The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

The exploits have been patched by Microsoft, but security experts talking to Krebs say that the detection and cleanup process will be a massive effort for the thousands of state and city governments, fire and police departments, school districts, financial institutions, and other organizations that were affected.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

More diplomatically, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called it “an active threat,” drawing more attention to the emergency directive that the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency sent out March 3rd. If your organization runs an OWA server exposed to the internet, assume compromise between 02/26-03/03.

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Network World

AUGUST 3, 2016

Kaspersky Lab is using Black Hat’s hacker-rich environment as the launch pad for its first bug-bounty program that seeks talent to hack the company’s anti-malware software. More on Network World: Hot products at Black Hat 2016 | Follow all the stories from Black Hat + To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

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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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 2, 2019

ML-enabled security may not be robust , meaning that it works well on one data set (more often than not, the vendor’s), but not on another (your real network). The vision of autonomous security is machines detect, react, and defend. You go through a security checkpoint and bam, you’re caught!

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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The “Internet of Things” is a recent term we now hear more and more about. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Tech Gadget and Computer HardwareBlogs. ReadWrite Blog.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The “Internet of Things” is a recent term we now hear more and more about. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Tech Gadget and Computer HardwareBlogs. ReadWrite Blog.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 2, 2019

ML-enabled security may not be robust , meaning that it works well on one data set (more often than not, the vendor’s), but not on another (your real network). The vision of autonomous security is machines detect, react, and defend. You go through a security checkpoint and bam, you’re caught!

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 2, 2019

ML-enabled security may not be robust , meaning that it works well on one data set (more often than not, the vendor’s), but not on another (your real network). The vision of autonomous security is machines detect, react, and defend. You go through a security checkpoint and bam, you’re caught!

Security 40

Security Malware Research Study 40

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The “Internet of Things” is a recent term we now hear more and more about. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Tech Gadget and Computer HardwareBlogs. ReadWrite Blog.

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Galido

MARCH 2, 2017

The research which was called The State of Digital Personalization in 2016 took its roots from digital marketer’s usage of data and the data collection practice itself. Check secure websites for financial transaction. Some would also tell you to upgrade your computer’s security system when you don’t have one.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

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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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

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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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. Vamosi: The internet. Vamosi: Dyn was an internet performance management and web application security company that has since been bought by Oracle. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 24, 2020

A recent report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) examines the relationship between athletics and cyber defense in the U.K. The larger schemes tend to include nation-state involvement: "The most high profile attacks were conducted by Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) against the World Anti-Doping Agency, in August 2016.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? Clearly having individual vendors provide the security wasn’t working, so the state moved toward adopting open source software.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? Clearly having individual vendors provide the security wasn’t working, so the state moved toward adopting open source software.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. Dan found a flaw that could have crippled the internet. CODEN: From 2016 to 2021. The point of this?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? Clearly having individual vendors provide the security wasn’t working, so the state moved toward adopting open source software.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

In December, 2016, the lights went out in Kyiv, Ukraine. So the reality is that there was a team of criminal hackers, and like all intrusions, this attack didn’t just start in December 2016; it began months before it was executed. It was a masterful piece of malware, carefully crafted to achieve a specific goal.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Now that it is owned by Amazon, it promises to repeat that trick for customers who have access to gigabit internet speeds with its top-tier Eero Pro 6. But if you do have the privilege of access to faster home internet, such as what gigabit fiber can offer, you might want something more. My test results are far from scientific.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I’m just not convinced that a fingerprint or an image of my face is secure enough. In security we traditionally define the different factors of authentication as something you know, so that could be the username and password, or an answer to a security question. I'm a cyber security professional, I guess.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Early Computer Hacking: 1950s & 1960s Hacking is a term that has been used to describe unauthorized access to computer systems or networks for various purposes, including stealing data, causing damage, or demonstrating security vulnerabilities. Computer security was in its infancy in the 60s.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2015

Census Plans 2016 Test Run to Experiment with New Tech Tools - Nextgov. International Business Times: Hackers use Yahoo ad network to spread malware to hundreds of millions of internet users. US Officials Warn That Medical Devices Are Vulnerable to Hackers - Nextgov.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Demers of the DOJ's National Security Division. Spear-Phishing Campaigns: Multiple spear-phishing campaigns from March 2016 through February 2020 that targeted employees of United States cleared defense contractors, energy companies, aerospace companies, technology companies, the U.S. North Korea backed cyberattacks and U.S.,

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Vox

DECEMBER 8, 2021

These companies have a great deal of control over what we can do on our phones, the items we buy online and how they get to our homes, our personal data, the internet ecosystem, even our online identities. Apple has said it does this to ensure that its products are easy to use, private, and secure.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

To explore this model, Rosen interviewed Alex Stamos, the former chief security officer of Facebook and a public advocate for democracy and election security. Jay Rosen: You’re a former chief security officer at Yahoo and Facebook, among other roles you have had. The first was the traditional defensive information security role.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has raised concerns about Chinese government-backed hackers embedding themselves within U. critical infrastructure networks, posing a significant threat to the nation's security and economic stability. as well as our allies, come under attack." Volt Typhoon was quite active against U.S.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

It also turned Facebook into something like a single point of failure for the distribution of foreign propaganda, with famously dire results in 2016. The US government sued Microsoft for bundling its Internet Explorer browser with Windows out of fears that doing so would permanently entrench its monopoly in personal computers.

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