Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Before we outline the safety hacks, let us briefly discuss why you need to protect yourself from hackers: How Safe Is Your Data: Why You Need To Protect Yourself From Hackers As the internet, computers, and connected devices (smart homes, smart appliances, etc.) become a central part of our lives, so does cybercrime and cyber insecurity.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that demands a ransom fee be paid after the software is installed on a computer system. A virus is a piece of malicious code that is loaded onto a computer without the user’s knowledge. Spyware/adware.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In March 2015, Anthem submitted a breach report to OCR detailing the cyberattack, indicating that it began after at least one employee responded to a spear phishing email. prevent unauthorized access to ePHI. submit annual compliance reports for a period of two years.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Spear phishing campaign compromises executives in finance industry (150). Discord client hit by Trojan that grabs passwords and user tokens (unknown). Arbonne MLM data breach exposes users’ passwords (3,527). Advanced Computer Software Group exposed data of 190 law firms (10,000). Hackers steal £2.4m Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers. RCE flaw in Electronic Arts Origin client exposes gamers to hack. Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users passwords in plaintext. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks.

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IT Governance

MAY 9, 2019

Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. Social engineering deceives and manipulates individuals into divulging sensitive information by convincing them to click malicious links or grant access to a computer, building or system. Some want data, whereas others want a ransom to be paid.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2019

These persons are then targeted for specific hacking and phishing attacks in startup institutions with system vulnerabilities. For remote access to emails, trading systems and other electronic data containing confidential information, the authentication mechanism should utilize at least two of the following factors: what a person knows (e.g.,

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2019

These persons are then targeted for specific hacking and phishing attacks in startup institutions with system vulnerabilities. For remote access to emails, trading systems and other electronic data containing confidential information, the authentication mechanism should utilize at least two of the following factors: what a person knows (e.g.,

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. Yahoo + AOL) ; Oracle ; Tesla Motors ; Time Warner ; US Bank; US Steel Corp.;

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The result has been devices with trivial vulnerabilities or flaws that have been solved for a decade or longer in traditional computing. He pointed to a FireEye study showing the exploits have overtaken phishing attacks as the top threat to organizations. Also read: IoT Devices a Huge Risk to Enterprises.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2018

Bleeping Computer reports that “Voits used email spear-phishing and telephone social-engineering to trick Washtenaw County Jail employees into downloading and running malware on their computers.”. Nice try, Konrad. Well, that’ll do for this week.

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

DHS’ webinar explained that the hackers obtained access to vendors providing computer services to electric utilities companies. The hackers used tactics such as phishing emails and watering-hole attacks. These attacks trick victims into entering passwords and other personal information, giving hackers access to corporate networks.

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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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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability. MFA can be hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Quantum computing attacks already present a real threat to existing standards, making the continued development of encryption pivotal for years to come. Cryptology is the overarching field of study related to writing and solving codes, whereas encryption and decryption are the central processes driving the computer science discipline.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Galperin is the current Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and noted free speech advocate. Breaking: Mars becomes the second planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows.

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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. The method of infection can vary from attack to attack and can include social engineering strategies, such as phishing and email spoofing , or a fraudulent website masquerading as legitimate, among others.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud. As is true with any cloud service, the Seattle cloud computing company emphasizes the shared responsibility model. One such example is the addition of cloud computing service Microsoft Azure in 2008. Alibaba Cloud.

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