CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Chief Technology Officers aka CTOs, as they are not ready to take the blame for cyber attacks and so are hiding secrets related to digital attacks, says research carried out by Keeper Security. The post CTOs not ready to take cyber-attack blame appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2022

Investigations later revealed that the attack occurred as the hackers got access to servers after launching an attack on an IT provider that was providing information technology-related services to General Motors. The post Cyber Attack on General Motors exposes customer details appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Monitoring and management of many existing industrial control systems’ (ICS) embedded devices, like pumps, valves and turbines, are ancient in technological terms. At the operational level, critical industrial sectors are dependent on technology developed 10 to 15 years ago and that aren’t regularly patched. Managing vulnerabilities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2021

Therefore, Microsoft, a leading American technology company has offered a playbook to help firms raise their defense line against cyber attacks. As it helps companies struggling to address Cybersecurity challenges learn about emerging technologies and implement them efficiently.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2022

A TikTok star(tatechtips) having fascination towards technology has revealed in one of his videos that just by turning of Wi-Fi feature on an android phone doesn’t save from prying eyes. So, it is urging all its users to change their passwords ASAP and is probing further on whether the criminals had access to the master password/s.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2021

million cyber attacks on cloud user accounts. And most of them were malware related followed by account hijackings and targeted attacks against vulnerabilities. As per the report, the industries that were majorly targeted include retail, technology, financial, public and healthcare sector along with education and energy.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Knowing what Information Technology (IT) hardware exists is a good place to start (servers, laptops, desktops, tablets, etc.). Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). As technology and threats evolve, so must the security organization. Educate employees.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

As technology continues to advance, so do the risks of cyber attacks. It has become increasingly important for businesses of all sizes to protect themselves from cyber threats. From small businesses to large corporations, no company is safe from a cyber attack.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The incident caused widespread disruptions to FNF's operations, affecting title insurance, escrow, and other title-related services, as well as mortgage transactions and technology for the real estate and mortgage industries. The cyberattack on FNF highlights the growing vulnerability of the real estate industry to cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 30, 2023

If you’ve read part one, you’ll know that there’s a persistent problem with passwords. Despite the continued warnings, data breaches and endless guidance – a weak and easily hackable password guards a sobering number of online accounts and identities. Keen to get rid of the passwords for all your Google accounts?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 31, 2023

John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool that can be used to perform brute-force attacks using different encryption technologies and helpful wordlists. It’s often what pen-testers and ethical hackers use to find the true passwords behind hashes. For our example, we won’t need a powerful machine.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

British Mensa, a nonprofit organization that has only high IQ kids as members, was reportedly hit by a cyber attack. The highlight of the attack is that the threat actor used the credentials of one of the organization’s directors to infiltrate the database. OMG then what else a technology director can do…?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By appealing to these traits, attackers can convince users to unwittingly provide them with access to critical systems or highly sensitive information. Even the most security-aware and technologically apt teams can fall victim to a sophisticated attack like this.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 29, 2021

Second, an Australia-based healthcare provider named Eastern Health is said to have become a recent victim of ransomware attack and highly placed sources say that the incident led to severe disruption of Information Technology Systems on March 16,2021.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you’re wondering how to protect your small business against a cyber attack, you’re not alone. Almost 60% of cyber attack victims are small businesses, and within two years of the first attack, the likelihood that a small business will experience another is approximately 28%. A Step-by-Step Guide to Mitigation.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Accessing vital information to complete day-to-day tasks at our jobs still requires using a password-based system at most companies. Today, bad actors are ruthlessly skilled at cracking passwords – whether through phishing attacks, social engineering, brute force, or buying them on the dark web.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

With the internet becoming a part of our daily lives it is sad but important to know that the dangers of Cyber attacks are increasing every day. First, let’s understand what is a cyber attack. So protecting your computers from different types of cyber attacks is very important.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Consider that some 80 percent of hacking-related breaches occur because of weak or reused passwords, and that over 90 percent of consumers continue to re-use their intrinsically weak passwords. Cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication, and ransomware attacks are only the tip of the iceberg.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

After communication with CNCERT around January 24, 2023, the affected organization forced customers to change their passwords. Likely, the reason behind this step was in an unexpected, forced password change by the data centers organization dating back to the 1st episode. The 3rd episode of the campaign was related to a U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2023

More than 375 respondents, including developers, IT and cybersecurity professionals from mid-market to large enterprises across industry verticals such as financial, manufacturing, technology, communications, media and others, from both the U.S. and Canada were surveyed.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This article focuses on helping to prevent cyberattacks purely through technology; though of course, businesses need a combination of technology, people, and strategy to truly become cyber resilient. That being said, security experts advise against relying solely on a single technology or technique to protect business endpoints.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 17, 2021

With the business world now strongly present in the digital world, the use of technology in your business is inevitable. But it's not all fairy tales and success stories when it comes to technology use in business. One way you can get started on boosting your cyber security is through password protection.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2022

Geopolitical Cyber Attacks — The New Battlefield. The new battlefield on display in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine war shows a progression of cybersecurity tactics revolutionizing the overall attack plan. Cyber attacks create an unpredictable dilemma in the conflict. The post Geopolitical Cyber Attacks?—?The

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The Security Ledger

MAY 20, 2020

More than 90% of employees know re-using passwords between accounts is a dangerous business, but two thirds of them do it anyway. Rachael Stockton of LastPass digs into the "why" of password insecurity in the latest LastPass Psychology of Passwords report. Read the whole entry. » Read the whole entry. »

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

For organizations that have made that jump, sticking with a simple username and password to protect a globally accessible email server is far from good enough. Password leaks are commonplace. Employees often reuse passwords between other services and accounts. MFA is a must for organizations using SaaS for email.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The post As Cyber Attacks Mount, Small Businesses seek Authentication. » Related Stories Opinion: AI and Machine Learning will power both Cyber Offense and Defense in 2020 Passwordless? Imagining the Future of Authentication Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem Also: Bad Password Habits start at Home.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Cyber attack targets. Russia isn’t the only cyber actor increasing its pace of cyber operations during this time. Still, the most common infection vectors are through a user – clicking a link, browsing to a page, sharing their password, or choosing a weak password. Enable auto-update features if available.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On November 17, the library announced it was experiencing a major technology outage caused by a cyber-attack. We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services too. reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Remote Technology.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Comcast’s Xfinity discloses a data breach after a cyber attack hit the company by exploiting the CitrixBleed vulnerability. An unauthorized attacker can exploit the flaw to gain access to sensitive data and systems. “On December 6, 2023, we concluded that the information included usernames and hashed passwords.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In this Spotlight* podcast, Yaser Masoudnia of LogMeIn and LastPass talks about the continued persistence of the password in enterprise IT environments and how its inevitable demise (and replacement) may be closer than you would think. The post Spotlight Podcast: The Demise of the Password may be closer than you think!

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing. LW: Anything else?

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this Spotlight edition of our podcast sponsored by LastPass* we’re joined by LogMeIn Chief Information Security Officer Gerald Beuchelt to talk about LastPass’s third annual Global Password Security Report, which finds password hygiene improving at large companies, but lagging at smaller firms. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2019

has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. The National Cyber Security Centre announced that the U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. NCSC Report: U.K. Pierluigi Paganini.

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