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FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine

Security Affairs

“On October 21, the FBI notified OAG that it had seized an account belonging to HelloKitty, a Ukrainian hacking group, which contained OAG patient and employee files. The FBI believes HelloKitty exploited a vulnerability in our third-party firewall, enabling the hackers to gain entry to the network.”

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. Under security enhancements this could be adding cloud asset inventory, data loss prevention (DLP), firewalls , or VPC service controls.

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Implementing Password Security

SiteLock

Share that policy with every employee or contractor who has access to your computers, networks, bank accounts etc. It all depends on your business but should include web site access, network and computer access, access to online bank accounts, and even email access. Focus on your most important passwords.

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Grandson of FISMA: Why We Desperately Need New Cybsersecurity Legislation from the 117th Congress

Cisco Security

The Risk Management Framework doesn’t take into account that the human is the new perimeter of the enterprise. A clear set of authorities and governance for the CISO, to include authority commensurate with accountability, and the ability for any agency to create a different chain of command for the CISO apart from the CIO.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Read more : Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. VCs are ultimately accountable to the wishes of their GPs and LPs and not afraid to make decisions to their benefit. AllegisCyber Capital. AllegisCyber Capital was founded in 1996 to serve the growing cyber business ecosystem. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

So, usually my mode was to find a college student, get an account, dial up, and then you know, then I was on the internet and then get on IRC and, and whatnot. VAMOSI: Here’s former US Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2002. I was able to find his Instagram account. So I spent a lot of time on IRC when I was a kid.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Threat Modeling

ForAllSecure

In the animation I found online, the architect vigorously defends his design against the one, which, while juggling everything other vulnerabilities, he simply didn’t account for. Maybe if someone had told me to account for space wizards when designing the exhaust ports maybe we’d still have a Death Star. And why should he?