The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

After investigating the methods and software used by the attackers, cybersecurity firm ESET says that it was likely carried out by a hacking group called Sandworm, which The Record reports allegedly has ties to the Russian government. The attack involved malware that hasn’t been seen in the wild for years.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Security firm Cloudflare successfully detected and mitigated a DDoS attack that peaked at 17.2 Fifteen percent of the bot's IP addresses were located in Indonesia, while 17% came from India and Brazil combined, meaning there is a chance many devices in these countries are infected with malware. Mirai malware returns.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails hacked, according to a report by KrebsOnSecurity. Microsoft has released several security updates to fix the vulnerabilities, and suggests that they be installed immediately.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

A Chinese bank forced two organizations, a UK-based technology and software vendor and a major financial institution, to download a software package in order to pay local taxes. But the bank left out a critical detail about the software: it included malware.". FBI issues new warning against Chinese tax software.

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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.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

Cybercriminals and nation-states have a long history of using our IT and security tools against us. They've used a security tool called Cobalt Strike against organizations for years, but never at the current rate. By 2016, Proofpoint observed Cobalt being used by threat actors. Cobalt Strike background.

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Network World

JANUARY 19, 2017

Is anti-virus software getting worse at detecting both known and new threats? Earlier this week, Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of security awareness training company KnowBe4, looked at the data published by the Virus Bulletin , a site that tracks anti-virus detection rates. And the numbers didn't look good.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

Cybercriminals and nation-states have a long history of using our IT and security tools against us. They've used a security tool called Cobalt Strike against organizations for years, but never at the current rate. By 2016, Proofpoint observed Cobalt being used by threat actors. Cobalt Strike background.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Juice jacking is when someone tampers with a charging station or USB port, allowing it to leach data from your phone or install malware on it while you top off your battery. Here are a few alerts in 2016. Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices.”

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2021

Internal emails show Eddy Cue pushing to expand iMessage into a WhatsApp-style messaging platform as early as 2013 — and the issue reemerging in an email to Phil Schiller in 2016. In theory, there’s a way to get software onto iPhones that doesn’t include the App Store. 8] Apple is still worried about malware downloads on the Mac.

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Dataconomy

MAY 5, 2023

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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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

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. Security Tech Blogs. Techworld Security Blog. They offer useful relevant topics on security and tech security news.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

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. Security Tech Blogs. Techworld Security Blog. They offer useful relevant topics on security and tech security news.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

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. Security Tech Blogs. Techworld Security Blog. They offer useful relevant topics on security and tech security news.

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 30, 2017

To an employer, however, that smart device is nothing more than a dagger posed to rip apart every shred of corporate security. This reality of modern business was highlighted by the Information Security Community on LinkedIn through their 2016 Spotlight Report on “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD).

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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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Galido

JULY 20, 2018

With Android, the user has to choose between many brands that use Google software and between different price and quality options. This could be true as Apple software only needs to work on Apple hardware, where Android software needs to work on multiple varieties of devices. Software and Compatibility.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2021

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. Using older software within your own software always carries risk.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

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. Using older software within your own software always carries risk.

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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: Dyn was an internet performance management and web application security company that has since been bought by Oracle. We still have malware. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs who corresponded with the individual, said "they pretty much have full access to Uber. The motivation for breaching Uber, the hacker said, is because the company had weak security systems in place and that drivers should receive higher pay.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

WIENS : Yeah, so people when they asked me what I do, I say I build software that takes apart other pieces of software. So the idea is that for a variety of purposes, a company might want to understand is this piece of software, a virus or someone else might want to say, is this piece of software that I'm going to run on my computer?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It was not a literal time machine, but a way of capturing the software development process by recording intervals and storing them in the close. In the Forbes article I never published, Dan said quote- “The reason that software is so inexpensive, we actually are very good at estimating development time. And software?

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Cloud Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

“These more sophisticated systems, requiring updates, patches, and support in real-time, along with software and hardware that can operate nimbly in an agnostic ecosystem. Security challenges, the second key trend, are also morphing daily as threats become more and more diverse. Jackson 2016 ) Follow me at [link].

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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 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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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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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

As builders of software that helps companies track and hit their goals, Seattle startup Ally can check off a big achievement after winning Startup of the Year. Department of Energy’s broad network of government-funded research institutions across the country, PNNL’s research on national security and energy is worthy of recognition.

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Cloud Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Fast-evolving trends are changing the way IT thinks about security. To stay secure and productive, IT operations must excel at the fundamentals: PC refreshes for security, and optimizing end-user computers with Microsoft Windows 10. Today, it's heavily influenced by a variety of things, one of which is security manageability.

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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

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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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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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

During my test period, the Eero Pro 6 system received a handful of software updates (which are delivered automatically; there’s no way to force an update), including a recent update to version 6.1. These include ad filtering, malware protection, content filters, and access to paid apps such as Encrypt.me and 1Password.

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