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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

I attended my first one in 2004, while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Here are four evolving themes reverberating from RSAC 2023 that struck me: Password enabled access will endure for the foreseeable future. Identities – or to put it more precisely, user access management — is a fundamental weakness that must be shored up.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. Follow Thales on LinkedIn throughout October to learn more about fortifying our digital future.

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

The scale is so massive that it makes up 15 percent of all breached users globally since 2004 (the year data breaches became widespread). In the enterprise space, VPNs are showing signs of becoming obsolete – to be superseded by cloud-centric Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) systems. The data analytics show: •A total 2.3 billion U.S.

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US CISA warns of a Samsung vulnerability under active exploitation

Security Affairs

. “Samsung was notified that an exploit for this issue had existed in the wild” The company did not provide details about the attacks exploiting the flaw, but likely the issue was chained with other vulnerabilities to compromise vulnerable Samsung devices.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.

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Britain’s information commissioner fines British Airways for 2018 Hack

Security Affairs

The hackers potentially accessed the personal data of approximately 429,612 customers and staff. Experts believe the hackers also accessed the combined card and CVV numbers of 77,000 customers and card numbers only for 108,000 customers. .” This penalty was issued under the Data Protection Act 2018 for infringements of the GDPR.”

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