The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security. Erin: How has the cyber threat landscape evolved since you first got into cybersecurity?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) today seized four-dozen domains that sold “booter” or “stresser” services — businesses that make it easy and cheap for even non-technical users to launch powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks designed knock targets offline. The booter service OrphicSecurityTeam[.]com

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

HENSOLDT France offers a wide range of critical electronics solutions, products and services for the aeronautical, defence, energy and transport sectors, whether for air, naval or land applications, both in France and abroad. The post Snatch group claims to have hacked military provider HENSOLDT France appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Though there is no confirmed news that the attack was of a ransomware virus, sources report that the restoration of services might take a few weeks as the incident seems to be more complicated after preliminary investigations were concluded.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

A massive cyberattack hit the website of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) this week. A massive attack hit the website of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) forcing the organization to shut down its IT systems as a precautionary measure for security reasons. ” concludes the announcement.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

How can an empathic approach improve security education? The Importance of Security Education According to Proofpoint’s 2023’s Human Factor report , more than 99% of threats require human interaction to execute, such as enabling a macro, opening a file, following a link, or opening a malicious document.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

The Play ransomware attack suffered by the IT services provider Xplain also impacted the national railway company of Switzerland (FSS) and the canton of Aargau. These major players in security have one thing in common: they have the same IT service provider, the Bernese company Xplain, which has just been hacked.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Organizations use penetration testing to strengthen their security. During these tests, simulated attacks are executed to identify gaps and vulnerabilities in the IT environment. Penetration testing can use different techniques, tools, and methods. See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. Pre-engagement.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 8, 2023

Reason, the tool that gives human like answers to any question, is being used by cyber criminals to write malicious codes that can steal information or encrypt data to the core. However, its first day of beta testing crashed because of unexpected enormous volumes of web traffic.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. biz , a long-running crypting service that is trusted by some of the biggest names in cybercrime.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

At-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory discloses a ransomware attack and consequent data breach. is a clinical laboratory that has been providing home laboratory services to homebound and Nursing Home patients in the NY Metropolitan Area for over 20 years. Apex Laboratory, Inc. ” continues the company.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 1, 2023

The RSA Conference 2023 witnessed a surge of interest in API security, with experts and industry leaders focusing on the increasing need to secure APIs and address vulnerabilities. Several vendors showcased their API security solutions at the conference. Several vendors showcased their API security solutions at the conference.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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NetSpi Executives

MAY 1, 2024

Organizations require visibility into assets that need to be protected, prioritization of issues to remediate first, and easy-to-understand reporting on proactive security measures. NetSPI has been tackling these issues head on and is prepared to lead the path forward with proactive security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

A distributed denial of service attack, fondly known as DDoS, has reportedly hit North Korea in early hours of Wednesday, bringing down whole of the connectivity to a near halt. South Korea launched the attack in retaliation for the Kim Jong Un’s fifth missile test conducted a few days ago.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 5, 2021

But security analysts state that the hacker might have gone rogue against the Conti Ransomware group as he/she might have received less or a nil amount from the extortion money when it is divided up among his/her co-criminals involved in a cyber attack campaign. The intention of the hacker on revealing the plans is unclear.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs. .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2023

According to a media statement from the City: "Wednesday morning, the City's security monitoring tools notified our Security Operations Center (SOC) that a likely ransomware attack had been launched within our environment. Here's the Dallas Morning News' report on the incident.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A security firm has discovered that a six-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies , which offers paying customers the ability to route their web traffic anonymously through compromised computers. The BHProxies website. The website BHProxies[.]com

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Among the 20 cases found, at least six websites belong to the top 100 universities list worldwide. The Cybernews Research team scrutinized 20 websites with millions of monthly visitors in more detail. All of the investigated university websites had more than a million monthly visitors, according to Similarweb.

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DoublePulsar

APRIL 9, 2023

The incident started at 5am and was detected by Capita’s Security Operations Centre, according to the interview with the CEO in The Times. Too early to say if it is a cyber security attack, it said. Too early to say if it is a cyber security attack, it said. It wasn’t until day 3 they admitted a security angle.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

They send super-lucrative offers by email, create fake websites and payment pages, and distribute malicious scripts under the guise of useful documents. Establish and sustain a corporate culture centered on cyber hygiene: Without it, addressing the initial two challenges becomes impossible. Phishing is all around us.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 31, 2023

The resource guide is a valuable tool for financial institutions of all sizes as it provides best practices, recommendations, and resources to help organizations protect their networks and data from cyber threats. The guide also serves as an educational resource on the latest security technologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2021

A cyber attack that took place on a popular carding website dubbed ‘Swarmshop’ has reportedly leaked personal information of thousands of hackers. According to Group IB, the hacking took place on March 17, 2021 and over 12,244 records containing admin along with sellers and buyers details were leaked in a cyber attack.

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SC Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

FBI’s cyber division personnel in front of a computer screen. But a second feature allows users to check how often a given password has been found in the dataset – testing the strength of a password against dictionary-style brute force attacks. Pwned Passwords is more than a tool for those in the know or a novelty on a website.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

The amazing array of digital services we so blithely access on our smartphones wouldn’t exist without agile software development. WAFs have become a table stakes; any company with a public-facing website should by now have a WAF. Indusface has differentiated itself by going well beyond providing standard WAF blacklisting services.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. At least three major industry groups are working to counter the latest cyber threats and scams.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Another demonstration of how valuable Grindr data is came last year when the US gov deemed that Chinese ownership of the service constituted a national security risk. He wanted help in disclosing what he believed was a serious security vulnerability and clearly, he was hitting a brick wall.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2021

The incident also affected multiple websites of the company, including its support site and portions of the Taiwanese website. The company confirmed the security breach and launched an investigation into the incident with the help of external security experts. All affected internal services have resumed operation.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

McConnell recently blocking a bi-partisan bill to fund better election security , as well as the disclosure that his wife, Transportation Security Elaine Chao, has accepted money from voting machine lobbyists. First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. Denial-of-service attacks against election offices.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

APIs are the snippets of code that interconnect the underlying components of all the digital services we can’t seem to live without. Indeed, APIs have opened new horizons of cloud services, mobile computing and IoT infrastructure, with much more to come. Yet, API security risks haven’t gotten the attention they deserve.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Russia is one of the most advanced cyber states, but according to the media President Vladimir Putin ‘s personal PC is apparently still running Win XP. The news is curious and it probably has little real if not the fact that Vladimir Putin is not a super cyber security expert, although he knows its importance very well.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you’re a developer, you may already be familiar with the concepts of “ Black Box ” and “ White Box ” testing as it pertains to the development life cycle of your software. In the world of cyber security there are a variety of methods that security professionals use to evaluate the strength of a target’s security (i.e.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Microleaves , a ten-year-old proxy service that lets customers route their web traffic through millions of Microsoft Windows computers, recently fixed a vulnerability in their website that exposed their entire user database. The Microleaves proxy service, which is in the process of being rebranded to Shifter[.[io.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2022

Cyber related businesses are ‘evolving risk’. issued a market bulletin dated August 16, 2022 setting out new rules for standalone cyber-attack policies that would exclude coverage for damages from state-sponsored attacks. Chiefly the GRU , Russia’s military intelligence service, which has a history of using disruptive cyberattacks.

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