IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Rather than dropping ransomware on victims’ machines and hoping they would pay to regain access to their files, cyber criminals were increasingly cutting out the middle man and infecting victims’ machines with software that used their spare processing power to mine for cryptocurrency. And, of course, on 25 May the GDPR came into effect.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

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. ” SEPTEMBER.

Passwords 233

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 233

ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

As a journalist, I, of course, had experienced all of the relevant domains, but my knowledge in each was only so deep. Vamosi: Since 1989, the SANS Institute has attracted some of the best infosec talent in the world to teach their courses. We recruit military veterans, women, and minorities. It could be difficult, but it's not.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Military IT Security 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. Mine was 2000. And there were.

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