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OWASP discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The incident impacted OWASP members from 2006 to around 2014 who provided their resumes as part of joining OWASP. Exposed resumes contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and other personally identifiable information. Nothing needs to be done if the information at risk is outdated.

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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006). IoT Security Techniques and Implementation.

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Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk

Security Affairs

Even a device that is reaching outbound to the internet could be attacked and taken over. This timespan might be even longer, as according to Wind River, three of the vulnerabilities were already existent in IPnet when it acquired the stack from Interpeak in 2006.” ” reads the report published by Armis Labs.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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Topic-specific policy 7/11: backup

Notice Bored

And then there's the question of ensuring the availability of important information services, such as the Internet, as a whole. Down here on the Far Side in rural New Zealand, we have struggled with slow, expensive and unreliable Internet access ever since moving out of Wellington in 2006. fails during COVID lockdowns.

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MI5 seized Boris Johnson’s phone over security risk fears

Security Affairs

The British Security Service, also known as MI5, has seized the mobile devices used by PM Boris Johnson over concerns that were raised after the discovery of the availability of its number online for the last 15 years. ” reported the DailyMail.

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US Government Accountability Office Releases New Report On The Internet of Things (IoT)

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On May 15, 2017, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report entitled “ Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world.” One sensor called an accelerometer cost an average of $2 in 2006. Information security. The average price of the unit in 2015 was $.40.

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