Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. Constella also shows the email address zankomario@gmail.com used the password “dugidox2407.”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

billion data records were compromised worldwide in the first half of 2018 – a 72 percent rise in the number of lost, stolen or compromised records reported in the first six months of 2017. Stolen usernames and passwords are loaded up on botnets, which then relentlessly test them on account logon pages.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Retailers are the most affected , but lax security over Christmas is a problem for all organisations. Here are some signs of a poorly configured device: Default account information : Attackers can easily break into your application if you’ve left your account name as ‘admin’ or ‘test’ and not changed the default password.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords. What is cloud security? But in the public cloud, things are much more complicated. For PaaS models, Microsoft and its customers share the responsibility.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data. million for breaching the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). million (£4.2

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Only time will tell – and we may not have to wait long – but in the meantime, what is the impact of data breaches in the retail industry, and what needs to be done to mitigate them? million customers had been compromised, but is now known to have affected 10 million customers. Data breaches. million users was compromised.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2017, more than 300,000 WordPress websites were affected by a malicious plugin that allowed an attacker to place embedded hidden links on victim websites. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies.

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