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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

This article increases awareness for organizations seeking to enhance their digital risk posture against the increasing threat of ransomware (a type of malware) deployed by threat actors to prevent or limit users from accessing their system until a ransom is paid. million in 2015 to 638 million in 2016. Crystal Lister.

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Read This If You Do Business in China

SecureWorld News

But the bank left out a critical detail about the software: it included malware.". Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is jumping on the concerns surrounding this Chinese malware whack-a-mole. Trustwave called the backdoor GoldenSpy, issuing a warning about the threat. The companies received an uninstaller for the backdoor.

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The internet of trusted things

Dataconomy

IoT device security has become an increasingly pressing issue in recent years, as more and more devices become connected to the internet. The vulnerability of IoT devices to cyber-attacks and data breaches has made their security a top priority for individuals, organizations, and governments around the world.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: real names, email addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, and security questions. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. Adult FriendFinder Networks data breach (2016).

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: real names, email addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers, and security questions. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. Adult FriendFinder Networks data breach (2016).

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Behavioral Biometrics

ForAllSecure

So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. I’m just not convinced that a fingerprint or an image of my face is secure enough. Without a basic ability to authenticate these characters, there’d be no drama, no romance, no tragedy. That's biometrics.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Especially in the world of security standards. He’s well known.