CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

As Microsoft points out, “When we look at hacked accounts, more than 99.9% don’t have MFA, making them vulnerable to password spray, phishing and password reuse. Microsoft will soon change the mandate to multi-factor authentication (MFA) with changes to Microsoft 365 defaults.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

We have our normal password management processes, password storage tools, and encryption processes. Your servers are hit with ransomware or hacked. A device with critical passwords is stolen. Doing so requires multiple backups, cloud resources, and tested backup and recovery processes. Then disaster strikes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

By Amanda Fennell, CSO and CIO, Relativity. While exploring phishing examples and best tools to manage passwords, offer to dive into how tools actually work. Think about password management. The average person, in their personal and professional life, may be managing as many as 200 application accounts, each with a password.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems or data. Famous hacker Kevin Mitnick helped popularize the term 'social engineering' in the '90s, although the idea and many of the techniques have been around as long as there have been scam artists.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Password manager vendor Dashlane has announced updates to its suite of enterprise offerings. These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

APT28, the hacking arm of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency has been backdooring Cisco routers by exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in the Cisco IOS implementation of the simple network management protocol (SNMP), according to a statement by Western security agencies.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 23, 2022

Both are saying that the criminal hacking group acquired access to a user account with access to some customer data. In recent events, LAPSUS$ claims to have hacked: Samsung (source code has been leaked) Nvidia (at least limited access has been proven) Mercado Libre (confirmed) Microsoft (under investigation) Okta (under investigation).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Tabriz is a tireless advocate for ethical hacking.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Such revelations create intrigue as to whether a more insidious actor could perform a similar hack in order to conduct industrial espionage by spying on development and production activity.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Not adhering to basic cybersecurity practices like strong passwords, setting permission levels for access, etc., explains the top attack types: Malware, Ransomware, Web Application Hacking, Insider Privilege and Misuse, and Targeted Intrusions.”. can lead to a serious breach.”. The CIS Community Defense Model v2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

This was how the Sony Pictures ransomware hack also took place in late 2014 and since. The SolarWinds software that is used by thousands of federal government agencies and corporations in the US and aboard was hacked. They had super weak, easily guessable passwords, which was visible to anyone who looked.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Related Stories Podcast Episode 112: what it takes to be a top bug hunter Podcast Episode 115: Joe Grand on Unicorn Spotting and Bloomberg’s Supply Chain Story Podcast Episode 113: SAP CSO Justin Somaini and Election Hacks – No Voting Machines Required!

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. My advice for anybody that asks me which certifications they should get is this: find a certification in a subject that you wish to learn about,” Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard said.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

After all, there are some mistakes you should absolutely never make – missteps that can cost your business its reputation, and get you into hot water with consumers, the hacking community or legal and regulatory authorities. There are important considerations when taking such an action.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

She’s an amazing person who has done an amazing number of things in a short amount of time -- CMU professor, Forrester analyst, CSO at a successful startup -- and she’s not done changing the industry. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. That is, until Chenxi Wang spoke up.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Consequently, when different sophisticated hacking techniques, types of assaults, and malware are learned, your innocent employees become your cyber security partners. What are the benefits of cyber security awareness trainings? You will create cyber awareness among your staff, as well as users, partners, customers.

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