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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For example, #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, celebrating its 20th anniversary this October, aims to empower people and organizations across every sector to protect critical assets against cybercrime. This includes using weak passwords that can be easily compromised or stolen and misconfiguration errors of cloud-based apps and platforms.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Weak access and permissions, therefore, may cause data breaches through: Inadequate authentication – weak verifications can result in data breaches by unauthorized employees in the organization. Every organization is, to varying degrees, potentially at risk of experiencing a data breach.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Top 18 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Overall cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 Its patent-pending Side-Scanning technology uses environmental context to prioritize risks, including vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, compromised passwords and more. According to a joint study by CBInsights and PwC, Cybersecurity startups received over $10.7