article thumbnail

Experian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days

Krebs on Security

23, 2022, KrebsOnSecurity alerted big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian that identity thieves had worked out how to bypass its security and access any consumer’s full credit report — armed with nothing more than a person’s name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number. 9, 2022 and Dec.

Mining 285
article thumbnail

How to write effective travel and study grant proposals

CILIP

How to write effective travel and study grant proposals. How to write effective grant proposals, and why you should. s Working Internationally project is looking at how information professionals from across the globe can learn from each other and share ideas. How did it all start? which offered some useful tips.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How To Protect Yourself From Hackers

Cyber Info Veritas

Would you like to know how to protect yourself from the ever-present threat of cybercrime perpetrated by black hat hackers? The kind of private information on your personal desktop computer, laptop, or smartphone/device will depend on how you use these devices. Yes, there are bad and good hackers. Keep that distinction in mind.

article thumbnail

MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

This threat actor figured out how to route requests to legitimate DNS resolvers in such a way that those servers would reflect and amplify responses to the targeted website — more than 50 times, swamping the site. Barest tip. And yet, these CoAP exposures are the barest tip of the iceberg. Talk more soon.

IoT 263
article thumbnail

Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

IBM Big Data Hub

4 tips to help energy & utility supply chains avoid unexpected downtime 1. Additionally, learn how to cut MRO inventory-related costs by eliminating inefficiencies, sharing critical spares across geographical regions, and reducing non-essential parts inventory.

article thumbnail

Working Internationally for Libraries: How to write effective grant proposals

CILIP

Working Internationally for Libraries: How to write effective grant proposals. How did it all start? How to write an effective grant proposals? Below I list some of the webinar advice, and some of mine too: Know the awarding body: do some research on the awarding body, to understand what kind of person they are looking for.

article thumbnail

Hackers are targeting teleworkers with vishing campaign, CISA and FBI warn

Security Affairs

“Using vished credentials, cybercriminals mined the victim company databases for their customers’ personal information to leverage in other attacks. End-User Tips: Verify web links do not have misspellings or contain the wrong domain. Improve 2FA and OTP messaging to reduce confusion about employee authentication attempts.

Phishing 121