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‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Krebs on Security

. “DNS is a foundational networking component and commonly installed on Domain Controllers, so a compromise could lead to significant service interruptions and the compromise of high level domain accounts.” Thankfully, I was able to restore from a recent backup.

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7 Cyber Safety Tips to Outsmart Scammers

Webroot

They come in all shapes and sizes, lurking in the shadowy corners of the internet. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S. And don’t reuse passwords across multiple accounts unless you want to throw a welcome party for cybercriminals. ’ Get creative!

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. bank accounts. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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Cybersecurity Is Not A One-Stop-Shop

Security Boulevard

As indoor spaces begin to open in the next few months, employees will want to venture out to new spaces to work, such as coffee shops and internet cafes – but working on open networks and personal devices creates unlocked gateways for cyberattacks to take place. This trend is not likely to ease up any time soon either.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 201 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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What do Cyber Threat Actors do with your information?

Zigrin Security

As we mentioned in the previous part, there are six major data types; credit card and payment information, credentials of accounts, government secrets, personally identifiable information (PII), corporate intellectual Property (IP), and critical infrastructure data. The second scenario is about account credentials.

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Security in 2020: Revisited

Schneier on Security

Call it decentralization : our email, photos, books, music, and documents are stored somewhere, and accessible to us through our consumer devices. Computers become temporary; user backup becomes irrelevant. Others, like Internet-enabled game machines or digital cameras, are truly special purpose. Soon it will be hardware.