Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The HSE ultimately enlisted members of the Irish military to bring in laptops and PCs to help restore computer systems by hand. For example, it is unclear how much data would have been unrecoverable if a decryption key had not become available as the HSE’s backup infrastructure was only periodically backed up to offline tape.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Take the following example, provided by Phish Labs: [CONTINUED] Blog post with screenshot: [link] Are Your Users' Passwords. This tests against ten types of weak password related threats for example; Weak, Duplicate, Empty, Never Expires, plus six more. APT28 is associated with Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU.

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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. Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. The threat actor mainly targets insurance, consulting, and construction companies.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Examples of services security include: AD security : Adds layers of security to Active Directory to eliminate unneeded access or permission levels, detect unauthorized changes, and block other attacks on AD. For example, EDR might replace antivirus and SASE might replace non-integrated firewalls, CASB, and more. behind the proxy.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

VAMOSI: Does Mark typically work with insurance? LANCE : we work closely with insurance. VAMOSI: And then there are examples where the ransomware operators are not serious about the ransom-- NotPetya, for example. By no means. Does that mean that there was no ransomware occurring? So the earlier the better.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. When we travel, for example, to a different country, we have this thing called a passport, you know, this physical thing that we hold in our hands. Lewis: Good. Other: Wait.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You will also be given discounts on credit monitoring, identity-theft insurance and restoration assistance. Keeper uses military-grade encryption that can stand up to some of the most advanced cyberattacks. For example, browsers do not store passwords in an encrypted vault that only individuals users have the key to unlock.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Board-management discussions about cyber risk should include identification of which risks to avoid, which to accept, and which to mitigate or transfer through insurance, as well as specific plans associated with each approach. Principle 5. Mandatory Access Control. Role-Based Access Control.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2020

What’s an example of how they might come into play? Clinton: Take for example, restrictions many companies have on the websites employees are permitted to access from their office computers. And they might look into getting insurance to transfer at least some of this risk.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You will also be given discounts on credit monitoring, identity-theft insurance and restoration assistance. Keeper uses military-grade encryption that can stand up to some of the most advanced cyberattacks. For example, browsers do not store passwords in an encrypted vault that only individuals users have the key to unlock.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled military systems and operational concepts. This involves influencing the thinking of decision-makers, military commanders, and the general public in rival countries. efforts to support Taiwan.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

A cardplayer yawns when they're about to bluff, for example, or someone's pupils dilate when they've successfully drawn a winning card. Looking, apparently, for a bigger payday, yesterday the Russian cyber auxiliary KillNet announced that they would become Russia's 'Private Military Hacker Company (PMHC).'" the CyberWire reports.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

This very high-profile caper is part of an extended surge of ransomware attacks, which quintupled globally between the first quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2020, and is expected to rise 20 percent to 40 percent this year, according to insurance giant Aon.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

There is a broad attack surface here — not just military and political but also insurance, law enforcement and commerce,” said Matt Turek, a program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the Financial Times. A deepfake can be a digital image, video, or audio file.

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