The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. And since Dyn routed traffic, not just to Krebs’ blog, but also to Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit and PayPal, those popular websites were offline for some 12 hours, frustrating millions. Barest tip. Beyond DDoS.

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CGI

JULY 5, 2018

A new and quickly spreading phenomenon is to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency mining uses a lot of computing power and electricity because the mathematical problems connected to mining are difficult to solve. If you pay for the electricity and devices you use, mining will be costly.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster. This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.

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Phishing Security awareness Passwords Computer and Electronics 81

The Texas Record

JUNE 28, 2021

When we talk about records management on this blog, we often use the “R.I.M.” After all, records management also involves security policies, regulatory compliance, and complete lifecycle management. ” That sounds great! But how is information governance any different than records management?

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

As the title suggests, this post will teach you the various, beginner-to-advanced cybersecurity tips, hacks, and strategies that when applied, will minimize that no black hat hacker can turn you into a victim of cybercrimes such as data leaks, blackmail, bank account hacks, and the various forms of cybercrimes that have become so rampant today.

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Computer and Electronics Passwords Phishing Cybersecurity 63

Troy Hunt

MARCH 31, 2021

In that blog post I included the code Scott Helme had de-obfuscated which showed a very simple bit of JavaScript, really just the inclusion of a.js Every site that had Coinhive running on it, either by the design of the site owner or at the whim of a cryptojacker, stopped mining Monero. Windows+NT+10.0;+Win64;+x64)+AppleWebKit/537.36+(KHTML,+like+Gecko)+apollohobo/1.0.0+Chrome/58.0.3029.110+Electron/1.7.9+Safari/537.36

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Brandeis Records Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). We’ll store this tip in the chuck-it-and-cry-tomorrow bin. George Despres. University Records Manager, Brandeis University. Have you ever used them?” To be fair, shredders are mentioned elsewhere in the book.

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