The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level. We take that away.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

There is definitely a national security risk in buying computer infrastructure from a country you don't trust. The risk of discovery is too great, and the payoff would be too low. If there's any lesson from all of this, it's that everybody spies using the Internet. This is a complicated topic. The United States does it.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There’s a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. We risk letting companies get away with real misconduct because we incorrectly believed in conspiracy theories. On a personal level we risk losing out on useful tools. Here’s CNBC. Here’s Boing Boing.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It focuses on distilling data related to shares configured with excessive privileges to better understand their relationships and risk. Option 2: Open PowerShell and load it directly from the internet. Risk Scoring “Be honest, how bad is it?” That’s why risk scoring was such an important thing to include in this release.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

But while it’s an easy experiment to run, it misses the real risk of large language models (LLMs) writing scam emails. And new mechanisms, from ChatGPT plugins to LangChain , will enable composition of AI with thousands of API-based cloud services and open source tools, allowing LLMs to interact with the internet as humans do.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The vulnerability Context Security discovered meant exposing the Wi-Fi credentials of the network the device was attached to, which is significant because it demonstrates that IoT vulnerabilities can put other devices on the network at risk as well. Are these examples actually risks in IoT?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Certain tech giants recently started adding tools to their ecosystems that are meant to improve the data collection transparency. DNT (disabled by default) is part of Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, and Kaspersky Security Cloud. However, not every service provides this kind of warnings.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Today is the 20th Safer Internet Day. 2004 was a key year for several safety activities, encompassing both Safer Internet Day and the Safer Internet Forum. Was the general state of the Internet at the time so bad that all of these events sprang up almost out of necessity? You may be asking, why 2004?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. The attacker in this case has a risk model, too. The attacker in this case has a risk model, too.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 24, 2021

Understanding the risk context of every asset helps them decide what requires immediate action, and what can be done incrementally or mitigated with other changes or ignored as too low risk. They need automation when they want it, so that action is taken automatically based on the security risk policies they have put in place.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

The investigation into the intrusion revealed the involvement of 13 internet addresses including one traced to the Kimsuky APt group. On December 2020, KISA (Korean Internet & Security Agency) provided a detailed analysis about the phishing infrastructure and TTPs used by Kimsuky to target South Korea.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

Security researcher Gjoko Krstic from Applied Risk discovered over 100 vulnerabilities that expose buildings to cyber attacks. Security researcher Gjoko Krstic from Applied Risk discovered over 100 vulnerabilities in management and access control systems from four major vendors.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, according to Michael Samios of the National Observatory of Athens and his fellow colleagues who put together a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2024

Specifically, the settlement required that Tilting Point Media pay $500,000 in civil penalties, along with an expansive list of injunctive relief requiring the app developer to take affirmative steps to ensure it properly discloses its data collection, and, more importantly, obtains proper consent—including parental consent when required.

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NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It’s an aggregator of data – collecting, ingesting, and deduplicating it to deliver a single comprehensive view about assets and their contextual relationships. This data is then used to identify potential exposures and coverage gaps across the entire asset landscape, including risks that relate to their interconnection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Executive Shield by Nisos is an award-winning, analyst-led managed intelligence service that addresses doxxing, fraud, and real physical security risks to executives and key personnel. Nisos Collection & Analysis Stack Spans All Critical Data Sources. THE CHALLENGES WITH PROTECTING EXECUTIVES AND KEY PERSONNEL. their needs.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2025

Wizs meteoric rise has been powered by a fresh approach: an agentless, graph-based view of risk context across the cloud stack that supplanted a number of point solutions and created the Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform category (CNAPP). Another example: imagine a database containing sensitive customer data.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. Close Home Tech Security Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? million, a 10% increase from the previous year.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 30, 2021

Secure Network Analytics uses flow telemetry such as NetFlow, jFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and packet-level data and helps in reducing the risk to an organisation. This helps in improving regulatory compliance, reducing operational risk, and reducing operating costs by improving operational efficiency. How long did this connection last?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

. “The personal health information that was copied was collected from a large network of mostly Ontario health care facilities and providers regarding fertility, pregnancy, newborn and child health care offered between January 2010 and May 2023.”

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Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Although people have become increasingly aware of data collection processes, willingly giving out their personal information, they may not fully comprehend the extent and ways data is stored and analyzed for profit. But we can’t always rely on companies to protect our data for various reasons, including human error.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

This agent gathers data about the user's actions, such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, application usage, and internet activity. Managers can access this data through a console, reviewing reports, live feeds from employee screens, screenshots, video recordings of desktop activity, and intercepted files or messages.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. Mitigating the risks of IoT security threats.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Third-party Risks Take Center Stage. Third-party risks are at the forefront of security concerns, with identity risk management provider SecZetta predicting that “supply chain paranoia” will take over the cybersecurity world this year. Also read: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools for 2022. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable. The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, we published an article about how photographs of children taken by a stalkerware-type app were found exposed on the internet because of poor cybersecurity practices by the app vendor. The stalkerware-type app involved, TheTruthSpy, has shown once again that the way in which it handles captured data shows no respect to its customers.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Google, Facebook and Amazon have gotten filthy rich doing one thing extremely well: fixating on every move each one of us makes when we use our Internet-connected computing devices. Losing control of risk. We’re talking about things like consumer data collection, data management platforms and retargeting enablement systems.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 14, 2024

Since 2020, several governments and organizations have banned, or considered banning, TikTok from their staff’s devices, but a complete ban of an internet app would be a first in the US. The EFF argues that the bill will not stop the sharing of data but it will reduce online rights in a way that is unconstitutional.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

“But accessing the phone from Siri Shortcuts also presents some potential security risks that were discovered by X-Force IRIS and reported to Apple’s security team.” Once downloaded and installed, the Shortcuts app grants the power of scripting to perform complex tasks on users’ personal devices.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. Internet Of Things. Data security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

based specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols used to create personal area networks with small, low-power digital radios, such as for home automation, medical device data collection, and other low-power low-bandwidth needs, designed for small scale projects which need wireless connection.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

On Monday, the computing giant unveiled a new line of PCs that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to promise faster speeds, enhanced productivity, and a powerful data collection and search tool that screenshots a device’s activity—including password entry—every few seconds.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 24, 2024

In addition, the risks of monetary and operational damage render it mission critical for enterprises to envision and enact the appropriate People, Process, and Technology safeguards to assure data protection and privacy. Gain real-time visibility to data security posture. Enable automated full-scale data classification scanning.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 2, 2021

A recent IBM and Ponemon Institute study found the average cost of a data breach for a company last year came in at $3.86 Cyberattacks are conducted because the data collected – such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and financial account information – is financially valuable to the criminals. million. .

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Incognito mode only ensures that all your data like browsing history and cookies is cleared after you close the private window. It also does not make you anonymous to your internet service provider (ISP) or protect you from adware or spyware that might be tracking your online behavior, cryptominers, or worse.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

According to Interpol's Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment report , critical infrastructure is highly targeted by ransomware gangs that are after what is called the Big Game Hunting. 66% of these vulnerabilities affect the OT domain, while the rest 34% affect IoT, IT and IoMT (Internet of Medical Things). The threat landscape.

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