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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

These hacking waves contribute to the harvesting of account credentials and unauthorized access to loosely-configured servers; and these ill-gotten assets can, in turn, be utilized to execute different stages of higher-level hacks, such as account takeovers and ransomware campaigns. These are simple steps to take,” he told me.

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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

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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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

A Twitter account for Web Listings Inc. Searching the Internet for some of these Web listing domains mentioned in the company’s Twitter account brings up a series of press releases once issued on behalf of the company. A cached copy of Mark Scott’s blog Internet Madness from 2011 promotes Web Listings Inc.

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Roll your own VPN and other tech advice

Javvad Malik

Like many people, over the last couple of years, my main real interaction with people outside of my immediate family and Amazon delivery drivers has been via the internet. The beauty of the internet is that you don’t need to shower, put on decent clothes, or worry about offending anyone. Going back to another Mikko tweet, .

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MY TAKE: The back story on the convergence, continuing evolution of endpoint security

The Last Watchdog

It was a reflection of attackers moving to take full advantage of the fresh attack vectors cropping up as companies retooled their legacy networks – comprised of ‘on-premises’ servers and clients – to operate in the expanding world of cloud services, mobile devices and the Internet of Things. keep intensifying. “We

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AI agents will threaten humans to achieve their goals, Anthropic report finds

Zero Day

  The company added that the research exposes current gaps in safety infrastructure and the need for future AI safety and alignment research to account for this kind of dangerous misbehavior. Also: What Apple's controversial research paper really tells us about LLMs The takeaway?

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Mandating End-to-End Verifiable Voting Systems in U.S. Elections

SecureWorld News

To understand this further, E2E-V voting systems enable voters to verify that their votes are accurately recorded and counted, which provides constituents transparency and accountability throughout the electoral process. Security analysis of the Estonian internet voting system. Works Cited Alvarez, R. & Hall, T. Boneh, D., &