Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Their main aim is to exploit your “mistakes and vulnerabilities” to blackmail you into sending them money or they’ll leak your private data. As computers and smart devices creep into every crevice of our life, the need to protect yourself from hackers has never been greater. Yes, there are bad and good hackers.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, a recommendation to simply replace the old computer with a Windows 11 machine will be useless to the client that can only use Windows XP with that equipment. For electronic copies, the acronyms used elsewhere in the report could use internal document links directly to this appendix.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. These databases house the crown jewels of many organizations, critical applications and customer data, and thus are a primary target of hackers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

At first look the message appears suspicious due to inconsistent sender’s domain data inside the SMTP headers: From: alice.wu@anchors-chain.com. Whois data of “anchors-chain.com”. Phishing page previously hosted on xtyenvunqaxqzrm.usa.cc . I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

An MFA security solution may also incorporate additional factors, such as geolocation data or a time component. A token acts as an electronic cryptographic key that unlocks the device or application, usually with an encrypted password or biometric data. Something you have. Something you are. VPN Authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Anyone who has used a computer for any significant length of time has probably at least heard of malware. From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Today, many reports are describing how infamous attackers are abusing such an emergency time to lure people by sending thematic email campaigns or by using thematic IM within Malware or Phishing links. The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. Stage 4 is decoded and run by Stage 3.

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IT Governance

MAY 9, 2019

Some want data, whereas others want a ransom to be paid. Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. Ransomware one of the fastest-growing forms of cyber attacks and has been behind a number of high-profile breaches, including the massive NHS data breach in 2017. Spyware/adware.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data scraping or web scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile datasets containing personal information.

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