CGI

JULY 5, 2018

A new and quickly spreading phenomenon is to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency mining uses a lot of computing power and electricity because the mathematical problems connected to mining are difficult to solve. If you pay for the electricity and devices you use, mining will be costly.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. IoT a Security Concern.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster. This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.

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Phishing Security awareness Passwords Computer and Electronics 78

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

There, denizens with computer rigs that are built primarily for mining virtual currencies can set to work using those systems to crack passwords. But a decent crypto-mining rig can quickly crack a majority of password hashes generated with MD5 (one of the weaker and more commonly-used password hashing algorithms).

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Passwords Phishing Mining Data breaches 357

Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Would you like to know how to protect yourself from the ever-present threat of cybercrime perpetrated by black hat hackers? We shall start with the most basic: personal security against cybercrimes: NOTE: You may have noticed the use of the term black hat hackers. Yes, there are bad and good hackers. Black hat hackers are the bad kind.

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Brandeis Records Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Multiple-choice testing tips on the ICRM site paid off. Mine has been a positive one, and I thank the ICRM for supporting the opportunity for measurable, professional validation. The webinar was presented by a very senior member of the organization. BYOD can introduce threats to the security of your organization’s information.”.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 31, 2021

Every site that had Coinhive running on it, either by the design of the site owner or at the whim of a cryptojacker, stopped mining Monero. which was used for their link shortener (which also caused browsers to mine Monero). The site disappeared and the domain stopped resolving. Windows+NT+10.0;+Win64;+x64)+AppleWebKit/537.36+(KHTML,+like+Gecko)+apollohobo/1.0.0+Chrome/58.0.3029.110+Electron/1.7.9+Safari/537.36

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