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How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap
Krebs on Security
MAY 21, 2021
One of the oldest scams around — the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data — is on the rise, the FBI warns.
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533 Million Facebook Account Records Posted to Forum
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2021
Facebook Says Data Comes from Previously Reported 2019 Incident A security researcher found more than 500 million Facebook records made available for free on the darknet, exposing basic user information including any phone numbers associated with accounts.
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RSAC insights: Introducing ‘CWPP’ and ‘CSPM,’ new frameworks to secure cloud infrastructure
The Last Watchdog
MAY 17, 2021
A greater good has come from Capital One’s public pillaging over losing credit application records for 100 million bank customers. Related: How credential stuffing fuels account takeovers.
DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized
Krebs on Security
MAY 14, 2021
The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills.
Address the Challenges of Siloed Monitoring Tools
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Companies frequently experience monitoring tool sprawl. Find out why monitoring tool sprawl occurs, why it’s a problem for businesses, and the positive business impacts of monitoring tool consolidation.
A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang
Krebs on Security
MAY 11, 2021
The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of pipe , stranding countless barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on the Gulf Coast.
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At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software
Krebs on Security
MARCH 5, 2021
Serial Swatter Who Caused Death Gets Five Years in Prison
Krebs on Security
JULY 21, 2021
A 18-year-old Tennessee man who helped set in motion a fraudulent distress call to police that led to the death of a 60-year-old grandfather in 2020 was sentenced to 60 months in prison today.
Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups.
Krebs on Security
JULY 19, 2021
Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists if only they’d had proper data backups.
Three Top Russian Cybercrime Forums Hacked
Krebs on Security
MARCH 4, 2021
Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked.
Cloud-Scale Monitoring With AWS and Datadog
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In this eBook, find out the benefits and complexities of migrating workloads to AWS, and services that AWS offers for containers and serverless computing.
Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 7, 2021
The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on backdoored products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S.
A Basic Timeline of the Exchange Mass-Hack
Krebs on Security
MARCH 8, 2021
Sometimes when a complex story takes us by surprise or knocks us back on our heels, it pays to revisit the events in a somewhat linear fashion.
Profiles in Leadership: Mario Demarillas of Exceture
Data Breach Today
JUNE 4, 2021
CISO Discusses Changing Security Culture in Organizations Mario Demarillas, CISO and head of IT consulting and software engineering at Exceture, in the Philippines, strikes a balance between securing his organization and its business offering in security
Can We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now?
Krebs on Security
MARCH 16, 2021
SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping control over a mobile phone number to someone else.
What E-Commerce Performance Metrics Are CTOs Monitoring?
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In this eBook, Danny Miles, CTO of Dollar Shave Club, reveals an efficient framework for thinking about and prioritizing the performance metrics that matter most to him, providing a blueprint for fellow e-commerce CTOs to follow as they evaluate their own business.
SolarWinds Hires Chris Krebs to Reboot Its Cybersecurity
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 8, 2021
Hacked Firm Also Taps Former Facebook CSO as It Responds to Supply Chain Attack As security software firm SolarWinds investigates the supply chain attack involving its Orion software and looks to rebuild its security processes and reputation, it's hired former U.S.
ParkMobile Breach Exposes License Plate Data, Mobile Numbers of 21M Users
Krebs on Security
APRIL 12, 2021
Someone is selling account information for 21 million customers of ParkMobile , a mobile parking app that’s popular in North America. The stolen data includes customer email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, license plate numbers, hashed passwords and mailing addresses.
Intuit to Share Payroll Data from 1.4M Small Businesses With Equifax
Krebs on Security
JULY 1, 2021
Financial services giant Intuit this week informed 1.4
Another 0-Day Looms for Many Western Digital Users
Krebs on Security
JULY 2, 2021
Some of Western Digital’s MyCloud-based data storage devices. Image: WD.
9 Developer Enablement Practices to Achieve DevOps at Enterprise Scale
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In this eBook, Christian Oestreich, a senior software engineering leader with experience at multiple Fortune 500 companies, shares how a metrics-driven mindset can dramatically improve software quality and enable DevOps at enterprise scale.
No, I Did Not Hack Your MS Exchange Server
Krebs on Security
MARCH 28, 2021
New data suggests someone has compromised more than 21,000 Microsoft Exchange Server email systems worldwide and infected them with malware that invokes both KrebsOnSecurity and Yours Truly by name. Let’s just get this out of the way right now: It wasn’t me.
Patient Files Dumped on Darknet Site After Hacking Incidents
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Data Appears to Come From 2 Healthcare Organizations in Florida, Texas The Conti cybercrime gang has reportedly leaked sensitive patient data, as well as employee records, on a darknet site following recent hacker attacks on a two healthcare organizations in Florida and Texas
Nigerian Gets 10-Year Sentence for BEC Scam
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Prosecutors: Crime Operation Extorted $11 Million A Nigerian national has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to taking part in a business email compromise operation that extorted $11 million from its victims, according to the U.S. Department of Justice
The Forrester Wave™: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q2 2021
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In our 24-criterion evaluation of B2B marketing data providers, we identified the 11 most significant vendors — Data Axle, Dun & Bradstreet, Enlyft, Global Database, InsideView, Leadspace, Oracle, SMARTe, Spiceworks Ziff Davis, TechTarget, and ZoomInfo Technologies — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps B2B marketing professionals select the right one for their needs.
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw
Krebs on Security
JULY 7, 2021
Microsoft on Tuesday issued an emergency software update to quash a security bug that’s been dubbed “ PrintNightmare ,” a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that is actively being exploited.
What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Stories about computer security tend to go viral when they bridge the vast divide between geeks and luddites, and this week’s news about a hacker who tried to poison a Florida town’s water supply was understandably front-page material.
Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number
Krebs on Security
MAY 19, 2021
Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents.
Attackers Using Malicious Doc Builder Called 'EtterSilent'
Data Breach Today
APRIL 8, 2021
Report: Builder Allows Cybercriminals to Create Specialized Office Documents Cybercriminal gangs are using a newly uncovered malicious document builder called "EtterSilent" to create differentiated and harder-to-discover malicious documents that can be deployed in phishing attacks.
The Unexpected Cost of Data Copies
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This paper will discuss why organizations frequently end up with multiple data copies and how a secure "no-copy" data strategy enabled by the Dremio data lake service can help reduce complexity, boost efficiency, and dramatically reduce costs.
MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security
The Last Watchdog
APRIL 26, 2021
Historically, consumers have had to rely on self-discipline to protect themselves online. Related: Privacy war: Apple vs. Facebook. I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. Then about 10 years ago, consumer-grade virtual private networks, or VPNs, came along, providing a pretty nifty little tool that any individual could use to deflect invasive online tracking. Consumer-grade VPNs have steadily gained a large following.
Facebook Tries to 'Scrape' Its Way Through Another Breach
Data Breach Today
APRIL 12, 2021
Social Network Attempts 'Not Hacking' Spin on Theft of 533 Million Users' Details Facebook has been attempting to dismiss the appearance of a massive trove of user data by claiming it wasn't hacked, but scraped.
Analysis: 2020 Health Data Breach Trends
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 4, 2021
Ransomware, Phishing Incidents, Vendor Hacks Prevail Hacking incidents, including ransomware and phishing attacks, as well as security incidents involving vendors dominated the federal tally of major health data breaches in 2020
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