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Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports

Krebs on Security

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. It wouldn’t even show me the four multiple-guess questions.

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Cyber Security’s Impact on Climate Change: What Can Organisations Do?

IT Governance

IT Governance found more than 1,200 publicly disclosed security incidents in 2021 , which correlates to society’s increasingly reliance on computers and the expanding influence that criminal hackers have. Perhaps the most significant example of this is the Cloud. Then there’s blockchain mining. This is no small matter.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

Charging documents say the seven men are part of a hacking group known variously as “ APT41 ,” “ Barium ,” “ Winnti ,” “ Wicked Panda ,” and “ Wicked Spider.” Security analysts and U.S. Image: FBI. APT41’s activities span from the mid-2000s to the present day.

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Envisioning new and hidden realities with data and augmented reality—a digital “twin city” example

CGI

Envisioning new and hidden realities with data and augmented reality—a digital “twin city” example. Also growing at the same time is the need to store, secure, access and analyze this data. For example, a supermarket that makes home grocery deliveries has empty vehicles returning from those deliveries. Wed, 01/10/2018 - 15:25.

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Crooks target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to deploy miners

Security Affairs

Threat actors target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to cryptocurrency miners, security researchers from Intezer warn. At least in one case, the researchers noticed that attackers deployed a popular cryptocurrency mining container, kannix/monero-miner, a circumstance that suggests an ongoing hacking campaign in the wild.

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LemonDuck Shows Malware Can Evolve, Putting Linux and Microsoft at Risk

eSecurity Planet

The LemonDuck malware that for the past couple of years has been known for its cryptocurrency mining and botnet capabilities is evolving into a much broader threat, moving into new areas of cyber attacks, targeting both Linux and Microsoft systems and expanding its geographical reach, according to security researchers with Microsoft.

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

Now for the big challenge - security. The "s" in IoT is for Security Ok, so the joke is a stupid oldie, but a hard truth lies within it: there have been some shocking instances of security lapses in IoT devices. Are these examples actually risks in IoT? Let's dive into it.

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