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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed. How can companies minimize risks?

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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

“Someone was trying to phish employee credentials, and they were good at it,” Wired reported. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. ” Twitter revealed that a key tactic of the group was “phone spear phishing” (a.k.a.

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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Compromised logins continue to facilitate cyber attacks at all levels, from phishing ruses to credential stuffing to enabling hackers to probe deep inside of a breached network. Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services.

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Ransomware world in 2021: who, how and why

SecureList

They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. Access sellers. Idea #3: Cybercriminals are criminals.

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Ransomware by the numbers: Reassessing the threat’s global impact

SecureList

In certain cases, they used spear-phishing campaigns to install Cobalt Strike RAT, while other attacks involved exploiting a vulnerable internet-facing service (e.g., 7.60% of targeted ransomware attacks affected professional and consumer services companies, and 7.09% targeted financial firms. Conclusion.