96

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2019

The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive. The issue affects a third-party library, called UNACEV2.DLL DLL that is used by WINRAR, it resides in the way an old third-party library, called UNACEV2.DLL,

Archiving 80

Archiving File names Education Libraries 80

IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Remember after last month’s relatively serene cyber security scene we said this wasn’t the beginning of the GDPRevolution ? Hackers steal names and Social Security numbers from Maryland Department of Labour (78,000). Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms security breach (unknown). Libraries in Onondaga Co.,

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Government 111

Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2018

. “The small claims case was a lot more about raising awareness,” said West, a librarian at the Randolph Technical Career Center who specializes in technology training and frequently conducts talks on privacy and security. ’ to ‘Hey, here are some things you can do’,” she said.

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Data breaches Personal data Privacy Libraries 180

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

Security experts at FireEye observed Chinese APT41 APT group targeting a web server at a U.S.-based The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. The ACEHASH malware is a credential stealer and password dumping utility.

Libraries 83

Libraries Education Phishing Encryption 83

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

.” “Organizations faced similar security visibility and control challenges with SaaS apps like Box or Dropbox,” adds Kunal Agarwal, Founder and CEO, dope.security. For more on governance and policies, check out our article on IT security policies , including their importance and benefits, plus tips to create or improve your own policy.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity Cloud Ransomware Risk 140

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you discover that your antivirus or security software has been turned off without your knowledge, this might be an indication of malware attacking your system. It offers real-time protection, scanning downloads, attachments, and programs as they run, providing an additional layer of security. The Start screen will appear.

Cleanup 106

Cleanup Privacy Access Cybersecurity 106

eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. These features make Nmap a popular port scanning tool among network administrators, security experts, and amateurs.

Cloud 98

Cloud Compliance Authentication Access 98

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. Thanks to these crypto libraries, today’s online economy is the size of Spain’s GDP!

Security 52

Security IoT Manufacturing IT 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. Thanks to these crypto libraries, today’s online economy is the size of Spain’s GDP!

Security 52

Security IoT Manufacturing IT 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. Thanks to these crypto libraries, today’s online economy is the size of Spain’s GDP!

Security 52

Security IoT Manufacturing IT 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker.

Phishing 104

Phishing Ransomware Passwords Access 104

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Employees play a role in organizational cybersecurity – Reddit mentions that "soon after being phished, the affected employee self-reported, and the security team responded quickly, removing the infiltrator's access and commencing an internal investigation." Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

Phishing 69

Phishing Data breaches Security awareness Security 69

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And my background is pretty straightforward with cyber security for the past 16 years on many different levels. Vamosi: At SecTor, an annual security conference in Toronto, Paua gave not one but two talks this year. If the user stores passwords in a browser, we got that, if the user is the local admin, that's even better.

Encryption 52

Encryption Ransomware Passwords IT 52

Troy Hunt

AUGUST 5, 2021

And without doubt, the best educational technology thing I've ever brought home is my Prusa 3D printer. Once it was done, the kids took to it like ducks to water: My @Prusa3D printer is the best educational device I’ve ever bought. folding it like a tent for watching movies).

Education 28

Education Retail IT Libraries 28