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Who Is the Network Access Broker ‘Babam’?

Krebs on Security

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. In early 2017, Babam confided to another Verified user via private message that he is from Lithuania. com (2017).

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017. Dave Kennedy started as forensic analysis and cyber warfare specialist in the US Marine Corps before entering the enterprise space. Denial-of-Suez attack.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

In January 2017, seeking to provide practical advice for directors to address their oversight responsibilities, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) released its (revised) Handbook on Cyber-Risk Oversight (NACD Handbook). Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach.

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The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption in the wild

Elie

Performing a longitudinal analysis highlights that the adoption rate of 2FA (two-factor authentication) has been mostly stagnant over the last five years, despite the ever increasing number of accounts hijacked due to the. reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks. in 2011 almost 10 years ago.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Scanning the Internet

ForAllSecure

Léveillé: My name is Marc-Ettienne, malware researcher at ESET for almost 10 years now. So analysis of prevalence of malware typically represents only what's being seen on Windows boxes. Some in some other cases were just to do two or three different victims very targeted, but she's done a survey of more than 10 is backdoors.