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The Effectiveness of Publicly Shaming Bad Security

Troy Hunt

Here's how it normally plays out: It all begins when a company pops up online and makes some sort of ludicrous statement related to their security posture, often as part of a discussion on a public social media platform such as Twitter. Shame, those opposed to it will say, is not the way. See the theme? So I wrote a blog post.

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We Finally Got Businesses to Talk About Their Run-ins With Ransomware. Here’s What They Said.

Webroot

Whether it’s shame at not doing more to prevent it, the risk of additional bad publicity from discussing it or some other reason, companies tend to be tight-lipped about these types of breaches. Our ransomware report seeks to quantify these knock-on effects of ransomware to the extent possible. But it goes deeper than that.

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Bad Luck: BlackCat Ransomware Bulletin

Security Boulevard

It targets Active Directory to spread via GPO, primarily working with Windows administrative tools for spread, outside connection, and disabling security features like antivirus. LogicHub Monthly Security Update on the 15th of every month at 10:00am PT/ 12:00pm ET. Malware Traits of Blackcat Ransomware.

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Data Leak Strategy Fueling the Ransomware Economy

SecureWorld News

The data theft tactic alone turned out so lucrative that ransomware operators could effectively abandon tedious software engineering and cryptography-based procedures and still rake in jaw-dropping profits. Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution.

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No, Spotify Wasn't Hacked

Troy Hunt

The attack is simple but effective due to the prevalence of password reuse. When an HIBP subscriber's address appears in one of these incidents, they get an automated notification and often, it seems, they then reach out to me. Clearly a Spotify breach, right? No, and the passwords are the very first thing that starts to give it all away.

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Using ASAN as a protection

Scary Beasts Security

It is now a productionized option in both the clang and gcc compilers, and has assisted in uncovering literally thousands of security bugs. But the slow down is not so bad that a particularly paranoid user wouldn't be able to easily accept it on a fast machine. It is primarily a detection tool. These bugs can be extremely powerful.

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Ransomware Report: Q4 2022

Digital Shadows

Since we bid farewell to ever-present groups like Conti, the world of ransomware has remained a game of whack-a-mole: For every group that disappears, there are always several waiting in the shadows to replace it. One major development was the use of ransomware in hacktivism’s resurgence during 2022. The 707 tippers mark a 6.5% That represented a 7.2%