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National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization

Security Affairs

The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations. Among the accessible files, researchers also discovered a backup of a database storing user emails and hashed passwords.

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Is Cisco’s Acquisition of Splunk a Shade of Brilliance or Madness?

Security Boulevard

In 2000, they understood IP telephony, wireless, and load balancing were going and bet big. In cybersecurity, Cisco invested early in IPS, Firewall, VPN, and endpoint security; they produced exceptional results. Why would Cisco Systems unload $28 billion and change for this company?

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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

In 2000, Forescout entered the security market as an NAC provider and then expanded capabilities to encompass more security and asset control features. Hybrid, or mixed local/cloud networks require virtual private network (VPN) infrastructure between environments. Who is Forescout?

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Financial institutions in the 1990s and 2000s were some of the first to incorporate encryption to protect online transactions, particularly as backup tapes were lost in transit. The three innovators and MIT patented the RSA algorithm, a proprietary system available through RSA Security until its public release in 2000.