Schneier on Security

MARCH 21, 2024

This mini-essay was my contribution to a round table on Power and Governance in the Age of AI. To benefit society as a whole we need an AI public option —not to replace corporate AI but to serve as a counterbalance —as well as stronger democratic institutions to govern all of AI.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

Identity thieves who specialize in running up unauthorized lines of credit in the names of small businesses are having a field day with all of the closures and economic uncertainty wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. But the same crime can be far more costly and damaging when thieves target small businesses.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

These hacking waves contribute to the harvesting of account credentials and unauthorized access to loosely-configured servers; and these ill-gotten assets can, in turn, be utilized to execute different stages of higher-level hacks, such as account takeovers and ransomware campaigns. Remote desktop risks.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Prosecutors say the men then laundered the stolen funds through an array of intermediary cryptocurrency accounts — including compromised and fictitiously created accounts — on the targeted cryptocurrency exchange platforms. million from 158 Poloniex users, and $1.17 million from 42 Gemini customers.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 7, 2024

Both challenges must be addressed for the sake of democratic governance and public protection. To benefit society as a whole we also need strong public AI as a counterbalance to corporate AI, as well as stronger democratic institutions to govern all of AI. presidential election, we know that democracy has an AI problem.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 21, 2024

Laws of this type generally apply across industries, with exceptions for certain data categories and entity types, and grant rights to individuals pertaining to the collection, use, and disclosure of their personal data by businesses. Uniquely, it carves out small businesses, as defined under the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), other government agencies, and security companies, to ensure it is providing the best possible guidance and mitigation for its customers. By all accounts, rooting out these intruders is going to require an unprecedented and urgent nationwide clean-up effort.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords. bank accounts. Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets.

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Daniel Miessler

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Our schools are being disabled, our small businesses are being pilfered, our cities are being taken offline, and now our hospitals are being attacked as well. I talk about the reasons here , but in short, we have long had a horrible state of security in our local governments, our small businesses, our schools, and our hospitals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Russia-linked APT29 group targeted dozens of organizations and government agencies worldwide with Microsoft Teams phishing attacks. The attackers use previously compromised Microsoft 365 tenants owned by small businesses to create new domains that appear as technical support entities. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

That’s because, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations are often hit the hardest by ransomware. Here are a couple factors to consider that might help reframe how we think about ransomware, who’s targeted and why small businesses can’t escape the gaze of ransomware groups.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. And a lot of these were small businesses that were just holding on by their fingernails during COVID.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ)—along with other federal partners—have launched a new website as part of the US government’s fight against ransomware: StopRansomware.gov. StopRansomware.gov is the culmination of ransomware tools and resources from all US federal government agencies.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Business resiliency. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Business integrity screening. Audit management. Back to top.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. “ Dridex “) to steal banking credentials from employees at hundreds of small- to mid-sized companies in the United States and Europe. Image: FBI. Here’s where it got interesting.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

The targeted organizations are mostly found among government, non-government organizations (NGOs), IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors. Once the target has done this, the attacker can use the gained access to further compromise the account.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The JabberZeus gang targeted mostly small to mid-sized businesses , and they were an early pioneer of so-called “man-in-the-browser” attacks, malware that can silently siphon any data that victims submit via a web-based form. Your payroll accounts have been hacked, and you’re about to lose a great deal of money.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. Nowadays, small businesses are more susceptible to spear phishing since they lack the IT security infrastructure in larger organizations. Spear phishing. Steps to effective security.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

The first is to rebalance responsibility for cybersecurity away from individuals, small businesses and local governments, and towards “the owners and operators of the systems that hold our data and make our society function, as well as of the technology providers that build and service these systems.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Crucially, this includes accounting for the cybersecurity posture of third-party partners. You can reconcile your current controls with your risk tolerance, and align your IT risk management programs with your security and business goals,” Jimenez observes. Raising the bar. In short, CMMC 2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 28, 2023

government has sketched out a strategy to protect the National Health Service from cyberattacks. NCSC Gives Small Businesses Tools to Build Up Cyber Defenses Meanwhile the U.K.’s s National Cyber Security Centre has launched a campaign to help small businesses tighten up their defenses. By Joe Fay The U.K.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

government. It requires employees to log in to their multiple accounts using a handful of steps rather than just a username and password. MFA or 2FA provide an extra layer of security — would-be thieves would need to steal a username, password and cellphone to successfully log in to an account they’re trying to steal information from.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

But what do cash-strapped businesses do in the meantime? Kruck, explains how small businesses can keep up with the current security demands, even without the coveted government dollars. Email security may be one area where [the government is] willing to reimburse investments. Tugboat Logic CEO Ray?Kruck,

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SecureList

MAY 8, 2024

From high-profile breaches in healthcare and industrial sectors – compromising huge volumes of sensitive data or halting production entirely – to attacks on small businesses that have become relatively easy targets, ransomware actors are expanding their sphere of influence.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

But the Secret Service discovered his various accounts at these data brokers and had them shut down one by one. Ngo became obsessed with restarting his business and maintaining his previous income. But based on the records they did have, the government estimated that Ngo’s service enabled approximately $1.1

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

ESG is Becoming an Integrity Measure Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk becomes a crucial metric for organizational integrity. Beyond financial performance, ESG metrics reflect how companies manage environmental risks, foster social inclusion, and uphold governance standards. in ESG adoption.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 6, 2021

According to CEO Fred Voccola: "Many of Kaseya's customers are managed service providers, using Kaseya's technology to manage IT infrastructure for local and small businesses with less than 30 employees, such as dentists' offices, small accounting offices, and local restaurants. How is the U.S. And — but —".

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The infamous website hackers that make headlines concentrate their efforts on major corporations, government entities and other high-profile organizations. However, there are equally dangerous cybercriminals that prey on small businesses and individuals. Why Are Small Businesses Targets By Cybercriminals?

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Consequently, GitHub suspended the developer’s account. Developers, start-ups, small-businesses and corporations who leverage OSS must implement strict controls to protect themselves, their business and their customers. Learning from Recent OSS Compromises. You are unlikely to find them maintaining high quality controls.

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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. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, some critics have argued that the bill could be too burdensome for small businesses. Chahak Mittal, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Governance Risk and Compliance), Universal Logistics Holdings, said: "In my opinion, this is a crucial step towards enhancing cybersecurity measures.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The Russian government has for the past four years been fighting to keep 29-year-old alleged cybercriminal Alexei Burkov from being extradited by Israel to the United States. authorities, and that the Russian government is probably concerned that he simply knows too much. Andrei Shirokov / Tass via Getty Images.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

With organizations around the world on heightened alert in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, government agencies have stepped up efforts too. Among the latest additions are: Cisco Small Business RV routers and IOS software (38 new Cisco vulnerabilities in all). Use proper file system and boot management.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Targets span across the globe, they include both small businesses and large organizations. modification – GIFTEDVISITOR” section of Volexity’s recent blog post.

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