Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 18, 2020

Below are a few recent examples: Andrew’s RIM-Brain. Near the end of the movie the Rebel Alliance infiltrates the Imperial Center of Military Research on the planet Scarif (i.e., Vampire’s Kiss (1989). Vampire’s Kiss is the story of a yuppie literary agent (Nicolas Cage) who thinks he is turning into a vampire.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The development of cryptology has been critical to safeguarding data for government agencies, military units, companies, and today’s digital users. Multi-Factor Authentication. Going beyond just a password, 2FA and MFA add at least one more form of authentication and prevent standalone rainbow table attacks.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. military members and government employees. 2015 by criminals who social engineered PayPal employees over the phone into changing my password and bypassing multi-factor authentication.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access. “For example, they do not have a CISO or a Security Operations Center established.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The nonprofit GDI Foundation has tracked close to 175,000 examples of misconfigured software and services on the cloud this year. Before handing off resumes of people with top-secret clearance or military secrets to a vendor , the RFP and service-level agreements must spell out how to protect the data.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Fact is, we’ve long had passwords as a credential.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

One example of this is isolating or quarantining systems with malware (virus or ransomware) from the remainder of the network. military exercise their plans often – it builds human muscle memory and increases comfort and resiliency in the people working through these crises. There is a reason organizations like the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access. Multi-factor authentication (MFA): Uses at least two (2FA) or more methods to authenticate a user, such as biometrics, device certificates, or authenticator apps.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The development of cryptology has been critical to safeguarding data for government agencies, military units, companies, and today’s digital users. Multi-Factor Authentication. Going beyond just a password, 2FA and MFA add at least one more form of authentication and prevent standalone rainbow table attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Netherlands-based company with 12 million users worldwide provides “military-grade data protection” solutions with its popular DataVault encryption software. For example, sales communication channels could be used to phish clients by sending them fake invoices or spreading malware via trusted email addresses.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

military and civilian personnel. It does appear that this is another example of attacks successfully penetrating a weak supply chain link, underscoring the importance of addressing third-party risks. Related podcast: Cyber attacks on critical systems have only just begun. On Friday, Oct. The Associated Press, quoting a U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Multi-factor authentication. This solution offers true two-factor authentication and impressive encryption capabilities. True two-factor authentication. This upgrade offers 1 GB of encrypted file storage, two-factor authentication with YubiKey, FIDO and Duo, as well as priority customer support. Password auto-filling.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Observers do, however, have a pretty good idea who was behind the NotPetya attack because several governments, including the United States and the United Kingdom, issued coordinated statements blaming the Russian military. Future attacks are not likely to receive the same determination. But this is easier said than done.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

Digital commerce from day one has revolved around companies bulling forward to take full advantage of wondrous decentralized, anonymous characteristics of the Internet, which began a military-academic experiment. LW: What’s a concrete example of a pervasive exposure opened up by cloud migration? This is true of the U.S.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

That's an example of AI. You have to show to me that you're using multi factor authentication that you're doing vulnerability scanning and mitigation that you're harming your niche. I will give you an example. You're taking non military people large amounts of skill, you're politicizing and enabling that as a weapon of war.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Not every application or network requires military-grade encryption – however, enterprise organizations can’t go wrong with the services offering the most strength. A visible example of the role encryption plays with everyday web traffic is the transition from HTTP to HTTPS protocols witnessed in the last decade.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Enable two-factor authentication (2FA): Enable 2FA wherever possible since it adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second verification step, which is often transmitted to your mobile device or an authenticator app, such as the FNB Apps for FNB customers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The Military Chinese General and Philosopher Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) wrote these tactics over two thousand years ago, and it is as applicable today as it ever was. The recent security exploit perpetrated on the Cybersecurity software company SolarWinds is a dramatic example of how bad and ugly it can actually get.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Take the following example, provided by Phish Labs: [CONTINUED] Blog post with screenshot: [link] Are Your Users' Passwords. This tests against ten types of weak password related threats for example; Weak, Duplicate, Empty, Never Expires, plus six more. We have verified its authenticity. Are your users' passwords…P@ssw0rd?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

VAMOSI: And then there are examples where the ransomware operators are not serious about the ransom-- NotPetya, for example. VAMOSI: So right there, this seems like some kind of authentication bypass. LANCE : So typically, it would go request an authentication code. So we're only seeing successful inbound authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Multi-factor authentication. This solution offers true two-factor authentication and impressive encryption capabilities. True two-factor authentication. This upgrade offers 1 GB of encrypted file storage, two-factor authentication with YubiKey, FIDO and Duo, as well as priority customer support. Password auto-filling.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

For example, organizations dealing with the most sensitive data—such as defense contractors—should target the adaptive tier across functional areas, while organizations with a lower risk profile may decide to target lower tiers when designing their systems. Source Authentication. Mandatory Access Control. Role-Based Access Control.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. Fortunately, we are in a much better place today, yes. Vamosi: Right.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. Fortunately, we are in a much better place today, yes. Vamosi: Right.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. Fortunately, we are in a much better place today, yes. Vamosi: Right.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Vamosi: Perhaps Kyle can give us an example of how this works in the real world. My favorite example of how this works is it's not always additive, meaning they need to bring in their own complex payloads. Microsoft, we're using them as the example in windows they love their backwards compatibility. Vamosi: So it's interesting.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled military systems and operational concepts. This involves influencing the thinking of decision-makers, military commanders, and the general public in rival countries. efforts to support Taiwan.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: Okay, so you're 16, still in high school, and the Department of Defense is introducing you to members of the military and the Air Force. It's tasked with protecting these 17 critical infrastructure areas from span everything from health care to electricity to dams and military. For example, by typing in open SSL 1.0

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: Okay, so you're 16, still in high school, and the Department of Defense is introducing you to members of the military and the Air Force. It's tasked with protecting these 17 critical infrastructure areas from span everything from health care to electricity to dams and military. For example, by typing in open SSL 1.0

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

First, to prevent fraud and deception, the Department of Commerce will develop guidance for authenticating official content and watermarking to clearly label AI-generated materials. Also pertaining to security, the Order introduces several safety-related measures addressing deepfakes, cybersecurity and government AI use.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

While some of the measures stipulated in the order are considered table stakes like multi-factor authentication, the fact that the order exists will help to raise the collective security posture of products and services. Bryson Bort , CEO, SCYTHE. They exfiltrated at least 100GB of data and Colonial was down for almost a week.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The chips were alleged to have spied on users of the devices and sent unspecified data back to the Chinese military. That example gives a whole new meaning to the term “supply chain,” doesn’t it? In a nutshell, the Bloomberg story claims that San Jose, Calif. But the U.S. based firms. component makers selling to ZTE.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. It is an excellent wake-up call for your C-level execs and powerful budget ammo. What they refer to is the Viasat hack. government.

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