Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. “TAG tracks more than 270 targeted or government-backed groups from more than 50 countries. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

The First American Statement of charges alleges six violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation and marks the Department’s first action pursuant to the Regulation, which is enforced by the recently created NYDFS Cybersecurity Division. e) and 500.01(g), g), respectively.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

And that's precisely what this 185th blog post tagging HIBP is - the noteworthy things of the years past, including a few things I've never discussed publicly before. "Have I been pwned?" " by @troyhunt is now up and running. And now, a 10th birthday blog post about what really sticks out a decade later.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The application of facial recognition technology in operations was primarily in law enforcement organizations until the last decade, when a massive advance in AI and deep learning allowed it to be more broadly applied. Amazon Rekognition has been well regarded by government agencies and other secure users. Amazon Rekognition.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

Transparency has been a huge part of that effort and I've always written and spoken candidly about my thought processes, how I handle data and very often, the mechanics of how I've built the service (have a scroll through the HIBP tag on this blog for many examples of each). The Industry Cleaned Up a Lot in 2017.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. India's Aadhaar implementation is the largest biometric system in the world, holding about 1.2 billion locals' data. They claim that they're hack-proof. Can you prove otherwise? Of course it can!

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