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Have We Become Apathetic About Breaches?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Today, with the advent of the IoT, literally everything we do is measured, calibrated, recorded and loaded to a physical or virtual server. One such example is the recent disclosure that military personnel wearing Strava devices are revealing highly sensitive information about their locations and activities. Is Ignorance Bliss?

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 226

Security Affairs

Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America military. Russia-linked STRONTIUM APT targets IoT devices to hack corporate networks. American Insurance firm State Farm victim of credential stuffing attacks. Fraudster stole $870,000 from 2 US universities with spear-phishing mails.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Here, then, is a comprehensive look at ransomware, what it is, how to prevent it, and what to do if you become one of its unfortunate victims.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Endpoint: Enables access for human users and computer services and commonly includes PCs, laptops, Internet of Things (IoT), and operational technology (OT). Internet of Things (IoT) security: Encompasses a variety of tools and techniques to secure IoT, operations technology (OT), and other similar categories of endpoints.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

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. Its prescription can be understood as an enterprise-level, targeted guidance approach. Principle 2. Principle 3.

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New Cyberthreats for 2021

Adam Levin

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. Economic stimulus checks were targeted. Approximately 30% of phishing web pages were related to Covid-19.

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Highlights from the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy

Krebs on Security

military in disrupting cybercriminal infrastructure, and it names China as the single biggest cyber threat to U.S. military in disrupting cybercriminal infrastructure, and it names China as the single biggest cyber threat to U.S. ” Many of the U.S. ” The strategy anticipates the U.S.