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What is WAAP? – A Quick Walk Through

CyberSecurity Insiders

Now, old monolith apps are being broken into microservices developed in elastic and flexible service-mesh architecture. For example, Pelton, a fitness company exposed three million customer data due to a flawed API, which allows access to a private account without proper authentication. DDoS Attack Protection.

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Facebook May Have Gotten Hacked, and Maybe It’s Better We Don’t Know

Adam Levin

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal.

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Cloud Security Fundamentals: Understanding the Basics

eSecurity Planet

Take into account physical data center security, network attack protection, data encryption, and strong access restrictions to prevent unwanted access to data and applications. Take into account aspects like exposure, misconfiguration, and insider threats. Encrypt data: Ensure that data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

If they manage to compromise a telecommunications company, they can then also compromise its customers for surveillance or sabotage purposes. Such threats, including traffic manipulation and DDoS attacks, will become much more frequent and effective due to the large number of insecure devices connected and wide bandwidth.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

So, usually my mode was to find a college student, get an account, dial up, and then you know, then I was on the internet and then get on IRC and, and whatnot. I was able to find his Instagram account. And his Instagram account, he was following two of the victims. Which then I could configure to get on the internet, you know.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

SecureList

Using a malicious script, the attackers redirected their targets’ incoming email to an email address controlled by the attackers, gathering data from the compromised accounts. Although there was a public report of drones used to hack a Wi-Fi network in 2022, there are no accounts of similar events happening in 2023.

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