The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010. Critical application processes are at the greatest risk, including those that are running in air-gapped environments,” Gupta says. Privilege account credentials are widely available for sale.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

Furthermore, attackers used proof-of-concept code to attack SAP systems, but also brute-force attacks to take over high-privileged SAP user accounts. The goal of these attacks was to take full control of an SAP deployment in order to modify configurations and user accounts to exfiltrate business information.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

cyber ops capability is Stuxnet , the self-spreading Windows worm found insinuating itself through Iranian nuclear plants in 2010. Issued a few days after the killing, the report assesses cyber risks of North American electrical utilities, identifying 11 hacking groups that target energy sector companies. That was a glitch.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

“The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.” “Affected individuals could be at risk of identity theft and should monitor their accounts closely. ” continues the experts.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Our focus has been on reducing the risk of business disruption, protecting attack surfaces and delivering identity-based digital innovation with ease.” Back in Silicon Valley, Oracle was playing catchup.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) immediately develop and implement a strategy to address offshore oil and gas infrastructure risks. Aging infrastructure, additionally, also puts operations at risk.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A separate set of startups soon cropped up specifically to handle the provisioning of log on accounts that gave access to multiple systems, and also the de-provisioning of those accounts when a user left the company. Governance and attestation quickly became a very big deal.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2024

Human factors, such as errors in judgment, inadequate training, and simple errors, pose significant safety risks. A compromised VPN account with a weak password led to a ransomware attack that disrupted fuel supplies throughout the U.S. Recent wake-up calls Take the 2022 Colonial Pipeline attack , for example. The attacker's gateway?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

However, with this digital gold rush comes a host of cybersecurity risks and challenges that affect gambling companies, players, and the third-party vendors who support them. The risks are fairly obvious: Data Breaches: Online casinos hold vast amounts of sensitive user data, including personal and financial information.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The personal health information that was copied was collected from a large network of mostly Ontario health care facilities and providers regarding fertility, pregnancy, newborn and child health care offered between January 2010 and May 2023. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's the address on Aadhaar's Twitter account , it's the first result on a Google search and time and time again, it's promoted as the site people should go to before doing anything else Aadhaar related. The fix for this risk is HTTP Strict Transport Security or HSTS for short. We've had it for years and it works in every browser.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 6, 2023

Ever since that seminal 2010 movie, we have had the scary thought of losing touch with reality. Real-life example of scammers using deepfake According to a Reuters report, a con artist in northern China employed highly advanced "deep fake" technology to deceive someone into transferring money to his account.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Both require threat actors to steal credentials or perform some other kind of attack to gain access to the privileged account. Vertical Privilege Escalation Vertical privilege escalation involves a threat actor traveling from a lower-level account to a higher-level account.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The compromised information was highly sensitive and varied by individual, including Social Security numbers, bank account and routing numbers, member identification numbers, taxpayer identification, contact details, and other data. In April 2019, an internal alert notified the security team of unauthorized access.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In a recent blog Microsoft announced that as of September 15, 2021 you can completely remove the password from your Microsoft account and use the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code sent to your phone or email to sign in to Microsoft apps and services. A long time coming. Prove me wrong, plz.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

The vulnerability left the company at risk from cyberattacks over an extended period of time. Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.” This issue reminds us of the flaw exploited by the Stuxnet malware back in 2010.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The more software your organization uses, the more cybersecurity risks you’ll encounter. For instance, if you’ve installed artificial intelligence customer service , you can’t risk a breach of sensitive data. Better accountability. But the positive impact outweighs the challenges. Tighter security. Image Source.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2023

History of Zero Trust Its widely accepted that the concept of zero trust was first introduced by John Kindervag, a former Forrester Research analyst, in 2010. This helps organizations comply with regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, as well as mitigate the risk of insider threats and unauthorized access.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. 2010 — Zeus Trojan Virus — An Eastern European cybercrime ring steals $70 million from U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg infamously declared that privacy “is no longer a social norm” in 2010, he was merely parroting a corporate imperative that Google had long since established. Be accountable. Encourage privacy researchers to highlight privacy weaknesses, risks or violations.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

KnowBe4 Best for security awareness training Headquarters: Clearwater, Florida Founded: 2010 Annual Revenue: $0.2 The company provides solutions to quantify and assess the risks associated with data exposure and earns places on our risk management , third-party risk management , and hot cybersecurity startups lists.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM): Best used to effectively manage cloud resource entitlements, reduce access risks, and maintain compliance. CWPP provides strong defenses against a wide range of risks such as malware , ransomware , DDoS attacks , configuration errors , insider threats, and data breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

in Information Systems Management (2010), C.A.S. in Information Security Management (2010), and Ph.D. She says that our biggest challenge is user accountability and basic cyber hygiene standards. Since its inception, other services and industries were intrigued and visit the RTAF to learn more about the event.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 6, 2021

Multiple hackers are actively targeting SAP installations that have not updated in nearly a year or use poor account management. The misconfigurations include brute force attacks on unchanged default account names to gain application-level access. SAP warned users to change those account names in 2018.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Lynch as chief accounting officer and Andrew F. Lynch, who had served as the CFO and treasurer since 2010, has taken on the role of CAO. Lynch has an extensive accounting and auditing background, with a 26-year career at KPMG LLP that included responsibilities as an audit partner. SAN JOSE, Calif.–( About SJW Group.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Updated from the original published on July 1, 2010 If you’ve ever sat at your desk wondering what exactly the bunch of outsiders hanging out in the audit room find to do with their time, or if you’re thinking of a career in audit but just can’t figure out what you will actually be doing all day, this is the article for you.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

All sites incorporated the archaic FCKeditor plug-in, which stopped receiving support in 2010. The problem: Although leap years occur every four years, sometimes programmers use 365 days for a year and fail to account for the extra day. The fix: Update to patched versions of HikCentral Professional.

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NopSec

MAY 17, 2016

Here at NopSec, we are all about risk — our number one goal as a company to help organizations evaluate and reduce their risk. However, the term “risk” can be highly subjective, making it difficult for organizations to determine the riskiest vulnerabilities. This leads to an overall malware exploit rate of about 2.8%.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

With three product variations, IBM Security Guardium Insights offers risk visibility with centralized audit data; Data Protection classifies data, sets controls, and monitors user activity; and Data Encryption shields data with file and application-level encryption and centralized key management. Microsoft Azure.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To be more precise, 2010, 2016, and now 2022 with a whole new astronaut to recover. While there was no direct evidence of account theft from the malware file, numerous accounts caught out by this attack were indeed compromised. Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 13, 2021

Individuals want to understand how to protect their identities, bank accounts, and personal data. But according to a report by PWC, over half (56%) of the leaders they surveyed believed their organisations were at risk due to cybersecurity staff shortages. Business owners want to understand how to protect their assets.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a crucial enterprise technology that ties the stack of cybersecurity systems together to assess threats and manage risks. The Securonix Next-Gen SIEM includes built-in advanced analytics, risk scoring, and threat chain modeling based on MITRE ATT&CK and US-CERT frameworks.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 22, 2021

It’s also reckless to offer open access to anyone on the network because it doesn’t take into account the possibility of insider threats. Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA): Coined by Forrester in 2010, Zero Trust runs on the principle of least privilege and specifies that security teams should inspect all traffic, regardless of its origin.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As cloud computing upends traditional perimeter models of cybersecurity, new cloud security models have emerged, and CWPP was one of the first to appear back in 2010. It provides full cloud security management, reducing risks and protecting assets. Unusual patterns prompt observations and further investigation.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

There are currently conflicting or uncoordinated requirements from regulators which creates unnecessary burdens and that regulatory gaps may leave risks unmitigated, harming public trust and slowing AI adoption. In the initial stages of implementation, regulators might provide guidance on how to demonstrate accountability.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. BVP Investments.

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