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Insurer: Breach Undetected for Nine Years

Data Breach Today

Dominion National Says Recently Discovered Incident Dates Back to 2010 A dental and vision insurer's revelation that it recently discovered a 9-year-old data security incident offers an extreme example of the difficulty some organizations have in detecting data breaches.

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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended. In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. In 2010, someone with the username Pepyak on the Russian language affiliate forum GoFuckBiz[.]com

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WeLeakInfo Leaked Customer Payment Info

Krebs on Security

It’s been a tough few months for denizens of various hacking forums, which are finding themselves on the defensive end of a great many attacks testing the security of their aliases and operational security lately. That’s about when AOL sold the platform in 2010 to Russian investor DST for $187.5

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Declassified NSA Newsletters

Schneier on Security

Through a 2010 FOIA request (yes, it took that long), we have copies of the NSA’s KRYPTOS Society Newsletter, “ Tales of the Krypt ,” from 1994 to 2003. According to the jacket, Schneier is a data security expert with a master’s degree in computer science. There are many redactions.

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SBOMs: Securing the Software Supply Chain

eSecurity Planet

Threat intelligence can help scan IT environments for the latest malware, but that’s just one security layer against zero-day threats. Also read: How to Defend Common IT Security Vulnerabilities. In the following graphic, NTIA provides a conceptual example of charting relationships for a software application.

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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

has posts dating back to 2010, and points to even more Web Listings domains, including weblistingsinc.org. 2010 to a Mark Scott in Blairgowrie, Scotland, using the email address clientnews@reputationmanagementfor.com. .” As we’ll see, Mark is a name that comes up quite a bit in this investigation. Helpmego.to

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