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Researcher compromised the Toyota Supplier Management Network

Security Affairs

The security researcher Eaton Zveare has exploited a vulnerability in Toyota’s Global Supplier Preparation Information Management System (GSPIMS) to achieve system admin access to Toyota’s global supplier management network. made it easy to find accounts that had elevated access to the system.

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Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks

Security Affairs

In some attacks, the state-sponsored hackers impersonated South Korean academic scholars asking to researchers at think tanks to participate in a survey, such as on North Korean nuclear issues and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula or requesting an email interview.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

The SocksEscort home page says its services are perfect for people involved in automated online activity that often results in IP addresses getting blocked or banned, such as Craigslist and dating scams, search engine results manipulation, and online surveys. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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NEW TECH: LogicHub introduces ‘virtualized’ security analysts to help elevate SOAR

The Last Watchdog

Today there exists a widening shortage of security analysts talented and battle tested enough to make sense of the rising tide of data logs inundating their SIEM systems. PowerShell is a command-line shell designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage system configurations.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2020 – 623 million records breached

IT Governance

Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). Columbus County Schools gives update after systems wiped by cyber attack (5,673). The US Defence Information Systems Administration discloses 2019 cyber attack (unknown). Cyber attacks. Massive MGM data breach might be a smokescreen for more insidious attack (10.6

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. According to IDC’s 2021 State of Cloud Security Report , 79 percent of surveyed companies reported a cloud data breach in the last 18 months. Those concerns are certainly justified.

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How To Build A Cybersecurity Career | What Really Matters

Cyber Info Veritas

A Global Information Security Workforce Study conducted by ISC showed that out of all the cybersecurity experts surveyed, only 7% are below the age of 29, and only 13% are below the age of 30-34. The survey concluded that 42 is the average age of a cybersecurity professional. What does this mean?