The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Let’s walk through some practical steps organizations can take today, implementing zero trust and remote access strategies to help reduce ransomware risks: •Obvious, but difficult – get end users to stop clicking unknown links and visiting random websites that they know little about, an educational challenge.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

By learning how to use online platforms safely from the tips below, you will be able to minimize the risks of identity theft and money fraud. Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Make sure that passwords for e-mail, banking, social media and shopping accounts are all different.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Local storage prioritizes direct access, potential cost savings, and reduced reliance on the internet, yet lacks the scalability and security of the cloud.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Safer Internet Day 2023: Empowering Kids and Families for a Safer Internet divya Tue, 02/07/2023 - 06:44 Save the date for Safer Internet Day 2023 , which will take place on Tuesday, 7 February 2023, the 20th edition of the campaign! Besides the benefits and opportunities offered by the internet, dangers and risks are looming.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. The ATS framework uses the harvested credentials to initiate unauthorized money transfers to accounts held by the attacker.

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

What Are the Risks of a Data Breach? IdentityIQ In a society dominated by digital interconnectedness, the risks associated with data breaches loom over individuals, businesses, and society at large. The ramifications extend past financial losses due to personal, corporate, and regulatory privacy being at risk.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tens of thousands of applications that are critical to the operations of data centers around the globe are exposed to the internet, with many secured with default factory passwords, posing a significant cyber risk to enterprises worldwide. Exposing that to the public internet is like allowing terrorists to direct air traffic control.”.

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Hot for Security

MAY 5, 2021

On a much smaller scale, regular internet users often participate in data scraping. The security risks of web scraping are endless, since malicious actors abuse the process of gathering publicly available data. Additional security risks stem from poorly configured or unprotected databases containing publicly available user data.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s a digital swindle as old as the internet itself, and yet, as the data tells us, the vast majority of security incidents are still rooted in the low-tech art of social engineering. New AI risks have lit a fire under IT teams. The Gartner report highlights how BEC fraud often begins with an Account Takeover (ATO).

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2022

Related: Log4J’s long-run risks. It supplies a unified vulnerability and risk management solution that automates vulnerability management processes and workflows. This kind of thing can be rectified by adopting risk-assessment principles alongside CD/CI. Risk-tolerance security. That’s changing — dramatically.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. Somehow SMBs must keep pace competitively, while also tamping down the rising risk of suffering a catastrophic network breach. Remote desktop risks.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

If hard-coded cryptographic keys are used, it is almost certain that malicious users will gain access through the account in question,” according to the alert. The flaw also maintains the account ID in a plaintext browser cookie, increasing the risk of exposure if a device is compromised.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

It is essential to ensure that all accounts are protected with strong passwords. To this day, a significant amount of people still use the password across multiple accounts, which makes it much simpler for a cybercriminal to compromise a password and take over accounts. Set up firewalls. Use antivirus software.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Safer Internet Day is a reminder for organizations to train and regularly refresh employee awareness around cybersecurity. With regular headlines of the latest cyber-attack occurring, organizations must focus on cybersecurity and using the internet safely. So why is it vital to train employees on cybersecurity and internet risks?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors using weaponized Office docs. Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors to hijack vulnerable Windows systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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McAfee

MAY 10, 2021

Even as the internet kept us connected with family and friends during the pandemic, people remain understandably eager to reconnect in person as vaccines roll out and restrictions ease. While people expect low risk or no risk at all on their home network (85%) or a friend’s home (73%), they’re far less apt to trust other networks.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Whether you’re looking for a smartphone, a laptop, a gaming device or something else, or even just signing up for an account online, you want to make sure your kids are protected. Today’s generation of kids and teens consider their devices and the Internet as extensions of their lives. 7 Internet safety tips.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The Supreme Court is about to reconsider Section 230, a law that’s been the foundation of the way we have used the Internet for decades. The court will be handling a few cases that at first glance are about online platforms' liability for hosting accounts from foreign terrorists. Whether we like it or not. Google and Twitter v.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These are not uncommon risks. The devices themselves can’t be secured, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use basic IT techniques to reduce our security risks. Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams. And then there's the account holder, the one who chose the password.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

The 2023 Edition of the National Risk Register predicts that, in the next two years, there is a 5 to 25% chance that a devastating attack will target critical infrastructure and cause physical harm. A nationwide loss of power could create a ripple effect, causing disruption to internet telecommunications, water, sewage, fuel and gas supplies.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2020

When it was first introduced, device fingerprinting – or online fingerprinting in general – was meant to create a safer, more responsible internet. The idea was that by fingerprinting devices used to connect to the internet we could achieve better accountability. However, online fingerprinting is also being used to track users.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 18, 2019

But those bots may pose a serious security risk, according to researchers from the firm CyberArk. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) may be the Holy Grail for enterprises these days, but all those bots pose a serious risk to enterprise security, according to research by the. Read the whole entry. »

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

External cloud assets face continuous threats The report shows that approximately 4% of scanned cloud assets have public IP addresses, making them directly accessible from the internet. Shockingly, the data shows that about 51% of vulnerabilities on these internet-facing assets remain unpatched.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Europol announced the shutdown of 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items as part of the ‘In Our Sites’ (IOS) operation launched in 2014.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2023

Guest expert: Venkat Raghavan, CEO, Stack Identity Stack Identity’s solution quickly onboards a customer’s cloud accounts, methodically identifies potential pathways to data and comprehensively assesses risk. ”This represents a substantial risk for companies.” I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a notification warning of ongoing vishing attacks attempting to steal corporate accounts. The threat actors are using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms to obtain employees’ credentials. As a result, network access and privilege escalation may not be fully monitored.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They know that it’s got something to do with the impact a person’s identity has on the internet. Here’s the dilemma, however: Digital footprints can be instrumental in raising a business’s vulnerability to cyber risk – which is growing every day. . What’s worse is that this is on display for all to see via the internet.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2024

Moving forward, Google will link the Location information to the devices you use, rather than to the user account(s). After some digging, I learned that my Google account was added to my wife’s phone’s accounts when I logged in on the Play Store on her phone. Privacy risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Yes, one lapse on a spam email, one inadequate password, one abandoned account, or a malfunctioning asset can cause havoc. . Identify assets and their associated risks. Admins can reduce security risks associated with unidentified, forgotten, or malfunctioning IT assets when IT possessions are tracked.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used to describe the network of interconnected electronic devices with “smart” technology. billion “things” connected to the Internet , a 30% increase from 2015. Millions of smart TVs are at risk of click fraud, botnets, data theft, and ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters. Related: The case for quantifying cyber risks The most important factor that should be taken into account is a security risk assessment.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2024

These key capabilities fall under the four competencies of oversight, process risk management, technology risk management, and human risk management. We operate in a world today where your business is the risk and how you adapt is the opportunity. There is also a benefit of stronger business partnerships.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

Key takeaways: Shifting risks. In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. All of these data points are logged and captured and can be used to analyze the risk associated with the transaction,” said LaSala.

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Cisco Security

MAY 24, 2021

Maybe you opened a new online account to locate that thing you need. When you opened that new account, you added a new vendor to your personal supply chain. The way suppliers conduct business, as well as they products they sell, could put you and your family at risk. That’s what’s so sneaky about cyber supply chain risks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. For a full drill down, please listen to the accompanying podcast.

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