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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

Krebs on Security

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. All of the access Bug is currently offering was allegedly stolen from non-U.S.

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Worrying Ransomware Trends, and What to Do About Them

IT Governance

Of course, the UK government advises against paying ransoms, but doesn’t legally enforce this, unlike some other countries. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter: the Security Spotlight. Subscribe now Let’s go back to the trend we were discussing earlier. What’s your personal advice on paying ransoms?

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – November 6, 2023 – Windows Drivers and Exchange Flaws

eSecurity Planet

level vulnerability involves a lack of validation, which allows attackers to steal Kubernetes API credentials from the ingress controller, compromise the authentication process by modifying settings, and gain access to internal files including service account tokens. CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level

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Public Cloud Security Explained: Everything You Need to Know

eSecurity Planet

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Authorization governs what activities users are permitted to take after being authenticated. To enhance security in a public cloud environment: Use strong authentication.

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US: Coronavirus – Cybersecurity considerations for your newly remote workforce

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Bureau writes that cyber threat actors are seeking “to profit from a sudden growth in teleworking, increased use of virtual education systems for online classes, a surge in online shopping, public appetite for information related to the pandemic, and the criticality of maintaining functioning critical infrastructure networks.”.

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Managing Digital Security as Risk and Complexity Rise

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The report goes on to note: In addition to the massive Equifax breach that exposed personal information of 143 million individuals, other noted breaches last year included the education platform Edmodo (77 million records hacked); Verizon (14 million subscribers possibly hacked); and America’s JobLink (nearly 5 million records compromised).

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Hidden Biases in Cybersecurity Reviews – And How to Use Them

eSecurity Planet

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