Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities.

Computer and Electronics 213

Computer and Electronics Passwords Sales Government 213

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported MS Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. We have tested this tool across Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 deployments.”

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Military Manufacturing Access Security 96

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. How ransomware works. Screenshot example. Staff Awareness.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure.

Cybersecurity 60

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Established in 2013, the FIDO alliance is an open industry association focused on developing authentication standards to help reduce the world’s over-dependency on passwords. These advantages include less friction, a higher level of security that’s offered for each app and the elimination of the legacy password.

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Digital transformation Authentication Passwords Data breaches 108

KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. CONTINUED] at KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. This is that fact: ".spear

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