Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As the name suggests, a logger is a piece of software that logs every event that happens in a computer system. Read everything you need to know about Log4Shell in our blog post, “Log4j zero-day ‘Log4Shell’ arrives just in time to ruin your weekend.”. It is essential to continuously return to that blog post for updates.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Monahan said virtually all of the victims she has assisted were longtime cryptocurrency investors, and security-minded individuals. “They truly all are reasonably secure. “They truly all are reasonably secure. “The victim profile remains the most striking thing,” Monahan wrote. Then on Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2022

Cybersecurity poses a risk to all businesses. It isn’t simply a matter of data security. Just as shredding has proven to be an effective method for destroying sensitive data on paper, HDD and SSD shredders are specialized machines designed to cut hard drives into smaller pieces, rendering the drive and data useless.

Cybercrime 223

Cybercrime Identity Theft Data breaches Risk 223

Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2024

But it’s not every day you run across a US-focused people-search network based in China whose principal owners all appear to be completely fabricated identities. “Fantasy football provides one way for employees to set aside work matters for some time and have fun,” Stevens contributed. 03-12 15, Singapore).

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DoublePulsar

APRIL 20, 2023

So in this piece we shall dig into the details using open source intelligence, and prove Capita was penetrated by Black Basta ransomware group using Qakbot phishing to deliver hands on keyboard access for weeks — and question if the playbooks organisations are using to handle ransomware groups are fit for purpose in 2023.

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Ransomware Government Data breaches Media 126

Notice Bored

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Through the blog, we have stepped through the eleven topic-specific policy examples called out in clause 5.1, discussing various policy-related matters along the way: 0. Cryptography and key management : important for some but not all. Most of all, how can you squeeze more value from your policies? Lots of potential here!

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Information Security Risk InfoSec Backups 56

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The real biggy is having all the screen real estate of my old 7 Plus in a phone that's physically near identical in size to a non-Plus phone. Just on that, I speak in pretty generic terms in the video but a quick check on Apple's iPhone comparison page shows that the 7 Plus (and 8 Plus, for that matter) has a screen size of 5.5"

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Hacking 115

Daniel Miessler

AUGUST 17, 2020

And as someone in security who also creates content, I feel very close to it all. Namely—the squirt of happiness and validation that comes when someone likes your bug, when you get paid for a bug, or when someone enjoys a piece of content you just released. What’s the next blog they can write?

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Media Internet Internet Hacking 205

Anton on Security

MARCH 28, 2023

At this point, everybody who didn’t “rage stop” reading it should be convinced that yes, SIEM does matter in 2023. I bet the views on why SIEM matters differ a lot. However, in this blog I am exploring why a particular toolset — SIEM — has a place in today’s security arsenal so I am being inherently tool-centric, not problem-centric.)

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Webroot

MARCH 24, 2021

Threats such as hacking, phishing, ransomware and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are only the tip of the iceberg and have the potential to interrupt critical business operations and cause reputational damage to organizations of all sizes. Cyberattacks are, unfortunately, a matter of “if,” not “when.”

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Cybersecurity Phishing DDOS Backups 128

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 25, 2021

For the HIBP subscriber count, all I needed was a number from the database but more importantly, I wanted to know as soon as possible each time it changed. So, all I need is an API to return data in the format above which brings me to Cloudflare Workers. Let's start with KV and you need a namespace to get up and running.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2022

They put in the ready-made code pieces, i.e. microservices assembled in software containers, and then add 10 to 20 percent more to create the new app. That’s why not all attackers are ready to do this. A new mobile app, for instance, requires as many lines of code as a 15-year old Linux kernel. The role of automation.

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Software Mobile Accountability Risk 233

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

Finding Data Leaks that Matter. For one, not all code is open-sourced, and some hardcoded secrets may not be at risk of being leaked to the public at all. To understand which pieces of sensitive data would actually cause you problems, you’ll need to understand how that piece of sensitive data could be leaked.

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Accountability Banking Risk Software 72

Anton on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The first point they make is a reminder of what makes it all exciting: “Software systems are inherently dynamic and unstable.” Phil’s 8 megatrends blog reminds us about this by calling one of his cloud megatrends “Simplicity: Cloud as an abstraction machine.” the principle of … simplicity ( SRE book, Chapter 9 “Simplicity” ).

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Notice Bored

APRIL 12, 2021

On Sunday I blogged about preparing four new 'topic-specific' information security policy templates for SecAware. First of all, the fact that I have four titles means I already have a rough idea of what the policies are going to cover (yes, there's a phase zero). Why does 'capacity and performance management' matter to the business?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2022

Having an irrefutable record of all code signing operations. Knowing where all private keys are stored. Can you locate all your organization’s code signing certificates? From issuance to revocation, the entire certificate lifecycle is determined and enforced across all development teams. Ready to get started? UTM Medium.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The Back Story When you buy an API key on Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), Stripe handles all the payment magic. Fortunately, because that's such an impactful action I'd built in heaps of buffer for just such an occurrence and I'd gotten onto this issue quickly, but it was disconcerting all the same. suboptimal: Dammit!

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Firewall Internet Internet Risk 336

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. In part 2 , I covered IP addresses and the importance of a decent network to run all this stuff on, followed by Zigbee and the role of low power, low bandwidth devices.

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IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 357

Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

One such tradition is Duo Hack Day (DHD), a semiannual event in which employees from all over the organization collaborate on projects that contribute to Duo and honor one of Duo’s core values: learning together. See the video at the blog post. That sends the signal that this matters to us. Q: What does the Chrome extension do?

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Hacking Engineering Cybersecurity 75

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. Last month a newly discovered critical vulnerability in 'sudo', a fundamental program present in all Linux and Unix operating systems caught my eye.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

Security Boulevard

MARCH 28, 2023

At this point, everybody who didn’t “rage stop” reading it should be convinced that yes, SIEM does matter in 2023. I bet the views on why SIEM matters differ a lot. However, in this blog I am exploring why a particular toolset — SIEM — has a place in today’s security arsenal so I am being inherently tool-centric, not problem-centric.)

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Threat Detection Banking Risk Technology 69

Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And we will do it all securely. In my last blog post , I talked about how you – as security teams – can continue to protect your assets while dealing with unfamiliar challenges. With Cisco’s cloud-based security technology, it didn’t matter where our staff was located. An evolving security strategy for a new world.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 18, 2018

It is obvious that most enterprises large and small have made the decision to move some — if not all — of their applications and data to the cloud. A single piece of data can reside in multiple cloud repositories, on personal devices, on enterprise devices or in enterprise storage. You probably have questions.

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Encryption Risk Phishing Authentication 88

Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2023

The frequency and scope of cyberattacks like ransomware and supply-chain attacks is skyrocketing, as are the costs for organizations of all kinds. Attacks of all kinds are increasing both in frequency and scope. Put simply, we’re all in this together. Cybersecurity has never been more critical.

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Cybersecurity DNS Ransomware Malware 59

Troy Hunt

APRIL 12, 2018

I completed all the documentation for both program renewals a few weeks ago now - yes, there's paperwork! Here's what I put forward as my standouts over recent times (although this doesn't comprehensively cover the criteria for the programs): Blogging: By virtue of being here, you know what this entails!

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

We find many CISOs spend their time explaining what threats matter and why, as opposed to why cybersecurity matters in the first place,” he says. The only way to be certain they don’t have any back doors is to perform a thorough analysis of all their endpoints and servers, Corrons says. It’s high time CEOs see the light.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2022

My friend is based in the US, and this piece of fraud seems quite popular there, occurring via text, mail, and even phone calls. Name, address, city, state, and zip code are all necessary, as well as vehicle model and phone number. No matter the story. They had no idea, and passed it along to me. The set up. Every time.

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Scams Banking Manufacturing Phishing 88

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The first point they make is a reminder of what makes it all exciting: “Software systems are inherently dynamic and unstable.” Phil’s 8 megatrends blog reminds us about this by calling one of his cloud megatrends “Simplicity: Cloud as an abstraction machine.” the principle of … simplicity ( SRE book, Chapter 9 “Simplicity” ).

Engineering 64

Engineering Software Data collection Architecture 64

NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost. The PidTagOfflineAddressBookDistinguishedName is used as the CLSID for the new form install (all forms are COM objects).

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Either way, a singular piece of technology – artificial intelligence (AI) — is destined to profoundly influence which way we go from here. Those in power fully recognize how AI can be leveraged to preserve status-quo political and economic systems, with all of its built-in flaws, more or less intact. Only time will tell.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 9, 2020

All you have to do is copy and paste this message onto your own Facebook page and wammo - they're not allowed to touch them! If we spoke about the former, we'd be here all day and others are much more qualified to do it than me. Here's her profile : That is all. For real, it's going to start tomorrow unless you act quickly!

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Mobile Media Scams Technology 364

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

I can’t imagine that Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little had any idea how much their fork of the b2 cafelog blogging platform would grow, let alone establish a worldwide community of users. When you install WordPress, there are five default user roles: Administrator : Has access to all administration features. Does it matter?

Software 52

Software eCommerce Marketing Internet 52

Anton on Security

JULY 20, 2022

After all, 1% false positives for megabytes of data may have been acceptable. Broader applicability : a CSP developing for their cloud has a very particularized piece of software that’s adapted to the quirks of that cloud, but it requires a mindset shift to work on third party technologies. This matters! and growing?—?telemetry

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The Wonder of Harmonizing S ecurity C ontrols and D ata A cross all V ectors . It answers the questions that matter. So, w hat does it mean to people and process if all the pieces are integrated and security functions coordinate efforts ? It depends on the pieces that are connected.

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Technology Phishing Cybersecurity 92

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

After all, how else could you get the goods to market? When security researchers discovered more than 2 million stolen passwords on a hacker server in December, a piece of malware called a keylogger was suspected. And if any of those were business accounts, the business owners were probably on the hook for all the losses.

Cybercrime 87

Cybercrime Small Business Antivirus Malware 87

Troy Hunt

JULY 24, 2020

Truth be told, that was originally written as an internal blog post at my old corporate job, largely because I wanted to demonstrate that a lot of thought had gone into my home workspace and consequently, I should spend more time working from there instead of from my windowless corporate office. So here are. And it does sound superb!

IoT 363

IoT Retail Manufacturing Data breaches 363

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

With more and more organizations embracing digital transformation and accelerating their pace to digitize every piece of information, they become increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber-attacks and data breaches. In a nutshell, no matter it’s data-at-rest or data-in-motion , it should be encrypted regardless of its state.

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