Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. “This is worse because the CVE calls for an authenticated user,” Holden said. “This was not.”

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Robert's Db2

JUNE 30, 2021

I received an email the other day from a Db2 for z/OS system administrator who had recently attended a workshop on the Db2 REST interface. Wouldn't those areas of system operation end up being bottlenecks that would throttle transaction throughput for client applications?

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Parent groups expressed concerns when Sage was introduced to Snapchat+, as they feared younger children might not realize they are communicating with a chatbot. We have verified its authenticity. Are your users' passwords…P@ssw0rd?

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

Blog post with screen shots and links: [link] A Master Class on Cybersecurity: Roger A. And what can/should you do to improve your organization's authentication methods? In this blog we have warned for years about deepfakes, which are also called "synthetic media" created with artificial intelligence or machine learning tools.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [New PhishER Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your M365 Blocklist Now there's a super easy way to keep malicious emails away from all your users through the power of the KnowBe4 PhishER platform! Always be suspicious when receiving HTML attachments from unknown senders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Group-IB uncovered a new sophisticated phishing campaign, tracked as PerSwaysion, against high-level executives of more than 150 companies worldwide. . ybercriminals behind the PerSwaysion campaign gained access to many confidential corporate MS Office365 emails of mainly financial service companies, law firms, and real estate groups.

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Robert's Db2

MARCH 9, 2022

In part 1 of this two-part blog entry on thoroughly assessing data security in a Db2 for z/OS environment, I covered four aspects of Db2 data protection: privilege management, client authentication, data encryption and column masks/row permissions. Why might that pronouncement be made?

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