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NY Charges First American Financial for Massive Data Leak

Krebs on Security

had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. The documents were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. Worse still, the DFS found, the vulnerability was discovered in a penetration test First American conducted on its own in December 2018.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Kennedy founded cybersecurity-focused TrustedSec and Binary Defense Systems and co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide. Jason Haddix | @JHaddix.

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Rainbow Table Attacks and Cryptanalytic Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cryptanalysts are commonly responsible for penetration testing cryptographic systems like deriving plaintext from the ciphertext. Rainbow table attacks expose cryptographic hash functions to breach authorized account access. Multi-Factor Authentication. Passwordless Authentication. What are Cryptanalysts?

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What is a Rainbow Table Attack and How Can You Prevent It?

eSecurity Planet

Cryptanalysts are commonly responsible for penetration testing cryptographic systems like deriving plaintext from the ciphertext. Rainbow table attacks expose cryptographic hash functions to breach authorized account access. Multi-Factor Authentication. Passwordless Authentication. What are Cryptanalysts?

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.