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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach. CDHE discovered the ransomware attack on June 19, 2023, it immediately launched an investigation into the security breach with the help of third-party specialists.

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October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – What You Should Know

Security Boulevard

In 2004, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks were common and those types of attacks were doubling every few months. Domino’s Pizza was undergoing a ransomware attack. eBay was hacked and 233 million user records were stolen. Secret Service was helping discover the identity of the hackers that managed to hack into P.F […].

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Harvard Business Publishing licensee hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

Three days later, Cybernews researchers revisited the database to see whether it had been closed, and found it had been hit with ransomware. SHA1 (Secure Hashing Algorithm 1) has been broken since 2004 and can be breached quickly by criminals at relatively little cost. The ransomware. An attacker asked for a 0.01

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Krebs on Security

By 2004, v1pee had adopted the moniker “ Vega ” on the exclusive Russian language hacking forum Mazafaka , where this user became one of the more reliable vendors of stolen payment cards. ” Cryptex has been associated with quite a few ransomware transactions, including the largest known ransomware payment to date.

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A week in security (February 6 - 12)

Malwarebytes

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

I attended my first one in 2004, while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. It’s easier than ever for malicious hackers to get deep access, steal data, spread ransomware, disrupt infrastructure and attain long run unauthorized access. Related: Demystifying ‘DSPM’ This was my nineteenth RSAC.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. As we are well and truly in the digital-first age, the need for robust cybersecurity measures is glaringly evident.