Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 2013: The End of the Silk Road Authorities were able to trace the pseudonym back to Ulbricht thanks to the efforts of an IRS investigator who was working with the DEA on the Silk Road case in mid-2013. The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013. billion in value.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

The claims come in a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles on behalf of Michael Terpin , who co-founded the first angel investor group for bitcoin enthusiasts in 2013. ” AN ‘IDENTITY CRISIS’? In some cases, thieves executing SIM swaps have already phished or otherwise stolen a target’s bank or email password.

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Mobile Cryptocurrency Accountability Authentication 230

Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

Passwordless authentication. Passwordless authentication could usher in a world where we no longer rely on passwords, and that could be an enormous, unabashed win for security and peace of mind. FIDO2 is a specification that uses public key encryption for authentication. It’s ascendancy seems assured.

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Internet Internet Technology DNS 109

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Microsoft is already providing passwordless features to Azure Active Directory, and for Google, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become mandatory. The Challenges of New Authentication Technologies.

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Passwords Password Management Authentication Technology 124

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The campaigns have been conducted since 2015 and are aimed at conducting information collection and surveillance operations against individuals and organizations of strategic interest to Teheran. ” The surveillance operations conducted by the APT group involved the distribution of Android malware such as VINETHORN and PINEFLOWER.

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Surveillance Social Engineering Phishing Government 94

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

He didn't become a senator until 2013.) My most recent two books, Data and Goliath -- about surveillance -- and Click Here to Kill Everybody -- about IoT security -- are really about the policy implications of technology. Authentication risks surrounding someone's intimate partner is a good example.). They still are.

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Technology Encryption Surveillance Government 315

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors.

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IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52