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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems. More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. An additional 6 million records dating back to “at least 2005” were also compromised in the attack, the source of which is not yet known.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. User education is one of the most powerful tools for preventing malicious mobile apps. Examples of Backdoor Malware Attacks. How to Defend Against a Malicious Mobile App.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap. If the US government dictating iPhone encryption design sounds ok to you, ask yourself how you'll feel when China demands the same. Once a penetration tester, Paul Asadoorian has been the founder and CEO of Security Weekly and host of a weekly show since 2005.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Digital Forensics

ForAllSecure

It was for UNIX systems and it was created by Dan Farmer and Wheat-say Vene-ma, who then co-authored a book in 2005 called Forensic Discovery. Yes, so our job is to figure it out and apply appropriate steps of actions in the environment, and also we do deliver education. But the problem was when that data was encrypted.