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Microsoft targets CAPTCHA-cracking bot ring allegedly responsible for 750M fake accounts

GeekWire

As shown in court documents, this is the 1stCAPTCHA site where Microsoft says the defendants sold CAPTCHA-solving tokens obtained by a fleet of bots. This is one of the domains siezed by the company via court order. Screenshot via U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.) District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Amazon Intended Its Army of Paid Twitter Sycophants to Be 'Authentic,' Have a 'Great Sense of Humor'

Gizmodo

Internal Amazon documents show that the company’s widely-derided Twitter “ambassadors” program was intended to be a different sort of laugh riot, according to the Intercept. Read more.

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CIAM Balancing Act: Security vs. Customer Experience? Which Should Win in Today’s Landscape?

CIO Business Intelligence

Providing a passwordless authentication experience leveraging WebAuthn and FIDO can solve both problems, giving organizations the win-win solution they need to remain competitive. IAM tools give organizations a way to authorize and authenticate users by relying on internal documentation validating identity. Password hygiene.

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Understanding the new era of digital workplace platforms?

CIO Business Intelligence

We see from one end of the market (mainly small and midsize businesses) that providers like Zoho fully position their platform as the operating system for business. Other nodes in the process include work done independently by each actor, such as planning, analysis, document creation, etc.

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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

The malicious documents employed in this campaign used job postings from leading defense contractors as lures and installed a data gathering implant on a victim's system. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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How Many User Credentials Did Emotet Steal? Now We Know

SecureWorld News

Turn on 2-factor authentication wherever available. Keep operating systems and software patched.". One way that Emotet was so effective was due to its ability to spread via Microsoft Word documents. What was Emotet? Emotet was one of the most dangerous malwares in the world, according to Europol.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. For network devices, we should consider using RADIUS/TACACS+ for authentication purposes, not a shared user account. Network Device Configurations. Standardized Templates and Images.