IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Only two days after the honeypot was launched, it was attacked by a black-market seller, who installed backdoors that would allow anyone to access it, even if admin passwords were changed. Here are this week’s stories.

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Honeypots Authentication Energy and Utilities Passwords 65

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Good password hygiene is one of the best ways to prevent access to keyloggers.

Phishing 104

Phishing Ransomware Passwords Access 104

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include Forescout, Imperva, Webroot, Tenable, and Crowdstrike; and Accel’s other successful investments include Atlassian, Cloudera, Etsy, and Meta. Accel Investments. Paladin Capital Group. Ten Eleven Ventures.

Cybersecurity 126

Cybersecurity Cloud Marketing Security 126

John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

But last year I wrote: “But fear of cyber warfare, fraud, and over-reaching marketers and government will create huge openings for consumer friendly versions of currently opaque products like PGP, password managers, and the like.” 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. Well, the openings are there. But the products?

Privacy 55

Privacy Marketing IT Data collection 55

John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

But last year I wrote: “But fear of cyber warfare, fraud, and over-reaching marketers and government will create huge openings for consumer friendly versions of currently opaque products like PGP, password managers, and the like.” 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. Well, the openings are there. But the products?

Privacy 40

Privacy Marketing Data collection IT 40

John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

But last year I wrote: “But fear of cyber warfare, fraud, and over-reaching marketers and government will create huge openings for consumer friendly versions of currently opaque products like PGP, password managers, and the like.” 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. Well, the openings are there. But the products?

Privacy 40

Privacy Marketing Data collection IT 40

Data Matters

AUGUST 5, 2019

Under the new law, private information encompasses the definition of personal information under the 2005 Breach Notification Act, as well as three additional categories of information—namely, financial account numbers without additional identifying access code “if circumstances exist wherein such number could be used to access” the account, biometric (..)

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Data breaches Privacy Risk 68

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 6, 2017

But fear of cyber warfare, fraud, and over-reaching marketers and government will create huge openings for consumer friendly versions of currently opaque products like PGP, password managers, and the like. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. I wrote about B Corps last year here ). Predictions 2010. 2010: How I Did.

Marketing 56

Marketing Privacy IT Data collection 56

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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. So eventually, we can figure out better ways of accessing the infrastructure versus just a regular RDP, which is prone to the password spray, like, right.

Encryption 52

Encryption Ransomware Passwords IT 52

Hunton Privacy

MAY 18, 2011

The definition also includes biometric data, passwords and financial information such as bank account details, credit and debit card details. Information that is freely available or accessible in the public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act 2005 is excluded from the definition of sensitive personal data.

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Privacy Personal data Data collection Compliance 40