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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why penetration testing has become a ‘must-have’ security practice

The Last Watchdog

Yes, and that is what Sony exactly lost when they were hacked and the personal info of every one of its customers leaked in 2011. Now, let me give you a few reasons, why pen testing has emerged as a “must-have” security practice. For example, your website security may prove strong, applications not so much.

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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

Krebs on Security

The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling clues suggesting the intrusion was carried out by the same Russian hacking crew that stole of millions of payment card records from big box retailers like Home Depot and Target in the years that followed. Nikki Haley to head the state’s law enforcement division.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

In January 2023, the Faceless service website said it was willing to pay for information about previously undocumented security vulnerabilities in IoT devices. Recently, Faceless has shown ambitions beyond just selling access to poorly-secured IoT devices. was used for an account “Hackerok” at the accounting service klerk.ru

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Episode 243: The CSTO is a thing- a conversation with Chris Hoff of LastPass

The Security Ledger

Paul talks with Chris Hoff the Chief Secure Technology Officer at LastPass about the CSTO role and the security implications of “software eating the world.”. The post Episode 243: The CSTO is a thing- a conversation with Chris Hoff of LastPass appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Software is eating security, too!

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Aussie Telcos are Failing at Some Fundamental Security Basics

Troy Hunt

Recently, I've witnessed a couple of incidents which have caused me to question some pretty fundamental security basics with our local Aussie telcos, specifically Telstra and Optus. This is the user-selected password used for identity verification with store customers wandering past it.

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Crooks use carding bots to check stolen card data ahead of the holiday season

Security Affairs

Cybercriminals are automating this process using carding bots that are able to make small purchases on smaller retailers’ websites. Researchers were able to detect the first Canary bot attack after noticing a Safari browser version from 2011 changing IP addresses on a daily basis and that originate from cloud and colocation services. .

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California District Court Certifies Class in ZIP Code Collection Suit

Hunton Privacy

As reported in BNA’s Privacy & Security Law Report , on May 4, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in an action against IKEA U.S. IKEA”) under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (the “Song-Beverly Act”).

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