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  • October 19, 2022

RESTRICT: LOCKING THE FRONT DOOR (Pt. 3 of “Why Don’t You Go Dox Yourself?”)

In the first step of your doxxing research, we collected a list of our online footprint, digging out the most important accounts that you want to protect and obsolete or forgotten accounts you no longer use. Because the most recent and relevant data is likely to live in the accounts you use regularly, our next […]

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Museum Security

Interesting interview: Banks don’t take millions of dollars and put them in plastic bags and hang them on the wall so everybody can walk right up to them. But we do basically the same thing in museums and hang the assets right out on the wall. So it’s our job, then, to either use technology […]

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  • October 19, 2022

Experts Warn of Stealthy PowerShell Backdoor Disguising as Windows Update

Details have emerged about a previously undocumented and fully undetectable (FUD) PowerShell backdoor that gains its stealth by disguising itself as part of a Windows update process. “The covert self-developed tool and the associated C2 commands seem to be the work of a sophisticated, unknown threat actor who has targeted approximately 100 victims,” Tomer Bar, […]

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8 top multi-factor authentication products and how to choose an MFA solution

Today’s credential-based attacks are much more sophisticated. Whether it’s advanced phishing techniques, credential stuffing, or even credentials compromised through social engineering or breaches of a third-party service, credentials are easily the most vulnerable point in defending corporate systems. All these attacks key on traditional credentials, usernames and passwords, which are past their expiration date as […]

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Digital Natives Are Undermining Corporate Security – Report

EY finds younger workers are prone to engage in risky behavior

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Alarming attacks on Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. The impact of ransomware attacks on healthcare is as alarming as it is under-addressed.  The United States healthcare system alone faces an annual burden of nearly $21 billion due to these attacks. It pays well over $100 million in ransoms, and is beginning to acknowledge the tragic realities of impacted […]

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#CyberMonth: ENISA Celebrates 10 Years of European Cybersecurity Month with New, Proactive Slogan

For this year’s edition, ENISA introduced a new slogan for the event, #Choose2BeSafeOnline

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Software Supply Chain Attacks Soar 742% in Three Years

Sonatype reveals scale of threats to open source ecosystem

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Deadbolt Ransomware Extorts Vendors and Customers

New report provides in-depth look at novel NAS-based threat

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