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JANUARY 2, 2025
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South African telecom provider Cell C disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack
Security Affairs
APRIL 13, 2025
The company founded in 2001 offers prepaid and postpaid mobile plans, data bundles and internet services, fiber broadband, roaming and international calling, SIM-only plans and device deals. Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa confirms a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack.
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What Happened to Cyber 9/11?
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Let's ask the question more generally: why hasn't there been another 9/11 since 2001? These are all good reasons, but I think both authors missed the most important one: there simply aren't a lot of terrorists out there. But since then, nothing.
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The Unattributable "db8151dd" Data Breach
Troy Hunt
MAY 15, 2020
Met at the 6th National Pro Bono Conference in Ottawa in September 2016 Met on 15-17 October 2001 in Vancouver for the Luscar/Obed/Coal Valley arbitration. Arranged for carpenter apprentice Devon [redacted last name] to replace bathroom vanity top at [redacted street address], Vancouver, on 02 October 2007. It feels like a CRM.
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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts
Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC
anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. In this webinar, you'll be provided with a clear overview of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA), which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The AMLA represents the most significant changes in U.S.
To better defend digital assets, follow physical security's playbook
CSO Magazine
APRIL 29, 2021
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, owners and managers of tall buildings scrambled to improve the security of their assets, their tenants, and the millions of visitors that frequented their sites annually.
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Vulnerability Finding Using Machine Learning
Schneier on Security
APRIL 20, 2020
Since 2001 Microsoft has collected 13 million work items and bugs. To better label and prioritize bugs at that scale, we couldn't just apply more people to the problem. However, large volumes of semi-curated data are perfect for machine learning.
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Cyber Attack fear for abandoned US Vehicles and Aircrafts in Afghanistan
CyberSecurity Insiders
OCTOBER 5, 2021
On September 11th, 2001 Taliban linked terrorist group launched a flight attack on the twin towers of United States that from then-on put a major dent in the US governance on an international note.
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NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 8, 2022
NIST is an old hand at this competitive process, having previously done this with symmetric algorithms (AES in 2001) and hash functions (SHA-3 in 2015). The idea is to standardize on both a public-key encryption and digital signature algorithm that is resistant to quantum computing, well before anyone builds a useful quantum computer.
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Who Invented the Personal Computer? “Apple Was Literally Following Us Around”
Security Boulevard
APRIL 16, 2021
Anyone believe a claim by Steve Jobs in 2001 that there was no personal computer in 1975? It is quite sad how someone can gleefully erase people to highlight himself. Being literate in history should require knowing that by 1974 personal computers already were on the cover of popular magazines.
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Phishers Target Anti-Money Laundering Officers at U.S. Credit Unions
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
The USA Patriot Act , passed in the wake of the terror attacks of Sept 11, 2001, requires all financial institutions to appoint at least two Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) contacts responsible for reporting suspicious financial transactions that may be associated with money laundering.
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AI may not Destroy the World, but There are Other Risks
Security Boulevard
JUNE 16, 2023
Whether it’s Hal refusing to open the pod bay doors in 2001: A Space Odyssey or the wild thought experiment of Roko’s Basilisk—or even way back to (retellings of) Frankenstein’s monster or the ancient legend of the Golem—there’s a fear that our creations will turn against us. For some, AI is the stuff of nightmares.
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Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring
Krebs on Security
MARCH 26, 2020
” According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , Stroganov has been a long-standing member of major underground forums since at least 2001. The post claimed that among those apprehended was the infamous cybercriminal Alexey Stroganov, who goes by the hacker names “Flint” and “Flint24.”
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New RuneScape Phishing Scam Aimed at Stealing Accounts and In-game Item Bank PINs
Heimadal Security
JUNE 2, 2022
The game was first made available in January of 2001. RuneScape is a fantasy multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was created and marketed by Jagex. RuneScape was initially a Java-based browser game constructed using the C++ programming language.
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Email Provider VFEmail Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Hack
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Founded in 2001 and based in Milwaukee, Wisc., Email provider VFEmail has suffered what the company is calling “catastrophic destruction” at the hands of an as-yet unknown intruder who trashed all of the company’s primary and backup data in the United States. VFEmail provides email service to businesses and end users.
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Ransomware attack on New York Law Department
CyberSecurity Insiders
JUNE 8, 2021
Christopher Wray, the Director of the FBI stated that ransomware threats have the potential to be treated as global terrorist threats such as the September 2001 attacks. The post Ransomware attack on New York Law Department appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.
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Steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group hacked by Maze ransomware operators
Security Affairs
AUGUST 21, 2020
The Hoa Sen Group (HSG) was founded in the year 2001, it has 7,100 employees across all its 343 companies and has been earning annual revenue of around $1.18 Hoa Sen Group is the no.1 1 company in the field of manufacturing and trading steel sheet in Vietnam and the leading exporter of steel sheet in Southeast Asia.
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Most commonly used PINs putting smart phones to cyber risks
CyberSecurity Insiders
APRIL 7, 2023
The other 19 most commonly used phone PINs that put their owners at cyber risks are as follows: 1111 0000 9999 1212 7777 1004 2000 4444 2222 6969 3333 5555 6666 1122 1313 8888 4321 2001 1010 Moreover, mobile phones operating on iOS 14 and Android 11 are enabled with a security feature to set a 6-digit pin, and among them, the commonly used digits are: (..)
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All White Hat hackers exempted from US CFAA Prosecution
CyberSecurity Insiders
MAY 20, 2022
Later, the bill was given a fair scope to make amendments following the 2001 terrorist act. NOTE- CFAA was drafted and implied to protect IT assets operated by the federal government and centralized financial institutes. In September 2011, an amendment was made to the bill under the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011. .
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Pharmaceutical giant Cencora discloses a data breach
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, is an American drug wholesale company and a contract research organization that was formed by the merger of Bergen Brunswig and AmeriSource in 2001. Cencora, Inc. The Company had $238.6 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2022 and had approximately 44,000 employees.
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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Launched in 2001 under the tagline “Network terrorism,” Mazafaka would evolve into one of the most guarded Russian-language cybercrime communities.
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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 22, 2019
It released a study of the economic impact of DES in 2001. And I certainly agree that the benefits of a standardized encryption algorithm that we all trust and use outweigh the cost by orders of magnitude. And this isn't the first time NIST has conducted economic impact studies.
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Roll your own VPN and other tech advice
Javvad Malik
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Slashdot’s verdict when Apple released the iPod in 2001: “No wireless. Slashdot’s verdict when Apple released the iPod in 2001: ”No wireless. Going back to another Mikko tweet, . Less space than a nomad. Less space than a nomad. pic.twitter.com/0X9Ea4gAaR — @mikko (@mikko) October 23, 2021.
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The Last Watchdog
JUNE 27, 2023
Swissbit was founded in 2001 and has offices in Switzerland, Germany, USA, Japan and Taiwan. Swissbit’s storage range includes SSDs with PCIe and SATA interface such as mSATA, Slim SATA, CFast™, M.2 2 and 2.5” as well as CompactFlash, USB flash drives, SD Memory Cards, microSD Memory Cards and managed NAND BGAs like e.MMC.
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It’s a party! Cisco SecureX at RSAC and Cisco Live US 2022
Cisco Security
MAY 11, 2022
HOLSEC-2001.a HOLSEC-2001.b DEVNET-1083 – Security Automation: Developing with SecureX (Theater – 45 Minutes). SecureX – DevNet Takeover Booth. a – Crash Course: Automating with SecureX Orchestration (4 Hours). b – Crash Course: Automating with SecureX Orchestration (4 Hours). You are invited.
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Bitdefender offers mobile security to chats on messaging apps
CyberSecurity Insiders
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
NOTE 1- Sold with the name as SOFTWIN between 1996 to 2001, the software company was renamed as Bitdefender in the year 2007. However, the feature is available for a premium of $16 per year and includes a VPN access in the pay. It covers devices operating on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS devices, which is outstanding.
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Busted for book club? Why cops want to see what you’re reading, with Sarah Lamdan (Lock and Code S05E14)
Malwarebytes
JULY 1, 2024
Not two months after terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, Congress responded with the passage of The USA Patriot Act.
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Robot Detained a Google AI Ethicist, Terminated Her
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
In 2011 at BSidesLV I gave a presentation about the danger of big cloud companies operating like the movie 2001 by Stanley Kubrick — ship automation systems with too much authority detaining and terminating their own crew.
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GUEST ESSAY: ‘Tis the season — to take proactive measures to improve data governance
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 10, 2018
About the essayist: Todd Feinman is president and CEO of Identity Finder , co-founding the company in 2001. May these recent disheartening examples in the news spur brands to act today and take action to protect sensitive data and avoid the far-reaching negative impacts of high-profile data breaches.
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SMB cyber safety: De-risking catastrophic events
Security Boulevard
APRIL 26, 2023
one-day drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, then the largest decline since the attacks of September 11, 2001. September 15, 2008: The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers triggers a 4.5% The post SMB cyber safety: De-risking catastrophic events appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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MY TAKE: The back story on the convergence, continuing evolution of endpoint security
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 17, 2018
In 1990, Florin and Mariuca Talpes parlayed a $300 stake borrowed from a relative into a company which would become Bitdefender in 2001. I visited with Joe Sykora, vice president of worldwide channel development for Bitdefender, at Black Hat USA 2018 , and asked him to put the remarkable staying power of endpoint security in context.
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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 21, 2019
The San Jose, CA-based security vendor has been helping companies protect their web applications since the company was founded in 2001 by world-renowned ethical hacker Jeremiah Grossman , who also happens to be a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as well as a native of my home state, Hawaii.
Estonia sues Gemalto for 152M euros over flaws in citizen ID cards issued by the company
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
The Estonian electronic ID cards have been manufactured by the Swiss company Trub AG and its successor Gemalto AG since 2001. At the time, Estonia had issued 1.3 million electronic ID cards offering citizens online access to a huge number of services through the “e-government” state portal.
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Linux Foundation launches software signing service
SC Magazine
MARCH 9, 2021
A sidewalk depiction of IBM’s Peace, Love, and Linux advertising campaign in 2001. The Linux Foundation is launching “sigstore,” a free-to-use software signing certificate authority open to all developers. ( “Peace, Love, and Linux” by kino-eye is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ).
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Confessions of a Network Engineer – Remote Access VPNs
Security Boulevard
AUGUST 30, 2022
In 2001, I joined a global retailer based in the Pacific Northwest as a network engineer. My first task was to build out a remote access VPN. At the time, after considering the options available, I decided on a simple system built around a Microsoft RRAS server (remember those?). Little did I know that the.
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How DMARC Can Protect Against Ransomware
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
IPv6 : v=spf1 ip6 :2001:4860:4860::8888 ip6 :2001:4860:4860::8844 -all. For example, hackers may forge a fake email, impersonating the CEO or any director, but SPF checks whether the sender has an approved IP address in the SPF record and blocks the email if it doesn’t. For example: IPv4 : v=spf1 ip4 :8.8.8.8 ip4 :8.8.4.4 -all.
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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 2, 2018
The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit group, underwritten by the top tech companies and biggest banks, that has been out there since 2001 promoting best practices and supplying programs to engrain this mindset in our society. Related: Using ‘gamification’ for security training.
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Why Mass Electric Car Concepts of 1940s May Finally Arrive in 2020s
Security Boulevard
JUNE 4, 2021
The BBC makes a classic error in their new report by saying GM started electric mass vehicle development in 1990s (shutdown by Bush in 2001).
Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have breached the Italian Revenue Agency
Security Affairs
JULY 25, 2022
“The Revenue Agency, operational since 1 January 2001, was born from the reorganization of the Financial Administration following the Legislative Decree No. 300 of 1999. It has its own statute and specific regulations governing administration and accounting.
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Patch now! Insecure Hikvision security cameras can be taken over remotely
Malwarebytes
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Its business activities include the provision of services for hard disk recorders, video codes, video servers, surveillance cameras, monitoring of ball machine, road mounts and other products, as well as security services.
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144 What Is DNS And Why Should Your Business Care?
Adam Levin
MARCH 21, 2019
ICANN has been pointing out vulnerabilities in the DNS system since at least 2001 , and for the better part of the last decade urging companies to adopt the more secure Domain Name System Security Extensions, or DNSSEC. .
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CISO Stories Podcast: Doing Privacy Right vs. Doing Privacy Rights
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Eric Schmidt (CEO Google 2001-2007) famously noted that his company’s policy was to get ‘right up to the creepy line and not cross it.’ The closer an organization can get to this imaginary line, the greater the profit maximization. When does this become an invasion of privacy? .
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What is fileless malware?
Malwarebytes
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The first malware to be classified as fileless was the Code Red Worm , which ran rampant in 2001, attacking computers running Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS). Is fileless malware new? Fileless malware attacks have been around for 20 years at least. But in the last few years fileless attacks have become more prevalent.
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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?
Krebs on Security
MARCH 23, 2020
aquariumofniagara.org 2001-01-11 GODADDY.COM, LLC. .” Now let’s run a search on the phone number for Mark Carter — the phony persona behind all the Web Listings domains registered to the Niagara Falls address — +1.716-285-3575. What stands out about this list? Domain Name Create Date Registrar.
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