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Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised

Network World

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users' online accounts, web searches, and other private data, security researchers warn. based Context Information Security, during the DEF CON security conference this week.

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

CTOvision

At the RSA Conference in February 2014, the company announced threat intelligence partnerships with ThreatGRID and Reversing Labs. “A A security strategy that only reacts to attacks isn’t acceptable,” said Paul Calatayud, Chief Information Security Officer of Surescripts. “To

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Timeline: How a Hacker Tried to Poison a City

SecureWorld News

But here's the disturbing part for those in information security: the plant had not utilized TeamViewer in months, and apparently employees did not realize it was still on the computer involved. Computers running the no longer supported Windows 7? And it gets worse. No firewall? A universally shared password? RELATED: U.S.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Gaining Persistence On Windows Boxes

ForAllSecure

From her talk at SecTor 2022 , Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO of Cqure , returns to The Hacker Mind and explains how a lot of little configuration errors in common Windows tools and services can open the door to persistence on a system for bad actors and what sysadmins can do to mitigate these. Often they hide in common misconfigurations.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Hyper-V

ForAllSecure

It's the software that emulates a physical computer virtually to run programs operating systems stored data connected networks and do other typical computing functions. Peleg: If you take a look of the windows. Robert: Typically calls for papers at major conferences are held months in advance of the actual conference.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Crimeware As A Service

ForAllSecure

At the time of this podcast, Lockbit accounts for 40% of the ransomware present today and it hits both Windows and Linux machines. Baccio: I think the very first one was at an HIV conference in 89. --[Music] --. In 2022, Lockbit became the most widely used ransomware. It encrypts just the header and the first few bits.

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