The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Gen AI threats and quantum computing exposures must be accounted for. Meanwhile, while business logic hacks, supply chain holes, and cyber extortion continue to loom large. Attacks targeting identities rose 71% last year, with valid accounts as the top entry point. While cloud offers flexibility, it introduces new cyber risks.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Related: The case for quantifying cyber risks The most important factor that should be taken into account is a security risk assessment. If risks are not properly assessed, providing security becomes tedious. One such measure is to authenticate the users who can access the server.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Another report compiled by IBM Security X-Force states that companies are introducing cyber risks by themselves via poor configurations, human errors, and software vulnerabilities. Thus, with the rise in cloud security incidents, hackers are reportedly making millions by selling the cloud accounts related to data on the dark web.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The privacy frontier facing research universities spans open access practices, uses and misuses of data, public records requests, cyber risk, and curating data for privacy protection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ambitious information security experts serve as a critical part of cyber risk management. This can be achieved through the use of cyber risk management approaches. This article explores the need for security and provides an overview of cyber risk assessment. Cyber risk management. Risk control.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: " Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities " (summary here ). However, they make weapon systems more vulnerable to cyber attacks. The upshot won't be a surprise to any of my regular readers: they're vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

This means that stealing someone’s phone number often can let cybercriminals hijack the target’s entire digital life in short order — including access to any financial, email and social media accounts tied to that phone number. A major portion of Kroll’s business comes from helping organizations manage cyber risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Yes, one lapse on a spam email, one inadequate password, one abandoned account, or a malfunctioning asset can cause havoc. . Take into account to use your IT asset management dataset as an arbiter of facts to ensure that every asset has already been recorded and installed with the necessary security control mechanisms. .

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Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2024

The accountability for security failures or breaches typically falls on security teams or specific IT leaders rather than higher-level executives or the board. This accountability has long been the case; cyber risks were often siloed as technical issues rather than integrated into broader company business risk management frameworks.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

It takes into account the business owner’s personal and financial goals and involves decisions and actions that enable a smooth and organized exit from the business. As they prepare […] The post Managing Cyber Risk in Exit Strategy Planning appeared first on BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Here’s the dilemma, however: Digital footprints can be instrumental in raising a business’s vulnerability to cyber risk – which is growing every day. . So, there has to be a way that a business can have a digital footprint large enough for customers to find but not overly vulnerable to cyber risk.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2022

A single compromised account is usually the point of entry for hacking campaigns. Educating employees and colleagues about the risks of phishing emails, cloned websites, and other common vectors for cyberattacks, especially during annual events like March Madness or the Superbowl can help prevent a data incident.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

million user accounts worldwide were using ‘123456’ as password, while 7.7 This data is disconcerting and shows that we are far from to be secure even if security experts continue to warn users of cyber risks associated with the use of weak passwords. The NCSC discovered that 23.2 million users were using ‘123456789’.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

As a result, cybersecurity has become a top priority for organisations of all sizes, and the C-suite, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CISOs, plays a critical role in managing and mitigating cyber risk.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The report outlines how predictive security models are being used to detect threats in real time and forecast potential cyber risks. From the report: "By analyzing historical attack patterns and real-time threat intelligence, AI models can predict and mitigate emerging cyber threats before they escalate."

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Jane Frankland

MARCH 8, 2025

Most decision-makers focus solely on mitigating relentless cyber risks, seeing gender inclusion as secondary or irrelevant to “urgent” challenges. Inclusion must account for race, disability, sexual orientation, and other axes of identity. Leadership Accountability Without accountability, change remains aspirational.

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Cyber risk mitigation is an ongoing process that aims to reduce the impact of cyber threats on your organization. A well-crafted cyber risk mitigation plan includes: Risk Identification: Discovering vulnerabilities and potential threats to your systems.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

By signing up for Peerlyst, company decision makers focused on mitigating cyber risks, as well as vendor experts, academics and independent researchers, are provided with a personalized feed of content based on specific interests, as well as the topics and people you follow. I’m honored to be included.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post Utilizing CRQ to empower a shared cybersecurity accountability approach | Kovrr Blog appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

If you were being audited by the IRS, and suspected of tax fraud, you would engage an appropriately trained and experienced accountant. When it comes to cybersecurity the same is true – you need a cyber security if you want to competently address cyber risk.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

A compromised login and password combination provides an easy point of entry into business networks and emails if two-factor authentication is not in place, creating the potential for larger scale spear-phishing or ransomware attacks, and, of course, financial account attacks of every stripe. Typosquatting relies on an attention deficit.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

GorillaBot: The New King of DDoS Attacks Hidden cryptocurrency mining and theft campaign affected over 28,000 users The Mongolian Skimmer: different clothes, equally dangerous Ransomware Report: Unveiling Trends in Attack Payouts and Negotiations Hacking Qualcomm Urges OEMs to Patch Critical DSP and WLAN Flaws Amid Active Exploits Zero-Day Alert: (..)

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Adam Levin

JULY 16, 2018

The personal data for up to 14 million Verizon customers was discovered on an unprotected web server in late June by a cyber risk researcher. ” Dan O’Sullivan of UpGuard, a cybersecurity company, also expressed concern, stating that the exposure was a “remarkable incidence of third-party vendor risk.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

In 2018, an account belonging to an external user was compromised and used to steal approximately 500 megabytes of data from a major mission system.". General Accounting Office says previous audits have identified more than two dozen information security shortfalls at NASA that still need to be implemented.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2020

Change these default settings to something difficult for others to guess, and don’t re-use passwords from other accounts. There’s a level of cyber-risk involved with any device that’s connected to the internet, but webcams, especially when not secured, offer an intimate and deeply personal level of access to would-be hackers.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 26, 2020

In this episode of the podcast (#179), CISO Kayne McGlandry of IEEE joins us to talk about the cyber risks posed by COVID and why COVID-themed phishing emails shouldn’t be your only concern. Also: SMBs Struggle with Identity Spotlight Podcast: How DU Telecom Manages Digital Transformation Risk. Read the whole entry. »

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The Security Ledger

JUNE 24, 2021

In just the past four months, the United States has contended with a major escalation of cyber risk in critical infrastructure with two, major attacks that disrupted critical sectors. Episode 158: How NotPetya has Insurers grappling with Systemic Cyber Risk. Cyber Risk Alert: Critical Infrastructure Attacks Are Here.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The size of the cyber risk to companies cannot be underestimated. To indicate the size of the cyber risk to companies, there is, on average, a cyber-attack every 39 seconds, which does not mean that every attack is successful, but that there is an attempt to access companies’ computer systems with that frequency.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

“The loss or corruption of customer data, electronic files and accounts that leads to the inability to read meters or access billing systems and reduces customer confidence could affect the ability to raise rates. ” Credit rating agencies assess the capacity for utilities to repay their debt and cyber attacks could impact it. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Concernedly, all such siphoned info is being used for launching phishing attacks or to siphon money from bank accounts. And sometimes, 23% of them experienced cyber-bullying and around 20% of them became a victim of a romance scam.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Third party cyber risk is growing. In this Spotlight Podcast, a companion to our new eBook, Rethinking Third Party Cyber Risk Management, we go deep on the topic of building a mature third party cyber risk program with Dave Stapleton the Director of Assessment. Third party cyber risk is growing.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Since many people use the same passwords across social media platforms and for sites for banks or credit cards, a criminal needs access to just one account to gain access to every account. With the rise in social media, criminals have more platforms with which to target potential phishing victims.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2023

Seasoned CISOs/CSOs understand the importance of effectively communicating cyber risk and the need for investment in cybersecurity defense to the board of directors. A comprehensive approach encompasses aligning with business objectives, identifying key cyber risks, and setting priorities for investment.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2019

A new security assessment conducted by the Defense Department Inspector General revealed that the Pentagon is still exposed to many cyber risks, The report published by the Defense Department Inspector General on January 9, shows a worrisome situation, there are 266 issue, some of them are ten-years-old cybersecurity?related

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt from its sources that the threat actors accessed details such as tax file numbers, bank account details, superannuation data, in the attack that could lead to identity theft attacks in the coming weeks.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

"If you are in a C-suite role, you need to be engaged, informed, and accountable for what you are personally responsible for," Machin said.

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