eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% This variant of fraud has been around since at least 2011, when an Australian Broadcasting Corporation employee with high-level IT access privileges hijacked company computers to mine Bitcoin.

Energy and Utilities 120

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 120

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house. There's no consistency across manufacturers or devices either in terms of defaulting to auto-updates or even where to find updates. The vulnerability is the result of weak encryption used by TP-Link.

IoT 143

IoT Security Risk Cloud 143

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Vamosi: DEF CON turns 30 This year what began simply as a going away party for a coworker has since evolved over the decades into an annual summer tradition for InfoSec leaders in Las Vegas, which now includes other events such as besides Las Vegas, Diana is known as hackers summer camp. Yes, this episode contains some recycled material.

Computer and Electronics 40

Computer and Electronics IT Security Mining 40

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And that's when we had this kind of great freeze event in Texas where they lost power and all this stuff. And I remember asking questions, who were the manufacturers? There's been a few different ones that have been on eBay for different manufacturers and I bought a few of them. It's mine. Turns out they weren't.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Communications 52

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. Money gave us that choice. Free legal money and there are many, many ways to do it.

Education 111

Education Marketing IT Insurance 111

ForAllSecure

MARCH 10, 2021

Ollam: So lockpicking has always been a huge part of the hacker world, and the community, both as a hobby interest, and also now increasingly as with faces like mine as a professional endeavor. Ollam: The Dutch had sometimes been doing what they called a village tent at Dutch events in a big campground.

IT 52

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