BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

So while the risk remains, what can we do about it? This blog is the first in a series where I will cover what a cyberattack involves, outline how it’s carried out, and explain how it might differ depending on your chosen technology platform. and ‘How would I deal with it?’. Prepare to attack.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A simple search could show you plenty. What you paid for your home, who lives there with you, your age, your children, your driving record, education, occupation, estimated income, purchasing habits, and any political affiliations you may have—all pretty personal information, right? The result?

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 19, 2017

I want to focus on what I believe the answer should be rather than what the law permits; after all, we're addressing a global problem here that transcends legal boundaries. But firstly, let's put that question in context: you sign up to a cat forum because you want to discuss cats with other feline aficionados.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This blog was written by Wayne Anderson, previous Enterprise Security Architect at McAfee. As you seek to conquer incident response as an effective plank of mitigating the effect of phishing and initial ransomware infections—I’d ask, how does your incident response change in the cloud?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 28, 2021

What we did. We started off by submitting several clean (benign) web pages — such as Wikipedia’s — to check what probabilities the models would return. The event is comprised of two main challenges — one for attackers, and the other for defenders. Phishing Track. for each sample.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the whirlwind of technological advancements and societal transformations, the term “AI” has undoubtedly etched itself into the forefront of global discourse. Large Language Models (LLMs) are not just technical jargon; they are practical tools shaping the landscape of day-to-day and corporate activities.

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Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Technology Risk 94

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

On reflecting over the last 3 and a half weeks, this is where we seem to be with credential stuffing lists today and I want to use this blog post to explain the thinking whilst also addressing specific questions I've had regarding Collections #2 through #5. In other words, there was a huge amount of redundancy.

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Passwords Data breaches Media InfoSec 210

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Those 80M records are now searchable, read on for the full story: There's an unknown numbers of data breaches floating around the web. Today, however, I came across something a bit different by way of a story from last week titled 3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

What do a super-powered girl from Jersey City, a S.A.B.E.R. Just like the epic team up seen in Marvel Studios’ The Marvels , Duo’s trio of access management has features that empower you to protect the resources that matter most. agent-turned Super Hero and a cosmically powered former fighter pilot have in common? But much like Ms.

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Authentication Risk Technology Phishing 108

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Here's what it's all about: There's Now 501,636,842 Pwned Passwords. This was a lot of work to parse varying data formats and if you read the comments on that blog post, you'll get a sense of how much people wanted this (and why it was problematic).

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Passwords Data breaches Mobile Risk 279

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

No matter how much work we put into writing this report, before you start reading, make sure your data is backed up safely! No matter how much work we put into writing this report, before you start reading, make sure your data is backed up safely! And not without good reason. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 7, 2021

But how did we get here and what has changed about the ransomware landscape since it was first our story of the year in 2019? But how did we get here and what has changed about the ransomware landscape since it was first our story of the year in 2019? Words like Babuk and REvil have entered the everyday lexicon. ” in 2021.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? Would you use it? Would you help others? Sometimes, even when you do pay, your data still might not be recovered. Vamosi: Everyone's journey and information security as you need.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? Would you use it? Would you help others? Sometimes, even when you do pay, your data still might not be recovered. Vamosi: Everyone's journey and information security as you need.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2023

[This is Part II of a story published here last week on reporting that went into a new Hulu documentary series on the 2015 Ashley Madison hack.] It was around 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, when I received a message through the contact form on KrebsOnSecurity.com that the marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com had been hacked.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization. Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Conti is by far the most aggressive and profitable ransomware group in operation today.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

I'll start this post where I start many of my talks - what does a hacker look like? Or perhaps more specifically, what do people think a hacker looks like? People have this image in their mind because that's what they've been conditioned to believe: These are the images that adorn the news pieces we read and we've all seen them before.

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