eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

How HackerGPT Works HackerGPT claims to prioritize data security by delivering queries to OpenAI or OpenRouter while ensuring user privacy in the process. This helps to preserve the user’s privacy and security when using the platform. It also teaches defensive strategies and promotes safe practices and awareness.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2018

. “The small claims case was a lot more about raising awareness,” said West, a librarian at the Randolph Technical Career Center who specializes in technology training and frequently conducts talks on privacy and security. “A lot of people don’t feel they have agency around privacy and technology in general. .”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The third vulnerability ( CVE-2022-1471 ) is a Java deserialization issue caused by unsafe deserialization in the SnakeYAML library, which allows attackers to perform RCE with a malicious YAML file. CVE-2023-5217 is a heap buffer overflow bug in the libvpx video codec library’s VP8 encoding that might allow arbitrary code execution.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The key is stored in plain text to a local file called %AppData%Signalconfig.json on Windows PCs and on a Mac at ~/Library/Application Support/Signal/config.json. The issue could be easily addressed by requiring users to set a password that would be used to encrypt the key the database encryption key. Source Bleeping Computer.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2018

Then a JavaScript library called Coinhive came along that enabled people to embed mining code on their websites. We live in an era of breaches and every breach usually results in data leaks, including a lot of logons and passwords. Bilogorskiy: Correct, because people share passwords. This is called credential stuffing.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Hackers can now generate accurate password lists automatically and even customize them according to a specific set of data (e.g., To train your models, you will likely need third-party libraries from trustworthy vendors. However, the biggest concern could be privacy. ML automates brute force attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Log on to your Mac by entering your device password. ” Go to the “Privacy” tab. ” Scroll down and click on “Privacy and security” in the left menu. Under “Privacy and security,” click on “Clear browsing data.” To exit Safe Mode, restart your Macbook.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Rather than typing in your name and password, you scan a QR code. Also, many open source packages and libraries can generate malformed QR codes and encode common exploits, such as cross-site scripting (XSS) , local file inclusion (LFI), directory traversal , or SQL injection. QRL Highjacking.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Controls can be anything from good password hygiene to web application firewalls and internal network segmentation, a layered approach that reduces risk at each step. Storing sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, or social security numbers in cookies is discouraged due to the potential risk of exposure.

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

Most notably, it’s banning bad default passwords on IoT (Internet of Things) devices, becoming the first country to do so. Enforcement New UK laws for IoT device security The UK government has published new laws, mandating Internet-connected smart devices to meet a minimum security standard.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Agent Tesla is a fully customizable password info-stealer offered as malware-as-a-service , many cyber criminals are choosing it as their preferred recognition tool. . It is a fully customizable password info-stealer and many cyber criminals are choosing it as their preferred recognition tool. . Introduction. Load()” method.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2024

the award-winning privacy company enabling Identity without Secrets™, today launched a new Partner Program and welcomed Identity Data Management and Analytics provider Radiant Logic as its newest partner. San Francisco, Calif., 7, 2024 — Badge Inc. ,

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption keys are passwords for encryption. The longer the password or the more complex the password, the more difficult it will be to guess. Security teams educate Dev teams with lists of approved and disallowed encryption algorithms or libraries to reduce weak encryption risk.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 26, 2018

We know that intuitively just from our experiences online, where phishing attacks and identity theft are rampant – often taking advantage of weak identities like user names and passwords, or Social Security Numbers. We have those libraries and we’ve wrapped our heads around how that works.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

In the very quiet science fiction section of the Glen Park Public Library in San Francisco. It's basic privacy hygiene. So privacy in my opinion, is on a sliding scale. But I view internet privacy differently. I do this not because I'm hiding but for a degree of privacy. Don't use familiar passwords seriously.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

He shares a particular example: e-commerce couldn’t have happened without fundamental crypto libraries, such as TLS and SSL. Thanks to these crypto libraries, today’s online economy is the size of Spain’s GDP! Did someone just forgot to change the default password? Then there's network security. What's this?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

He shares a particular example: e-commerce couldn’t have happened without fundamental crypto libraries, such as TLS and SSL. Thanks to these crypto libraries, today’s online economy is the size of Spain’s GDP! Did someone just forgot to change the default password? Then there's network security. What's this?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

He shares a particular example: e-commerce couldn’t have happened without fundamental crypto libraries, such as TLS and SSL. Thanks to these crypto libraries, today’s online economy is the size of Spain’s GDP! Did someone just forgot to change the default password? Then there's network security. What's this?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Bitdefender Premium Security takes care of your personal information and online privacy with features like file shredder, password manager, anti-theft, privacy firewall, parental control, safe online banking, webcam protection, anti-tracker, and unlimited VPN traffic. for up to 10 devices on an annual subscription.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Broken authentication happens because of poor password creation, compromised password storage systems, and vulnerabilities in the encrypted authentication framework. Employ established input validation techniques and libraries to thwart threats like SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). You can unsubscribe at any time.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Organizations without time to install upgrades promptly should consider resetting admin passwords. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The fix: Cisco has already issued patches , so those with IOS or IOS XE can upgrade their software. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. Symmetric encryption is often used for drive encryption, WiFi encryption, and other use cases where speed performance is paramount and a password can be safely shared.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions. One of the, the, potentially morbid jokes that I sometimes make is I love my privacy but I want to be alive to enjoy it. I don't know.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions. One of the, the, potentially morbid jokes that I sometimes make is I love my privacy but I want to be alive to enjoy it. I don't know.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2018

Canada Revenue Agency logs 2,338 privacy breaches in just under 2 years. Video-sharing site AcFun urges users to change passwords after nearly 10 million users have data leaked. Impatient former Hong Kong library worker arrested after stealing customers’ personal data to borrow books faster. Data breaches in 2017.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

For everything from minor network infractions to devastating cyberattacks and data privacy troubles , digital forensics software can help clean up the mess and get to the root of what happened. The Sleuth Kit enables administrators to analyze file system data via a library of command-line tools for investing disk images.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 7, 2020

I was reminded of this just yesterday when my friend from Cloudflare, Junade Ali, posted this: Now @LastPass has added breached password notifications using the k-Anonymity API design by me and @troyhunt - joining @1Password , Okta PassProtect, Apple, Google, etc. Most of the libraries HIBP uses are open source.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services. The fix: Update libraries and instances to versions patched after February 8, 2024.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2020

Royal Yachting Association tells members to reset passwords after intrusion (unknown). Bartlett Public Library District, IL, computers disabled by ransomware (unknown). University of Ottawa says password-protected laptop was stolen from campus (188). H&M under investigation amid claims of massive privacy breach (unknown).

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