Elie

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this paper, we present the first longitudinal measurement study of the underground ecosystem fueling credential theft and assess the risk it poses to millions of users. Over the course of March, 2016–March, 2017, we identify 788,000 potential victims of off-theshelf keyloggers; 12.4 million potential victims of phishing kits; and 1.9

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2022

For instance, the 2017 cyber attack that took place on government funded network cameras operating in the Washington Area. And the risk element was calculated based on 3 factors such as behavior, configuration and functioning.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The 2017 Thales Encryption Trends Study Australia found the IT department’s influence over encryption strategy has more than halved in the past five years from 59 per cent to 28 per cent. Recent mega breaches are a clear warning sign that organisations underestimate the risk of unencrypted data. Now is the time to act.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. Third-party cyber risks are likely to persist at the current scale for a while longer. According to a recent Ponemon Institute study , some 59% of companies experienced a third-party data breach in 2018, yet only 16% believe they are effectively mitigating third-party risk.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released NIST Special Publication 800-63B Digital Identity Guidelines to help organizations properly comprehend and address risk as it relates to password management on the part of end users.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The 2017 Thales Encryption Trends Study Australia found the IT department’s influence over encryption strategy has more than halved in the past five years from 59 per cent to 28 per cent. Recent mega breaches are a clear warning sign that organisations underestimate the risk of unencrypted data. Now is the time to act.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2024

Yet, these fundamental work activities expose organizations to a wide range of security risks, like data leaks, identity and password theft, malicious browser extensions, phishing sites and more. LayerX was purpose-built to secure and govern browser-based work, from both managed and unmanaged devices.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities , FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect their networks against attacks exploiting the flaws in the catalog. ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

2017 was another year of continuous progress and achievement for Spinbackup. The clients will continue to benefit from their investments in cloud security management products with rich cyber risk management tools, while leveraging unique and innovative SaaS data protection solutions. compound annual growth rate.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2019

A new security assessment conducted by the Defense Department Inspector General revealed that the Pentagon is still exposed to many cyber risks, The report published by the Defense Department Inspector General on January 9, shows a worrisome situation, there are 266 issue, some of them are ten-years-old cybersecurity?related

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2019

Unfortunately, if you don’t already have an account at the credit bureau’s new myEquifax portal , it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday. Getting an account at myequifax.com was easy.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 9, 2017

From that moment, the timeline in their public disclosure began which I highlighted in this tweet: 23 hours and 42 minutes from initial private disclosure to @disqus to public notification and impacted accounts proactively protected pic.twitter.com/lctQEjHhiH — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 6, 2017. Bugs happen and they suck.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter. The hacker used that access to send tweets from a variety of popular and trusted accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, as part of a mundane scam -- stealing bitcoin -- but it's easy to envision more nefarious scenarios. There is no accountability.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts. Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with least privilege in mind, and use multifactor authentication. The 15 Vulnerabilities Explained.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. ” COME, ABUSE WITH US The gold farming reference is fascinating because in 2017 KrebsOnSecurity published Who Ran LeakedSource? An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SiteLock is excited to announce the publication of its first quarterly website security report, The SiteLock Website Security Insider Q2 2017 ! The SiteLock Website Security Insider Q2 2017 includes analysis and trends based on proprietary data from over 6 million websites. Social Media Risks – Websites linking to Twitter are 2.7x

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2024

A cybercriminal called Menelik posted the following message on the “Breach Forums” site: “The data includes 49 million customer and other information of systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024. It is up to date information registered at Dell servers. Feel free to contact me to discuss use cases and opportunities. Take your time.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

According to Constella Intelligence , a data breach and threat actor research platform, a user named Semen7907 registered in 2017 on the Russian-language programming forum pawno[.]ru was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so ru account and posted as him. ru account was used without his permission.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

“As a result, we believe the risk to individuals whose personal data was involved in this event is low. In November 2017, the US clothes retailer FOREVER 21 announced it had suffered a security breach, at the time the hackers stole payment card data at some locations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) December 2, 2017. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) December 2, 2017. — Nick Boles MP (@NickBoles) December 3, 2017. Seems slightly unfair to vilify @NadineDorries for what is common practice — JamesClayton (@JamesClayton5) December 3, 2017. No one else has access.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

Significantly, improper use incidents—which result from a violation of an organization's acceptable use policies, such as installing unapproved software or viewing inappropriate material—increased the most, from 249 in 2017 to 1,103 in 2020, a 343 percent growth. Further, improper use continued to be the top attack vector type in 2020.".

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

Traditional payment cards encode cardholder account data in plain text on a magnetic stripe, which can be read and recorded by skimming devices or malicious software surreptitiously installed in payment terminals. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although such automated tools help to cut down cyber risks, they also create complex visibility hiccups because of a shortage for the trained workforce. Those having business relationship with DNV are being well advised to review their account credentials and monitor the financial transactions that are taking place with the shipping firm.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2019

Marcus Hutchins , the “accidental hero” who helped arrest the spread of the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2017, will receive no jail time for his admitted role in authoring and selling malware that helped cyberthieves steal online bank account credentials from victims, a federal judge ruled Friday. ”

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Adam Levin

MARCH 27, 2019

million survivors of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria as well as the 2017 California wildfires to an unspecified contractor. million disaster survivors at increased risk of identity theft and fraud. FEMA included names, street addresses, and financial account numbers to their contractor. FEMA’s failure….

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved. Our investigation indicates your information was accessed during this incident, but we do not believe there is significant risk given the limited information impacted. What data was accessed?

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

During the first quarter of 2021 alone, cyber companies accounted for $18.9 Roughly 200 cybersecurity startups landed venture funding in 2017 alone, according to a Cybersecurity Ventures M&A Report, with Tenable, Tanium and Duo Security among those to receive significant infusions of cash. There was $1.3 billion invested capital.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These amendments, which represent the most substantial revisions since the initial implementation of Part 500 in 2017, aim to address the evolving cybersecurity landscape and equip regulated entities with the necessary tools to combat cyber threats.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

API-based inline deployment for fast risk scoring, behavioral analysis , and detection. Risk assessment, rating, and categorization for cloud applications. In the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers, Censornet was a Niche Player in 2017 and 2018. Broadcom Features. Censornet Features. Forcepoint.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hijack their Google account. It doesn’t mean that hackers successfully compromised their Google accounts.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2023

From the complaint, in relation to one support scam outfit using Nexway for payment processing: …on February 10, 2017, the Senior Key Account Manager at Nexway sent Potenzone an email titled "Nexway/TechLiveConnect: Chargeback & Cancellation rates". in January 2017; and (2) cancelation rates of 23.2% in January 2017.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 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 2016, for instance.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

Security is a top risk of using third-party code. In September 2017, Equifax faced a data breach. During 2013’s peak holiday shopping months, popular retailer Target was breached -- 40 million customer credit card accounts, and up to 110 million sets of personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers were stolen.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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