Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

MEGA accounts have a set of asymmetric RSA keys, an RSA key pair for sharing data, a Curve25519 key pair for exchanging chat keys for MEGA’s chat functionality, and an Ed25519 key pair for signing the other keys.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 15, 2021

Despite this, however, younger people also demonstrate relatively advanced cybersecurity hygiene, such as having alias accounts for email and social media. To find out more about consumer attitudes and behaviours around security, download our new whitepaper, ‘CISOs under the spotlight ’.

Cybersecurity 107

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

According to the new Uptycs whitepaper, Detecting the Silent Threat: 'Stealers are Organization Killers' (gated link), a variety of new info stealers have emerged this year, preying on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. They are often spread by malicious advertising, spam, and compromised accounts.

Malware 91

Malware Social Engineering Passwords Accountability 91

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2018

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. Now the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing a disconcerting scenario, UPnProxy is still up and running.

Hacking 111

Hacking Internet Internet Advertising 111

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Recently, security researcher Fabian Wosar opened a dedicated Jabber account for disgruntled cybercriminals to reach out anonymously and he stated that there was a high level of response. Crab was one of the two affiliate-facing accounts that the GandCrab team had (The other being Funnycrab). 002: Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts.

Marketing 138

Marketing Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability 138

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2021

Estimations from the GSMA predict that by 2025, 5G will account for 21% of total mobile connections , with around 1.8 For more information on building a 5G world we can all trust, see our whitepaper here , or tweet us @ThalesDigiSec with your questions. Working with an unprecedented volume of data. billion users.

IoT 101

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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. In December 2018 the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing a disconcerting scenario, UPnProxy is still up and running.

Cyber Attacks 107

Cyber Attacks Advertising Firmware Data collection 107

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Shared Assessments was created in 2005 by five big banks and the Big Four accounting/consulting firms as a forum for deriving a standardized way to assess the risks of partnering with one other. The founding participants developed assessment regimes and tools, all having to do with measuring and assessing, essentially, third-party risks.

Cyber Risk 147

Cyber Risk Risk Financial Services Banking 147

Cisco Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Accountable. Check out our detailed whitepaper that maps all of our Cisco Secure solutions to MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise on our Cyber Frameworks page. Trustworthy. Transparent. It’s our mission at Cisco to be your trusted partner, so please visit our Trust Center to learn how we’re working every day to earn and keep your trust.

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Architecture Software Digital transformation Risk 131

Google Security

MARCH 12, 2021

In 2019, the team responsible for V8, Chrome’s JavaScript engine, published a blog post and whitepaper concluding that such attacks can’t be reliably mitigated at the software level. While the CPU state is rolled back once the misprediction is noticed, this behavior leaves observable side effects which can leak data to an attacker.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With legacy OT systems often lacking detailed logging or monitoring of user activities, attackers target over-privileged accounts to perform critical actions like modifying system configurations, disabling security controls or accessing sensitive data using legitimate permissions.

IoT 71

IoT Accountability Risk CISO 71

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

During 2013’s peak holiday shopping months, popular retailer Target was breached -- 40 million customer credit card accounts, and up to 110 million sets of personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers were stolen. Download the Fuzz Testing ROI Framework Whitepaper! Download the Whitepaper More Resources.

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Retail Data breaches Hacking Healthcare 52

LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

Future Regulations Amongst the numerous challenges facing regulators, LRQA Nettitude anticipate that the initial focus will revolve around: Accountability : Determine who is accountable for compliance with existing regulation and the principles.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Data privacy Social Engineering Risk 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

While these don’t expose either old or new passwords, the logs show the account holder’s email address, and the exact time the password change query was sent can be seen. A simple human error can lead to devastating attacks, from data exfiltration to ransomware,” Sasnauskas said. Exposed in the past?

IoT 127

IoT Engineering Passwords Media 127

Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2025

Common offenders include port scanners like Nmap , vulnerability scanners like Nessus , and brute-force password tools like Kerbrute , which can trigger account lockouts due to repeated failed login attempts. Some tools and techniques can inadvertently expose plaintext credentials or hashed passwords, introducing serious security risks.

Penetration Testing 52

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Google Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

While these advancements are encouraging, achieving comprehensive memory safety across the entire software industry requires more than just individual technological progress: we need to create the right environment and accountability for their widespread adoption. Standardization is key to this.

Software 71

Software Technology Government Architecture 71

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

citeturn0search2 Example: An e-commerce platform detects and blocks an attacker attempting to enumerate user IDs to access unauthorized accounts, preventing a potential data breach. For more information, you can schedule a free demo and also download the whitepaper that goes into more detail.

Government 52

Government Healthcare Firewall Accountability 52

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

These obligations of security assessment, security by design, and ethics by design, will mean that those involved will be held to ever-increasing levels of accountability and will require ever-stronger forms of collaboration. Take part to our AI Survey (open until September 17, 2021) and stay tuned for our AI Whitepaper later this autumn!

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Technology Insurance 52

NopSec

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Then Burger King admitted that its Twitter account was hacked (see picture above) and its logo was substituted with that of McDonald’s. To learn more about implementing security controls, please see and download our Whitepaper: SANS 20 Critical Security Controls. I guess we are talking about fast food anyway!

Penetration Testing 40

Penetration Testing Social Engineering Government Hacking 40

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 22, 2021

In the same way a Formula 1 engineer builds for performance and safety at the same time, software developers also need to be accountable for both. Boards, CEOs, and managing directors need to take action to ensure clear lines of ownership so changes are in place, and they can hold teams accountable.”. About the research.

Software 40

Software IoT Mobile Risk 40

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

WooCommerce My Account Page. WooCommerce ships with the option to include a “My Account” page site registration form with username and password, but it must be enabled in the WooCommerce settings ( WordPress Dashboard > WooCommerce > Settings > Accounts and Privacy ). Opt-In Forms. Audit all of your opt-in forms.

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Data collection Accountability Marketing 52

BH Consulting

MARCH 3, 2022

It is an update that takes account of the many changes in technology since its predecessor, the ePrivacy Directive, was passed in 2002. The ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) is coming, and it will have a huge say in how companies communicate and market to customers, and how they track activity on their websites through cookies.

Marketing 52

Marketing Accountability Technology 52

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To learn more about exposure management, download the whitepaper “Hackers Don’t Honor Security Silos: 5 Steps To Prioritize True Business Exposure.” IT, OT, IoT, Cloud), but lack visibility into identities and their permissions, which are leveraged to progress virtually every attack.

Risk 64

Risk IoT Authentication Data breaches 64

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

While NIST has developed a blueprint for Zero Trust - you can read about it in this whitepaper - which can serve as a great start for your journey, organizations need to understand that Zero Trust is above all a mindset. Just like Hercules and the road of Virtue, Zero Trust is a path leading to better security.

Social Engineering 96

Social Engineering Authentication Passwords Technology 96

McAfee

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The whitepaper, How Peering POPs Make Negative Latency Possible , shares details about a study conducted by McAfee Enterprise to measure the efficacy of these peering relationships. With thousands of peering partners growing every day, over 70% of traffic served by MVISION UCE uses peering links in some geographies.

Architecture 90

Architecture Data privacy Software Engineering 90

Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2022

Specifically, they wanted to be able to automatically “harvest” tokens on a host as people connected, keeping the tokens usable for operators even after the associated account logged off. Our goal is to open a token handle linked to a logon session for a user account we want to preserve access for. Approaches.

Accountability 52

Accountability Social Engineering Authentication Engineering 52

Spinone

DECEMBER 31, 2018

G Suite administrators want to be able to protect the G Suite admin account , maintain business continuity by being able to reconstruct or restore data as quickly as possible. Migration of G Suite data to G Suite public cloud resources can be between Google accounts or from on premise data storage to G Suite data storage in the cloud.

Backups 40

Backups Accountability Ransomware Encryption 40

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Mismanagement of user accounts – using admin privileges to upgrade user access may result in a data breach for personal profit or copying files with customer information. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on all accounts is another critical strategy. Enable MFA on all exchange accounts and wallets to add an extra layer of security. Review whitepapers and community feedback to understand the project’s viability and security measures.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Scams 52

SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

However, the only actors that deliver the entire narrative of a cyberattack – discussing accountability and international law – are nation states. Cyber attribution is a necessary step to accountability in cyberspace. [2] Why would anyone want to know details of technical attribution?

Energy and Utilities 104

Energy and Utilities Data collection Malware Cybersecurity 104

ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

To learn more about the synergistic power of symbolic execution and fuzzing, download the “What is Behavior Testing” whitepaper here. When you bring a product to market, all the messy, real-life considerations that are abstracted in academia and DARPA work must be taken into account. DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.

Technology 52

Technology Software Marketing CISO 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

To learn more about the synergistic power of symbolic execution and fuzzing, download the “What is Behavior Testing” whitepaper here. When you bring a product to market, all the messy, real-life considerations that are abstracted in academia and DARPA work must be taken into account. DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.

Technology 40

Technology Software Marketing CISO 40

ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

To learn more about the synergistic power of symbolic execution and fuzzing, download the “What is Behavior Testing” whitepaper here. When you bring a product to market, all the messy, real-life considerations that are abstracted in academia and DARPA work must be taken into account. DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.

Technology 40

Technology Software Marketing CISO 40

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some items to consider: A bank issues you with an account number and asks for verification when you want to make a transaction, but this process can’t take so long that it slows down other customer waiting in line. Check out the whitepaper on “ 5 Questions to Ask About Your EDR ” to help you make an informed decision.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Cybersecurity Risk Technology 52

Google Security

MARCH 26, 2024

KASan 101 Let’s take a look at the KASan major building blocks from a high-level perspective (a thorough explanation of how ASan works under-the-hood is provided in this whitepaper ). We'll demonstrate how to use the version of address sanitizer originally built for the kernel on other bare-metal targets.

Firmware 62

Firmware Accountability 62

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As a result of this workshop, NIST released a whitepaper on June 25, 2021, “ Definition of Critical Software under the Executive Order (EO) 14028.”. Teams that account for attacker reachability can reduce open-source security tickets by 92%*. source, AppSec Shift Left Progress Report. source, AppSec Shift Left Progress Report.

Cybersecurity 96

Cybersecurity Software Technology Risk 96

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2022

Whitepaper: Power to the People - Democratizing Automation & AI-Driven Security. That's necessary to get good value because there are always edge cases of companies doing things slightly differently that need to be taken into account.”. Contenders in the data security ring. It’s a draw.

Artificial Intelligence 115

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Accountability Technology 115