The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

And their grander vision is to help establish a nationwide biometric database in which a hybrid facial ID/fingerprint can be used for things such as fraud-proofing retail transactions, or, say, taking a self-driving vehicle for a spin. The ultimate concern with this technology is that we’ll end up in a surveillance society where your I.D.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

It began with a visit to the local Telstra store earlier this month to upgrade a couple of phone plans which resulted in me sitting alone by this screen whilst the Telstra staffer disappeared into the back room for a few minutes: Is it normal for @Telstra to display customer passwords on publicly facing terminals in their stores?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Several strong themes emerged from 2022’s crop of breaches, including the targeting or impersonating of employees to gain access to internal company tools; multiple intrusions at the same victim company; and less-than-forthcoming statements from victim firms about what actually transpired. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 229

IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Tulsa Tech hit by security incident (unknown) Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants hacked by DESORDEN (425,644) Samsung says customer data stolen in security incident (unknown) Yandex Taxi systems breached in bizarre cyber attack that caused massive traffic jam (unknown) Criminal hackers breached Overby-Seawell Company (unknown) Orange Cyberdefense (..)

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It says that spy phones sold real time access to that information, which could have enabled domestic abusers and stalkers to track their targets. So that person either works with you, lives with you, or otherwise has access. It doesn't take leet hacking skills. Grooten: Exactly. That's very important. What if we extrapolate that out.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 20% increase accesses of specific organizations advertised. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks.

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