2011, Data breaches, Passwords and Risk

LastPass: Password Manager Review for 2021

eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Like other password managers, LastPass provides a secure vault for your login credentials, personal documents, and other sensitive information. When it was acquired by LogMeIn Inc.

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Pearson agreed to pay $1 million for 2018 Data Theft

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2021

Pearson, a London based e-textbook publishing firm that supplies software to Schools and Universities has been slapped with a fine of $1 million for misleading investors about a 2018 data breach that witnessed siphoning of millions of student records by hackers.

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Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Working in Cybersecurity & Other High Risk Fields

Jane Frankland

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I’ve consistently spoken, and written about the dangers of burnout in cybersecurity, and proposed leadership strategies for employee wellbeing. And these changes increase the risk of developing anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. Naturally, attackers take advantage.

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2022

But instead of using this information for the sole purpose of improving security, Twitter profited by allowing advertisers to use this data to target individuals. This action violated a 2011 FTC order that prohibited the social media site from misrepresenting its privacy and security practices. FTC Chair Lina M.

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

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. A DSW data breach also exposes transaction information from 1.4

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Hackers Sell Access to Bait-and-Switch Empire

Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

Earlier this week, a cybercriminal on a Dark Web forum posted an auction notice for access to a Web-based administrative panel for an unidentified “US Search center” that he claimed holds some four million customer records, including names, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Jesse Willms’ Linkedin profile.

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Multiple schools hit by Vice Society ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

There’s going to be quite a bit of concern for parents and teachers alike, with sensitive data being thrown into the mix. According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Special Educational Needs (SEN) data. Contractual offers made to members of staff.

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Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

“But because the server wasn’t protected with a password, anyone could find and access the database.” The server remained online until TechCrunch has contacted the site’s host on September 4, 2019, data appeared to be loaded into the exposed database at the end of August. ” states Techcrunch.

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Making Light of the "Dark Web" (and Debunking the FUD)

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

They were particularly effective at wreaking havoc on the web around 2011 and back then, they too were represented as being another bunch of scary dudes. Yes, that does put anonymity at risk (which somewhat defies the point of an anonymity service), but it illustrates just how readily accessible the "dark web" really is.

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ChatGPT: Cybersecurity friend or foe?

Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices.

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The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption in the wild

Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks. in 2011 almost 10 years ago. The security risk associated with both protocol is that users need to input the code themselves which makes it phishiable. HOTP was standardized in the. in 2005 and TOTP in.

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Detecting and Preventing Insider Threats in the Cloud

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Organizations are less worried about unauthorized consumer cloud applications and are more concerned about the security of sensitive data in strategic enterprise cloud services. Cybersecurity incidents involving sensitive data in the cloud can be less frequent, but more damaging. Securing Data with McAfee.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII.

Encryption

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LastPass: Password Manager Review for 2021

Pearson agreed to pay $1 million for 2018 Data Theft

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Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Working in Cybersecurity & Other High Risk Fields

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

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

Hackers Sell Access to Bait-and-Switch Empire

Multiple schools hit by Vice Society ransomware attack

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

Making Light of the "Dark Web" (and Debunking the FUD)

ChatGPT: Cybersecurity friend or foe?

The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption in the wild

Detecting and Preventing Insider Threats in the Cloud

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

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