CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

through September of 2021 has already surpassed the total number of compromises in 2020 by 17%, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).” OT/IT and IoT convergence. State of the IoT 2020: 12 billion IoT connections (iot-analytics.com). With that comes cyber-risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

Indeed, they can abuse those keys to decrypt an organization’s data, create fraudulent identities and generate malicious certificates at will. These malicious actions all lay the groundwork for secondary attacks such as committing identity theft and creating HTTPS-protected phishing pages. That’s the purpose of IAM.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Identity theft takes on a whole new meaning when a bad actor gets ahold of your PHI. Traditional security software, such as NAC, EPS, IDS, or IoT Network Security, fails to provide the Layer 1 visibility required to detect and accurately identify all hardware assets. A Silent Sickness.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Luckily, new tech trends could help keep our financial data safe even with an increase in risk. The Rising Risks The widespread shift to a work-from-home (WFH) economy left countless networks vulnerable to cyber attacks. These vulnerabilities and more demonstrate the risk to data in the modern digital world.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient records were always valued by attackers for launching sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchasing medical supplies or drugs, or committing other types of fraud including identity theft. Increasing the use of advanced IoT devices. Authenticate every medical IoT device. Centralize data security governance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

By minimizing the role of humans in secrets management, organizations can avoid data breaches, identity theft, and other identity-related problems by using a methodical approach to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data and systems. Key concepts of secrets management What is a secret?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2023

However, in today’s IoT era, there are increasingly new ways people can break in to steal from us – by hacking into our Smart Devices. Additionally, while most manufacturers are experts in their device domain, they are not typically familiar with IoT security needs or how to incorporate them into production.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient records were always valued by attackers for launching sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchasing medical supplies or drugs, or committing other types of fraud including identity theft. Increasing the use of advanced IoT devices. Authenticate every medical IoT device. Centralize data security governance.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By gaining a deeper understanding of application security, companies can take the necessary steps and actions to safeguard their valuable assets and reduce the risk of devastating data breaches. The security measures that AppSec requires depends on the type of application and risks involved. How Does Application Security Work?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

If we were discussing hacking attempts even a decade ago, the types of hacks we saw focused on credit card data, identity theft and corporate espionage. Today, with the advent of the IoT, literally everything we do is measured, calibrated, recorded and loaded to a physical or virtual server. Is Ignorance Bliss?

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The Security Ledger

JULY 26, 2018

In this Spotlight Podcast, sponsored by Trusted Computing Group*, Dennis Mattoon of Microsoft Research gives us the low-down on DICE: the Device Identifier Composition Engine Architectures, which provides a means of solving a range of security and identity problems on low cost, low power IoT endpoints. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Such lapses in database security can (and often do) lead to hundreds of millions of people having their personal information exposed on the internet, allowing threat actors to use that data for a variety of malicious purposes, including phishing and other types of social engineering attacks , as well as identity theft.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 27, 2021

However, those who understand smart home security threats and the risks associated with them can plan accordingly. Smart home systems are revolutionizing entertainment and convenience. They also contain loads of personal information that make them popular targets for cybercriminals. 5 Smart Home Security [.].

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

This is a question of whether you have permission to inventory, classify, and perform a risk analysis on the networks supporting a home user’s environment. Personal and IoT devices, including personal digital assistants, alarm systems, and any other home automation.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history, risks the incentives for innovation and investment, is exponentially larger than the damage inflicted from natural disasters in a year, and will be more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined,” the report warned. Ransomware.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And as stated by a Harris Poll conducted in 2018 , more than 60 million Americans are affected by identity theft every year. Once you’ve raised your Threat IQ, use it to create a proactive plan of action that includes: * Strategic planning and risk management. With that, 43 percent of cyberattacks target small businesses.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Identity as the new digital perimeter is the cornerstone for assuring secure "Anytime, Anywhere, Authorized" access to protect enterprise security and privacy. Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a bold new frontier in identity and access management (IAM).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, we will dive deep into different types of data breaches , how organizations can mitigate their risk of falling victim to a breach, and what industries face the highest risk of falling victim to a cyber security attack. Every organization is, to varying degrees, potentially at risk of experiencing a data breach.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

A simple, pro forma apology, a free comprehensive package of identity theft protection and credit file monitoring, and a public statement weeks or months after the breach is discovered,” said Winick. Sometimes, however, a business offers very little in the way of comfort, helpful information or restitution.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 3, 2022

The convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) is a double-edged sword for critical infrastructure sectors – despite all its benefits, IT/OT convergence is not without its risks. These risks have become even more pronounced as ransomware attacks reach record-breaking highs. A New Wave of Attacks.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Having your ID stored on a phone brings both convenience as well as risks. We will hear more concerns about metaverse privacy – but with smartphones and IoT, aren’t we already in a metaverse? In fact, several US states are already using or plan to use digital IDs and driver licenses stored in Apple Wallet.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

That type of information can be extremely valuable for things like identity theft.”. It’s best practice to keep a different set of credentials for each device because of exactly this risk.”. Kulkarni even suggested the footage could be enough to develop “deep-fakes that could impersonate you.”.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

For modern networks, the introduction of new endpoints – be it remote laptops for personnel or client IoT devices – is a roadblock being actively addressed. Securing edge devices with identity authentication. Mitigating risk of false key propagation and identity theft. Risk of compromise. Block Armour.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

American consumers lost $56 billion to identity theft last year with an average of 49 million consumer victims, according to a CNBC News report. The 2021 Identity Fraud Study by Javelin Strategy & Research reports the identity fraud resulted from stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and data breaches.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. Internet of Things, or IoT devices, already represent a mature technological industry. It is harder to dupe informed people. AI and Machine Learning Hacking.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

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