Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Because of that, tools like Tor and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are growing in popularity. It is based on free and open-source software and uses computers run by volunteers. Onion routing was created in the 1990s by US Naval Research Laboratory employees to shield national intelligence communications. How do I use Tor?

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Ten years ago, I wrote an essay : "Security in 2020." I think I did pretty well. Here's what I said back then: There's really no such thing as security in the abstract. Employees already have their laptops configured just the way they like them, and they don't want another one just for getting through the corporate VPN.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In fact, the guide can also be applied to people using computers at home generally and is written in a way that's easy to understand. They may not even have a budget for work-owned devices, amd may instead be relying on employees using their own devices. Use a password manager and two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

SMS authentication codes are back in the news, and the word I’d use to summarise their reappearance is “embattled.” ” I can still remember a time where two-factor authentication (2FA), authentication grids, regional lockouts, Yubikeys, and offline authentication apps simply did not exist.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

That said, we are living in a world where Twitter has become a go-to news source for the United States secretary of state to find he’s been fired and Instagram is the source used by the Queen of England to find out a senior royal–her grandson–has essentially quit his job as Duke of Sussex. We used to call this psy-ops.

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NopSec

APRIL 3, 2024

The platform is typically accessed via an HTTP interface, but it also includes a command line interface (CLI) that can be used for scripting purposes. The vulnerability exists in the commands who-ami-i, enable-job, and keep-build as a result of insecure parsing of argument inputs. Jenkins Arbitrary File Read (and maybe RCE!)

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

I had the chance to visit with Kelly Ahuja, CEO of Versa Networks , a supplier of SASE systems. For a full drill down on our discussion on why SASE could be game changer, please give a listen to the accompanying podcast. Early SD-WAN solutions “were built only to replace an MPLS-VPN with an Internet-based VPN,” Ahuja says.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

I think people are going to be suprised to hear your preference would be to keep people from getting hacked. For us it’s not a profit center. We’re uniquely suited, I think, as an intelligence company. The policy should illustrate the importance of password security. Chet Strange/Getty Images).

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Whether you’re looking for a smartphone, a laptop, a gaming device or something else, or even just signing up for an account online, you want to make sure your kids are protected. So without further ado, let’s dive into what we should be teaching our kids about Internet safety and what we can do to enforce these teachings.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

That said, what should you expect to bring to Hacker Summer Camp? Over the last two decades, I have been caught in heavy monsoon rains, a dust storm, and even a plague of locusts one year. This will be my 21st year attending Hacker Summer Camp. And several thousand of my closest friends all in one place. So pace yourself. Human Needs.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

That said, what should you expect to bring to Hacker Summer Camp? Over the last two decades, I have been caught in heavy monsoon rains, a dust storm, and even a plague of locusts one year. This will be my 21st year attending Hacker Summer Camp. And several thousand of my closest friends all in one place. So pace yourself. Human Needs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Even though encryption should be taken seriously by businesses of all sizes, only a small fraction of the corporate sector puts their back on it. I remember that in early 2017, the business world was hit by ransomware, which felt to them like a speedy bullet shot at their blind spot. You might wonder, why?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2021

If you’ve been shopping for a VPN service in 2021, you’ve probably noticed how many providers are available. Using a personal VPN has grown in popularity in recent years , and for good reason. You may no longer be asking, “Should I use one,” but rather, “Which one should I choose?”.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 19, 2015

When I started my career as a penetration tester, the name of the game was all about breaching the external perimeter: finding open ports in the firewall, mapping ports and listening services, and trying to find vulnerabilities and available exploits to penetrate that layer of defense. How times have changed. The remedy?

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Last week I wrote a couple of different pieces on passwords, firstly about why we're going to be stuck with them for a long time yet and then secondly, about how we all bear some responsibility for making good password choices. This week, I wanted to focus on going beyond passwords and talk about 2FA.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2022

From its inception in December 2021 until its implosion late last month, LAPSUS$ operated openly on its Telegram chat channel, which quickly grew to more than 40,000 followers after the group started using it to leak huge volumes of sensitive data stolen from victim corporations.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2022

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti , one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Capture the Flag is a game, a community, and a really cool hacker culture. Listen to EP 13: Shall We Play A Game? Vamosi: When I was a kid, growing up in the Midwest, with noting but corn fields and blue sky everywhere, I frequently got bored. So I would take things apart. I wasn’t always successful.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Capture the Flag is a game, a community, and a really cool hacker culture. Listen to EP 13: Shall We Play A Game? Vamosi: When I was a kid, growing up in the Midwest, with noting but corn fields and blue sky everywhere, I frequently got bored. So I would take things apart. I wasn’t always successful.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

And it was really around - I used to do a lot of venture capital work and we worked a lot of startups. And it was really around - I used to do a lot of venture capital work and we worked a lot of startups. Data Protection Gumbo Podcast Featuring Omar Masri, CEO of Mamori.io. Will it help the good guys or the bad guys?

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware. Along with the rise of big-game hunting in 2020, we saw the emergence of a number of high-profile groups in the ransomware world. Along with the rise of big-game hunting in 2020, we saw the emergence of a number of high-profile groups in the ransomware world.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The list of tactics, techniques , and procedures (TTP) used by threat actors to gain another user’s data is extensive. Another widely used tactic for information gathering is phishing or the engagement and manipulation of another user’s trust. What is Doxing? A Brief History of Doxing. What Documents Are Getting Dropped?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The services you use, the websites you visit, the apps on your phone, smart TVs, gaming consoles, and any networked devices collect data on you with the help of trackers installed on web pages or in software. The websites and services send this data to their manufacturers and partners whose trackers they use.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

With so many of us being asked to work in new ways in order to stay connected to our colleagues and customers, it is important to remember both the professional and personal challenges working from home on a permanent basis can bring. Quite obviously, this situation has brought a lot of issues into our lives.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Vamosi: For most of my career I have speculated when and where there would be an escalation of physical war into the virtual world. 13 years later, you researchers connected the dots to reveal how these events formed part of a new style of coordinated interference in which misinformation and manipulation were used by Russia to stoke division.

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