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Experian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days

Krebs on Security

23, 2022, KrebsOnSecurity alerted big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian that identity thieves had worked out how to bypass its security and access any consumer’s full credit report — armed with nothing more than a person’s name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number. 9, 2022 and Dec.

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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. It’s easy to do when there are six million open DNS resolvers on the internet using poor security practices.”. This attacker easily located IoT devices that used the manufacturers’ default security setting. Barest tip. Beyond DDoS.

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Hackers are targeting teleworkers with vishing campaign, CISA and FBI warn

Security Affairs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) have issued a joint security advisory to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting organizations from multiple US industry industries. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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VASCO rebrands as OneSpan, makes acquisition, to support emerging mobile banking services

The Last Watchdog

Convenience must be delicately balanced against security. The recent series of strategic moves made by VASCO Data Security underscore this seismic shift in banking services. Just prior to this strategic repositioning, I met with Will LaSala, the company’s security evangelist, at RSA Conference 2018. So banks are all in.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

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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Tips on collecting data for social network analysis (SNA)

ChiefTech

As a healthy but slight change from recent topics , I was going through some old notes and thought it might be worthwhile sharing some tips with you about collecting data for Social Network Analysis (SNA). Now, methodologies from data mining can be used as a point of reference to provide a basic process for SNA: Selection. Data Mining.

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Expect More Spam Calls and SIM-Card Scams: 400 Million Phone Numbers Exposed

Adam Levin

As much as I love this one friend of mine, nothing is private when we’re together. Your phone provider will have tips on the best practices to avoid SIM-card attacks, and common sense can be your guide regarding any unexpected phone calls, and practice the Three Ms: Minimize your exposure. You probably have a friend like this.

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