Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Sports fans aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to this event. It’s not like bad actors haven’t taken an interest in major sporting events before. Just a couple of months after that, World Rugby itself announced that one of its training websites had suffered a security breach that exposed subscribers’ account information.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2020

Related: We’re in the golden age of cyber spying Mainstream news outlets are hyper focused on the events of the past six days. 27 rocket attack on a military base in northern Iraq killed an American contractor and a number of service members. The Department of Homeland Security next alerted U.S. Qasem Soleimani.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Provides certain exemptions from public disclosure for materials provided to the state in response to an investigation of a breach of security. credit or debit card number, or any financial account number in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to such financial account.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The problem: The FBI warns that during the dismantling of the Moobot botnet, agents detected code from other Russian attackers, including the notorious Fancy Bear (AKA: APT28 or Military Unit 26165) also responsible for the attack on the US Democratic National Committee (DNC) before the 2016 election. The fix: Apply Windows patches ASAP.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. All organizations should assume that the next threat is already inside their networks and won’t be caught by conventional perimeter security.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight More than 70 million email addresses added to Have I Been Pwned The security researcher Troy Hunt has added more than 70 million email addresses from the Naz.API data set to his Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service. VF Corporation confirms 35.5

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

drone attack that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani. Despite assurances to the contrary, it’s a fair assumption there is more to come, according to national security experts. Never buy a device that doesn’t allow you to set a long and strong password. password, 123456, qwerty, etc.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2020

The Internet Security Alliance ( ISA ) is a trade association and think tank whose members include prominent corporations in a wide cross section of industries. I think the whole digital age came upon us so quickly, so easily, so pleasantly and so profitably that we simply missed the security downside at first.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Cyber attacks.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

However, once the user downloads and extracts the file, the Redline Stealer (aka RedStealer) malware is activated and is capable of stealing passwords and downloading further malware onto the user's device." Employees can be helped to develop sound security habits like these by stepping them through monthly social engineering simulations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for them. The Military Chinese General and Philosopher Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) wrote these tactics over two thousand years ago, and it is as applicable today as it ever was. If they are in superior strength, evade them. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Is there something more secure? Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. government.

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IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2019

Chinese hackers target universities in pursuit of maritime military secrets (unknown). Automation Anywhere app exposes event attendees’ information (unknown). Worcester, MA, school leaks partial Social Security numbers of teachers and committee members (unknown). All-in-one widget ShareThis discloses data theft (617 million).

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

” The attacks began on September 16, 2019, while the World Anti-Doping Agency was warning that Russia could face a ban from all major sports events over “discrepancies” in a lab database. The company has already notified all impacted customers and worked with them to secure compromised accounts or systems.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Also research the impact of the information’s proximity to potential man-made hazards, for example the airport, military bases, plants or factories that handle hazardous or flammable material. For e.g. Information on paper is secure based on papers longevity. What records require critical security measures?

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. 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.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2011

We should take steps to embrace and protect it – and that starts with robust cyber security.” In brief, the bill features two key elements: Data Security Requirements. Representative Bono Mack is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. Breach Notification Requirements.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Staff Awareness. Spam Filter.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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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. Here’s Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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