eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. If your business uses Windows, restrict administrative privileges as much as you can and require password resets as soon as possible.

Firmware 109

Firmware Software Wireless Security Defenses 109

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. If your business uses Windows, restrict administrative privileges as much as you can and require password resets as soon as possible.

Firmware 104

Firmware Software Wireless Security Defenses 104

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2002 – 2006: Origins of the Tor Project After onion routing was patented, additional computer scientists joined the original development team in 2002 and created the biggest project for onion routing yet: The Onion Routing Project, now commonly known as the Tor Project. Turn on multifactor authentication for all online accounts.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Accel Investments.

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Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 128

Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

When you add this type of data to cloud storage, ensure your account is protected with more than just a password. You should also try to set up two-factor authentication for other accounts – such as your bank login, cryptocurrency platforms, and platforms where you have your personal information stored.

Data privacy 98

Data privacy Identity Theft Accountability Banking 98

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Since 2006, Cradlepoint has grown into a dominant WAN , edge networking, and cloud solutions provider and was acquired by Ericsson in September 2020 for $1.1 Cradlepoint. Twenty years after its launch, Forescout is an industry leader in monitoring, analyzing, and securing the IoT and OT systems commonly dubbed the Enterprise of Things.

IoT 140

IoT Risk Firewall Software 140

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A lot of times we depend on usernames and passwords, but those really aren’t enough. So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. Without a basic ability to authenticate these characters, there’d be no drama, no romance, no tragedy. Think about it.

Hacking 52

Hacking Authentication Artificial Intelligence Technology 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

This is also risky, when he was arrested in 2006, the Prague Post reported that the thief had the code for 150 stolen cars still on his laptop, enough evidence to convict him. Nothing was the same that the way the servers connected with the password, all of that stuff was completely different. It has to be controlled by the vendor.

Hacking 52

Hacking Manufacturing Computers and Electronics Engineering 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

These breaches left contact information, account passwords, credit card numbers, private photos, and more exposed. Since 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the leading provider of cloud computing services. Since 2004, there have been 11,000 US data breaches. Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Encryption 98

Encryption Marketing Authentication Risk 98

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

Adam Levin

MAY 13, 2019

Email addresses are still the main way we authenticate ourselves to do business online, and because of that email as a category represents an extremely weak link in our collective cybersecurity. That’s why it doesn’t matter that Bill Gates didn’t come through with the promise of eradicating spam by 2006.

Internet 114

Internet Internet Technology Phishing 114