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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Top 12 best practices for cloud security. 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. Source: Microsoft.

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Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

Krebs on Security

Unauthorized SIM swaps often are perpetrated by fraudsters who have already stolen or phished a target’s password, as many banks and online services rely on text messages to send users a one-time code that needs to be entered in addition to a password for online authentication. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead.

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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

The survey asked respondents to rate 12 aspects of cybersecurity, ranging from their direct experiences with common types of attacks to their readiness for such attacks, as well as the impact of cyberattacks. In 2017, for instance, SMBs were under tremendous pressure to defend their networks against rapidly morphing ransomware attacks.

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Alleged SIM Swapper Arrested in California

Krebs on Security

This includes any one-time codes sent via text message or automated phone call that many companies use to supplement passwords for their online accounts. He reported that approximately 28 SIM swaps were conducted using the same employee ID number over an approximately two-week time period in November 2017.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

And their grander vision is to help establish a nationwide biometric database in which a hybrid facial ID/fingerprint can be used for things such as fraud-proofing retail transactions, or, say, taking a self-driving vehicle for a spin. SAFR was rolled out with little fanfare at two Seattle pilot schools about a year ago, in early 2017.

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How data breaches are affecting the retail industry

IT Governance

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? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. increase on the 2017 cost of $3.62 Data breaches. million, which is a 6.4%

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2019 – 421 million records breached

IT Governance

Students forced to reset passwords after learning platform Naivance hacked (1,343). NordVPN, TorGuard and VikingVPN disclose data breaches dating back to 2017 (unknown). On the one hand, the 421,103,896 data records that were confirmed to have been breached in October represents about 50% of the monthly average. Cyber attacks.