The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Security researcher Alex Birsan has found a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on servers owned by Apple, Microsoft, PayPal, and over 30 other companies ( via Bleeping Computer ). Not only would they download his package instead of the correct one, but they would also run the code inside it. It’s not a great situation.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

Treasury Department warning of a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) known as the Lazarus Group targeting cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems.

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Galido

MARCH 18, 2020

Endpoint management is a critical part of IT management solutions for all companies. Hence, your company needs a secure endpoint management system. The software would also enforce unified data protection policies across all company servers, endpoints, and networks, which further reduces the risk of a data breach.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And how do you trust a company that is silently tracking your movements every day, collecting data on you, and not telling you what they do with that data? System administrators didn't bother locking down their systems, because the possibility of bad actors using them didn't really cross their minds.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

He writes about this in his book, "Ghost in the Wires": "I would call the company I'd targeted, ask for their computer room, make sure I was talking to a system administrator, and tell him, 'This is [whatever fictitious name popped into my head at that moment], from DEC support. Hacker targets victims with fear. Helpfulness.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2016

A recent report by Praetorian , a cybersecurity company headquartered in Austin, TX, focused on threats that resulted in data compromise or access to sensitive information. When this is done, the credentials of a user accessing network resources can be instead transmitted to the attacker’s system.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

Frank, now the chief innovation officer and co founder of Tidal Security, returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss the ATT&CK, only this time from the perspective of his new company. So what we wanted to do is go off and develop a company that would give organizations the tools that they need to really make it their own.

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