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Data Breaches, Phishing, or Malware? Understanding the Risks of Stolen Credentials

Elie

In this paper, we present the first longitudinal measurement study of the underground ecosystem fueling credential theft and assess the risk it poses to millions of users. billion usernames and passwords exposed via data breaches and traded on blackmarket forums. million potential victims of phishing kits; and 1.9

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Information Disaster Plan

The Texas Record

You will be able to continue operations and meet objectives with less risk of serious disruption if you ensure that you have continuous access to your information. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) maintains the National Risk Index that helps identify the most applicable natural disasters to a geographical location.

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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

The findings come in a new paper released by researchers at Cambridge University’s Cybercrime Centre , which examined the quality and types of work needed to build, maintain and defend illicit enterprises that make up a large portion of the cybercrime-as-a-service market. .

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What did you do for European Cyber Security Month?

IT Governance

The campaign may be drawing to a close, but there is still plenty you can do to boost your awareness of cyber security risks. Among its suggestions are to: Change default passwords when setting up an account; Turn on automatic security updates; and. Do you want the latest advice on how to manage your cyber security risks?