The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2021

With RSA Conference 2021 technical sessions getting underway today, I sat down with Fred Kneip, CEO of CyberGRX , to hash over the notion that a lot of good could come from more systematic sharing of the risk profiles that large enterprises routinely compile with respect to their third-party contractors. Crowdsourcing risk profiles.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. Don’t ruin your device.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. Many used browsers that they were accustomed to, not browsers of choice, or default browsers set by organizations, such as the Internet Explorer. The year 2016 saw banks in Russia hacked one after another.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. EARLY WARNING SIGNS.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2021

a consumer watchdog in the UK, recently released its findings about routers issued by UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Based on its assessment, it reckons that at least two million Britons are at risk from routers that haven’t been updated since 2016. Local network vulnerabilities. Lack of updates.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level. We take that away.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Pushwoosh was incorporated in Novosibirsk, Russia in 2016. The dust-up over Pushwoosh came in part from data gathered by Zach Edwards , a security researcher who until recently worked for the Internet Safety Labs , a nonprofit organization that funds research into online threats. THE PINCER TROJAN CONNECTION. “Pushwoosh Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. This is because third-party risk has become a huge problem for enterprises in the digital age. Cyber risks profiling. This alone was a huge improvement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Canadian media revealed that in November 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a hit by a large-scale cyberattack. The hackers scan the Internet for vulnerable servers that could lead to compromising valuable targets. “In ” reported a blog post published by ESET. All are still working at the Organization.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 11, 2022

Kenna Security maps out the vulnerabilities in your environment and prioritizes the order in which you should address them based on a risk score. With this initial integration, Secure Endpoint customers can now perform risk-based endpoint security. Figure 1: Kenna Risk Score in the Secure Endpoint console.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“Universal Admin,” is crimeware platform that first surfaced in 2016. The security flaw was briefly alluded to in a 2018 writeup on U-Admin by the SANS Internet Storm Center. Pretty much every Australian received a half dozen of these phishing attempts.” ” U-Admin, a.k.a.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

Related: Privacy rules for vehicles As vehicles continue to offer modern features such as app-to-car connectivity, remote control access, and driver assistance software, a huge risk lurks in the shadows. The risk of compromise is not just theoretical; there have been instances where vehicles were momentarily commandeered.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

A similar campaign in 2016 was used to spread malware to anyone who had the bad luck of typing Netflix.om The risk posed by this sort of hack on a business’s reputation is also worth noting. As in virtually every cyber risk, one path to risk mitigation here is education and training. and Citibank.om (.om

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The issue is that these tens of billions of new devices will likely amplify the inherent security risks of IoT. That’s precisely what happened in the case of Dyn back in October 2016. The post The Growing Presence (and Security Risks) of IoT appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

24, 2016 with the domain registrar Dynadot. In two of the intrusions (against the Russian hacking forums “Mazafaka” and “Verified”) — the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. design was registered on Aug.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The vulnerability Context Security discovered meant exposing the Wi-Fi credentials of the network the device was attached to, which is significant because it demonstrates that IoT vulnerabilities can put other devices on the network at risk as well. Are these examples actually risks in IoT?

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+. Thousands local elections remain at high risk.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

The risk arises from two separate threads coming together: artificial intelligence-driven text generation and social media chatbots. These computer-generated "people" will drown out actual human discussions on the Internet. The best analyses indicate that they did not affect the 2016 US presidential election.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2019

One of the catch phrases I overheard at RSA 2019 that jumped out at me was this: “The internet is the new corporate network.” Founded in 2016 by cryptography experts from the Israeli Intelligence Corps’ elite 8200 cyber unit, Silverfort is backed by leading investors in cybersecurity technologies. That’s where adaptive MFA comes in.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

“On top of the password re-use, the data shows a great insight into her professional and personal Internet usage,” Holden wrote in a blog post on Witte’s arrest. “Many in the gang not only knew her gender but her name too,” Holden wrote. “Several group members had AllaWitte folders with data. Image: DOJ.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

The massive transformation that’s happening right now introduces a lot of risk. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW it’s almost a perfect storm. But we’re at the start of a long journey. Talk more soon.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

At SiteLock, we too believe in creating a secure Internet for every individual. Beyond protecting websites, our goal is to teach all Internet users about cyber threats and risks. WordPress powers 25% of the Internet , including well-known sites like CNN and Major League Baseball. Websites are like small weapons.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2016, for instance. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3

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Zero Day

JUNE 12, 2025

" Also: The best power banks you can buy: Expert tested Model A1263 was sold online at Anker's official website, Amazon, Newegg, and eBay between June 1, 2016, and December 31, 2022, where it was sold exclusively in the United States. Here's what you should do with yours.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The latest, major threats to Mac computers can steal passwords and credit card details with delicate precision, targeting victims across the internet based on their device, location, and operating system. We dont just report on threatswe remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. They are wildly adaptable.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there were 241,206 business email compromise incidents between 2016 and 2021, with combined global business losses of $43,312,749,946. In its 2021 internet crime report, the FBI cited BEC.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 18, 2024

The Dropbox and LinkedIn breaches, for example, occurred in 2012 before being broadly distributed in 2016 and just like those incidents, the alleged AT&T data is now in very broad circulation. It is undoubtedly in the hands of thousands of internet randos.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . What the NSA states is real: CVE-2020-0601 exposes companies to high risks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

.” Upon compromising the IP camera, an attacker can also use the hacked device to access internal networks posing a risk to the infrastructure that use the devices. Given the deployment of these cameras at sensitive sites potentially even critical infrastructure is at risk,” continues the post. “No Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

Onapsis set up honeypots to study the attacks against SAP installs and determined that the following vulnerabilities are being actively scanned for and exploited: • CVE-2010-5326 • CVE-2018-2380 • CVE-2016-3976 • CVE-2016-9563 • CVE-2020-6287 • CVE-2020-6207. ” concludes the report. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 11, 2019

.” ‘A RECIPE FOR DISASTER’ The FEC’s decision comes as federal authorities are issuing increasingly dire warnings that the Russian phishing attacks, voter database probing, and disinformation campaigns that marked the election cycles in 2016 and 2018 were merely a dry run for what campaigns could expect to face in 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. Demisto launched in May 2016. But in today’s environment, identifying and assessing risk – and taking corrective action — requires a more disciplined, case-management approach. Smart money.

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SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

We have witnessed Grandoreiro’s campaigns since at least 2016, with the attackers regularly improving techniques, striving to stay undetected and active for longer periods of time. This malware steals passwords from browsers and from the device’s memory, providing remote access to capture internet banking access.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 20, 2018

In 2016, someone changed the party affiliation of hundreds of voters before the Republican primary. We also need to better secure the voter registration websites, with better design and better internet security. A manual, post-election, risk-limiting audit varies the number of ballots examined according to the margin of victory.

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Elie

AUGUST 18, 2017

The Mirai botnet, composed primarily of embedded and IoT devices, took the Internet by storm in late 2016 when it overwhelmed several high-profile targets with massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the smart consumer and business systems powering the homes, factories, and enterprise processes of tomorrow. In 2016, $91 million was spent on IoT endpoint security solutions. IoT Device Risks and Vulnerabilities IoT Security: Not Going Away. Top IoT Security Vendors and Solutions.

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