Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2022

With the acceleration in digital spending, there’s been an increase in related cyberthreats, like account takeover. Account takeover (ATO) occurs when a malicious actor gains unauthorized access to a user’s digital identity account. ATO is often the source of data breaches, theft, and other fraudulent activities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The stolen data is used both to commit fraud directly and indirectly. For example, compromised card details are used to make unauthorized purchases online and personal details are used to take over an account or apply for a credit card in someone else’s name. Big Data and EMV 3DS. Data security. Data Breach.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 29, 2018

Add to that the websites we visit that Google tracks through its advertising network, our Gmail accounts, our movements via Google Maps , and what it can collect from our smartphones. And advances in both big data analysis and artificial intelligence will make tomorrow's applications far creepier than today's. He's right.

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Spinone

JUNE 8, 2018

While the potential of Big Data is vast, it might lag behind as a standalone tool to deal with hackers due to the enormous volume of data to analyze. Big data helps broaden horizons (e.g. to better clarity) to prevent the security breach rather than cleaning up the data leak after it actually happens.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

Technology now permeates society in a way it didn't just a couple of decades ago, and governments move too slowly to take this into account. Now, too many issues are being decided in an unregulated capitalist environment where significant social costs are too often not taken into account. This is bigger than computer security.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

Technology now permeates society in a way it didn't just a couple of decades ago, and governments move too slowly to take this into account. Now, too many issues are being decided in an unregulated capitalist environment where significant social costs are too often not taken into account. This is bigger than computer security.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2024

Email addresses are a unique identifier that can allow data brokers to merge and enrich their databases. So, this is another big data breach that leaves us with more questions than answers. We have to be careful that we don’t shrug these data breaches away with comments like “they already know everything there is to know.”

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

I think it’s super important that organizations are being held accountable for looking after our data. That’s kind of the carrot side — being able to demonstrate that you actually do care about the data of the people you do business with. Trust is an important part of their brand; it should be all about trust.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The good news is that the firm that also into COVID-19 detection has immediately secured the database and neutralized the cyber attack consequences within hours, before any big data disaster could occur.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2021

The Bitcoin blockchain records every transaction ever made using the currency in its blockchain, making it a perfect source for big data investigations. And real people can accidentally unmask themselves through any number of mistakes, from EXIF data in photos to reusing their Reddit account username on a Dark Web market.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

Scenarios such as information leaks, wiretapping, and data breaches can compromise your organization. Considering that we are in the age of big data, it has become easier for anyone — including cybercriminals — to acquire sensitive information. . Secure your work-related accounts. Use a secure conferencing app.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

On its own, it’s not going to give a remote attacker access to anything, but if combined with other attacks, it’s possible an attacker could leverage a user account from somewhere else and pivot into this to get root access,” Smith said. Companies shouldn’t shrug off these vulnerabilities.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

Data lakes continue to swell because each second of every day, every human, on average, is creating 1.7 megabytes of fresh data. These are the rivulets feeding the data lakes. Big data just keeps getting bigger. And threat actors have become adept at account takeovers. Attribute-based access.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 25, 2018

Digital transformation inherently drives organizations into a data driven world – and each technology used for digital transformation (cloud, big data, IoT, blockchain, mobile payments and more) requires its own unique approach to protecting data. Big Data – 99%. Digital transformation drives massive change.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Related: Big data can foster improved healthcare Within that, video represents over 80 percent of the traffic that flows through this global network which is growing rapidly at about 25 percent per year. Most folks don’t realize that the Internet contributes more than 3.7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

TS: Yes, you can put something into everything, but all of a sudden you have this massive big data collection problem on the back end where you as the attacker have created a different kind of analysis problem. Of course, some nations have more capability than others to sift through huge amounts of data they’re collecting.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Now more than ever before, “big data” is a term that is widely used by businesses and consumers alike. Consumers have begun to better understand how their data is being used, but many fail to realize the hidden privacy pitfalls in every day technology. Related: Europe tightens privacy rules.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 5, 2021

These varied and persistent threats include Business Email Compromise (BEC), ransomware, domain compromise, malware, phishing, spam and account takeovers. As email borne threats continue to increase in volume and complexity, keeping email safe continues to be a top priority for security professionals.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, recently proposed the Algorithmic Accountability Act, legislation that would require companies to assess their automated systems for accuracy, bias, and privacy risks. But some of these big data systems are riddled with bias that discriminate against patients based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

NIST Model for a Trustworthy AI System: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) model outlines key principles for developing ethical, accountable, and transparent AI systems, emphasizing reliability, security, and fairness. About the author : Ron Reiter , CTO and cofounder of Sentra.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2021

He is a recognized expert in cybersecurity and big data. Prior to founding Silverfort, Yaron served as a big data consultant for Cisco, and also worked on big data analytics and machine learning algorithm projects at Microsoft. WHO: Yaron Kassner is CTO and Co-Founder of Silverfort.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2017

We’re now seeing big data play an increasing role in how retail sales and payments are being tailored to individual consumer’s preferences, and providers are adopting and integrating smarter, more efficient ways of completing the path-to-purchase. appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Such services as distributed cloud account protection can detect malicious actors very accurately by monitoring transactions at a large scale and in real time. About Oxylabs: Established in 2015, Oxylabs is a premium proxy and public web data acquisition solution provider, enabling companies of all sizes to utilise the power of big data.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 24, 2020

Right now, we stand at a perilous intersection in our evolution – dealing with the challenges of big data, emerging technologies, and an assault on trust like we’ve never seen before. New innovations in technology will bring us new found freedoms, empowerment, and unification.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

Is There Ever Too Much Data? As a security practitioner, you know that businesses are fuelled not only by people but by data. Years ago, the phrase “Big Data” was a new, innovative way to gain a business advantage. Now, big data is the norm.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2022

Essentially, we are securing an app at scale with enormous requirements for stored data, incoming data, data interactions, and network connections. Given the importance of “Big Data” analytics and applications to a company’s financial performance, securing data lakes is a critical priority for security teams.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This is not a new phenomenon — hackers relentlessly seek to gain access to internal accounts, as well as insights into how to bypass security controls. While she enjoys tackling topics across the technology space, she’s most passionate about educating readers on cybersecurity and Big Data.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2018

As such, Hudson argues persuasively that the root of the matter comes down to the need for organizations to keep a much closer account of access logons and encryption keys. LW: This implies big data sets, which is perfect for machine learning. Venafi is a leading supplier of machine identity protection. Hudson: Yes, exactly.

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 15, 2022

I’d been instructed by one of my coaches to make some data “pop” so I could get through to people who consumed info more visually. As I was collating the data from numerous sources, I was struck by a few things. Firstly, there were big data gaps. Thirdly, how old some of the data was.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2019

In fact, in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Europe Edition launched yesterday, we see that over a third (36%) of enterprises in the region are either aggressively disrupting the markets they participate in – or embedding digital capabilities that enable greater organisational agility. How does digital transformation impact data security?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

With the advent of IoT technologies, big data and machine learning, attack tools become more advanced and encompass several information systems and resources. According to Group-IB data, the two Trojans mentioned above were amongst the most popular for credentials stealing in 2018 in GCC.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Yet most people don’t trust the companies they’re sharing data with, according to a new market trends study published by Gartner. In fact, 75% of consumers worry their online accounts may be hacked and the vast majority also believe companies are using or sharing their data without even telling them, according to the study.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 31, 2022

Excessive Data Exposure. Accounting for about 40% of all API attacks, broken object level authorisation – or BOLA – represents the most prevalent API threat. BOLA authorization flaws can lead to data exfiltration as well as unauthorised viewing, modification, or destruction of data. Broken User Authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Whether it’s studying the performance of your direct competitors, using predictive analytics to determine what the future may hold for your industry, or analyzing employee performance and making optimization decisions based on that information, the entire point is to take data in and use it to make better-informed decisions.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Other children had been successfully signed up for an electric company account. For instance, a Wildworks game Animal Jam was breached , and hackers stole information from more than 46 million accounts in November 2020. One parent told ABC13 he received these kinds of messages and more. “I

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2018

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.”. “The 360 Threat Intelligence Center first obtained the IOC address after Trend Micro coding through the big data analysis association: [link]. net/stack/ov[.]php?

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