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NCSC: New UK law bans default passwords on smart devices

Security Affairs

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) orders smart device manufacturers to ban default passwords starting from April 29, 2024. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that bans default passwords. ” reads the announcement published by NCSC.

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Indian government issues SOP to employees on Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Central government employees of India will receive a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Cyber Attacks by this month and suggesting measures to take before a cyber attack and steps to mitigate risks, if in case, an organization becomes a victim to a digital attack.

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Credential stuffing cyber attacks targeting home IP addresses

CyberSecurity Insiders

As soon as a cyber attack takes place and hackers gain access to loads of info, such as passwords and usernames, they sell them to other cyber crooks who then use such credentials to take over online accounts. To those unaware of the credential stuffing concept, here’s a gist. Is it really possible in practical?

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Western Digital shuts systems due to Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

A cyber attack launched and identified on March 26th of this year has triggered the incident response teams of Western Digital (WD) to take appropriate steps to mitigate the cyber risks of the incident. The post Western Digital shuts systems due to Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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How To Generate Strong Passwords With SecureBlitz Password Generator

SecureBlitz

In this post, we will show you how to use our very own SecureBlitz Strong Password Generator. A completely free online password generator for internet users. The post How To Generate Strong Passwords With SecureBlitz Password Generator appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.

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New Outlook Exploit Unveiled: CVE-2023-35636 Leads to NTLM v2 Password Breach

Penetration Testing

In a recent discovery, Varonis Threat Labs has unveiled three new ways that cyber attackers can exploit to access NTLM v2 hashed passwords, putting countless systems and user data at risk.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

In a statement issued by the delivery giant yesterday, the 5 centuries old non-profit government organization is busy investigating a cyber incident that brought its operations to knees from early this month. Russia linked hackers group dubbed LockBit Ransomware is suspected to be behind the cyber attack and a probe is still on.