The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If there ever was such a thing as a cybersecurity silver bullet it would do one thing really well: eliminate passwords. Threat actors have proven to be endlessly clever at abusing and misusing passwords. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

Passwords 129

Passwords Authentication Data breaches Internet 129

Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. They went to a dummy site controlled by the hackers and entered their credentials in a way that served up their usernames and passwords as well as multifactor authentication codes.”

Social Engineering 231

Social Engineering Phishing Engineering Accountability 231

SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

Energy and Utilities (10%), Finance (10%), Professional and Consumer Services (10%), Transportation (7%), and Healthcare (7%) were also at the top of their list. Focus your defense strategy on detecting lateral movements and data exfiltration to the internet. Conclusion. Always keep client-side applications up to date as well.

Ransomware 103

Ransomware Encryption Malware Energy and Utilities 103