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Phish of GoDaddy Employee Jeopardized Escrow.com, Among Others

Krebs on Security

The incident gave the phisher the ability to view and modify key customer records, access that was used to change domain settings for a half-dozen GoDaddy customers, including transaction brokering site escrow.com. “This guy had access to the notes, and knew the number to call,” to make changes to the account, Barrie said.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

For example: On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. 26,633 (May 12, 2021). Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have long been a choice weapon to disrupt power grids or shut down access to servers and websites. Agency (Feb. 14,028, 86 Fed.

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Three Strategies for Big Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) has great information on Big Data use and security. Stronger authentication and access controls (38% global, 37% in the U.S.). Encryption and access controls for underlying platforms (35% global and U.S.). Top Big Data Security Concerns. But they rightly have concerns. respondents.

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Key takeaways from the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

IT Governance

That Pinto uses the example of a senior employee is telling. This typically involves accessing payment card details from an organisation’s database and using the details to make online purchases. In this case, the crooks are typically using malware, bots or SQL injection to access the contents of databases containing financial records.

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Trends in the library technology market ? a UK perspective

CILIP

His piece focuses on public libraries and libraries in higher education institutions. For example, winning the London Libraries Consortium in 2018 gave SirsiDynix 19 new library authority customers at a single stroke ? Libraries in Higher Education. 12] In an increasingly ?marketised? a UK perspective. marketised?

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GUEST ESSAY: The story behind how DataTribe is helping to seed ‘Cybersecurity Valley’ in Maryland

The Last Watchdog

Two notable examples are Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco for $2.7B and Tenable, which went public in 2018 with a market capitalization of approximately $4 billion. has also attracted a powerful and growing flow of venture capital to the region – about $1 Billion in 2018 and growing at an incredible pace.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

The unauthorised access reportedly occurred between 27 February and 7 March, and the attackers leaked the information on the dark web in April, but the organisation waited until 26 May to disclose it. What is apparent is that the crook accessed credit card data for consumers’ Bank of America past-due accounts. million people.