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University of Michigan Cyber Incident Causes Internet Outage

SecureWorld News

The University of Michigan experienced an internet outage on August 27th that affected students, faculty, and staff across all three campuses just as the fall semester was kicking off. Students and faculty were also unable to connect to the internet on their personal devices. The outage began at approximately 1:40 p.m.

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Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

The Verge

That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with Safer Internet Day on February 8th. Although the number of web services supporting two-factor authentication has grown steadily, consumer adoption still remains low.

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The Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

I spoke on DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet. The foundation of the self-sovereign internet is built on autonomic identifiers. Alice) who, by virtue of knowing the authentication factors (e.g. Alice uses her private key to sign statements that authenticate herself and authorize use of the identifier.

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Why Apple’s improved 2FA protection matters to business

Computerworld Vertical IT

Apple has introduced a new layer of protection to its existing two-factor authentication (2FA) system, making it a little harder for phishing attacks to successfully steal valuable authentication credentials. Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report confirmed that 36% of data breaches that year involved phishing.

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The Top 10 Cyber Vulnerabilities for 2021

SecureWorld News

There is no question—we have seen a few unprecedented cyberattacks in 2021 with the rise of ransomware. This weakness fell into spot three from spot two last year and includes cross-site scripting for 2021. This cyberattack caused a professor to disconnect their research computer from the internet.

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Your Guide to Hacker Summer Camp 2021

ForAllSecure

Black Hat Briefings USA ( Jul 31, 2021 through Thu, Aug 5, 2021). BsidesLV (July 31 and August 1, 2021). BSidesLV will be entirely virtual in 2021. For example, FuzzCON 2021 will be hybrid, in person and virtual, the Thursday night between Black Hat and DEF CON. Two Factor Authentication is a must.

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Your Guide to Hacker Summer Camp 2021

ForAllSecure

Black Hat Briefings USA ( Jul 31, 2021 through Thu, Aug 5, 2021). BsidesLV (July 31 and August 1, 2021). BSidesLV will be entirely virtual in 2021. For example, FuzzCON 2021 will be hybrid, in person and virtual, the Thursday night between Black Hat and DEF CON. Two Factor Authentication is a must.