IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Rather than dropping ransomware on victims’ machines and hoping they would pay to regain access to their files, cyber criminals were increasingly cutting out the middle man and infecting victims’ machines with software that used their spare processing power to mine for cryptocurrency. Users were encouraged to change their passwords.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” SEPTEMBER.

Passwords 226

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 226

ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

In our sales work we call them cyber emotional academies. We recruit military veterans, women, and minorities. A colleague of mine used to travel around to sans training conferences across the country. This was a military veteran I spoke to a couple of years ago. It does not matter where they're from in the military.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Military IT Security 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. Mine was 2000. CLEMENS: No.

IT 40

IT Sales Security Honeypots 40