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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

Ngo got his treasure trove of consumer data by hacking and social engineering his way into a string of major data brokers. By the time the Secret Service caught up with him in 2013, he’d made over $3 million selling fullz data to identity thieves and organized crime rings operating throughout the United States.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘World password day’ reminds us to embrace password security best practices

The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

Related: Credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? Breaches to multiple accounts that share the same or similar passwords. Stolen passwords that can lead to data leaks.

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Massive Data Breach Includes Social Security Numbers, Potentially Affects Billions

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2024

NPD, which provides background check services to employers, investigators, and other businesses, reportedly obtains this information by scraping data from various sources, often without the direct consent of the individuals involved. Use complex, unique passwords for all accounts and consider using a password manager.

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Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. CVE-2013-0229 , a vulnerability found MiniUPnPd before 1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. •

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How to Secure Your Business Social Media Accounts

BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Having policies and procedures to secure social media accounts and minimise the potential for incidents can help. Recently, a client with several different social media accounts and a large team of people working on them approached BH Consulting to review its security and policies around them. More than 4.7

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Fixing Data Breaches Part 1: Education

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The Red Cross Blood Service breach gave us our largest ever incident down here in Australia (and it included data on both my wife and I). CloudPets left their MongoDB exposed which subsequently exposed data collected from connected teddy bears (yes, they're really a thing). "god rights").

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private Evervault Developer encryption 2019 Private Verkada Security surveillance 2019 Private Armis IoT network security 2015 Private Sumo Logic Threat intelligence 2014 Nasdaq: SUMO Okta Identity management 2013 Nasdaq: OKTA Barracuda Enterprise security 2006 Private. Accel Investments.

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Protecting Customer Data

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

million victims of identity theft in 2013, which works out to around one new victim every two seconds. On the other hand, account takeovers went up. Account takeovers are where thieves get control of existing accounts, from phone and utility to credit card and bank accounts, and can cause serious damage and inconvenience.

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How to Manage IAM Compliance and Audits

Centraleyes

MAY 20, 2024

The assessment takes into account governance, security, and identity management challenges. This may include: Manage identities Offboarding accounts Checking administrative privileges Data governance involves quality assurance Review privileged user credentials Reduce the number of accounts with privileged access.

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

For larger organizations, the PRTG Enterprise Monitor can monitor thousands of devices for a distributed environment offering auditable data collection and service-based SLA monitoring through the ITOps Board. Read more : Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems for 2022. ManageEngine. Network Monitoring Software Features.

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Best SIEM Tools & Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Company Product Est HQ Exabeam Exabeam Fusion 2013 Foster City, CA IBM Security QRadar SIEM 1911 Armonk, NY LogRhythm LogRhythm SIEM Platform 2003 Boulder, CO Securonix Next-Gen SIEM 2008 Addison, TX Splunk Splunk Enterprise Security 2003 San Francisco, CA. Long-term search capabilities for slower threats spanning historical data.

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How AI Could Write Our Laws

Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Consider, for example, a 2013 Massachusetts bill that tried to restrict the commercial use of data collected from K-12 students using services accessed via the internet. But having them on the record about their intentions would at least provide a baseline for accountability.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

And in 2013, the FTC won a nearly $5 million judgment against a Kentucky company purporting to offer such services. The score is only one of many criteria taken into account for employment. In that 1998 case, the defendants behind the scheme were taking out classified ads in newspapers. Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework: IoT and PKI Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

For those who are unfamiliar, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework was created in 2013 as an attempt to standardize practices and give guidance on common, high-level security and privacy risks. The proliferation of connected devices offers enormous business benefit, across industries as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare and automotive.

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