eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA) The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) addresses unauthorized access to computer systems and data, criminalizing hacking, identity theft, and fraud. Education Educational institutions handle various sensitive information, including student records and research data.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Enhanced Security Measures: End users and organizations should ensure that their systems are equipped with up-to-date security software and methods that can identify and neutralize efforts to exploit these vulnerabilities. Regular system upgrades and security audits are essential for maintaining strong defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2024

It does not block phishing scams, hacking attempts, viruses, or malware. It requires software protection and, probably most importantly, user education about best practices. If someone who is a threat gets hold of an end-user device, access to the network security is a cinch. Users must be educated in secure password protocols.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

That investment requires shifting attitudes from general awareness of security, which most workers already have, to genuinely caring about it and seeing themselves as a true part of their company’s security defenses. Reviewing best practices in a creative way is good, but security programs and training should go beyond this.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

If you ever get hacked and get offered free identity monitoring by the company that failed to protect your data, take it and pay attention to any warnings it sends you. Stay Informed and Educate Others Whether consumer or business, you want to stay on top of vulnerabilities and best practices, and you want your employees to do the same.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 7, 2021

While AI increasingly gets used to automate repetitive tasks, improve security and identify vulnerabilities, hackers will in turn build their own ML tools to target these processes. Secure and manage AI to prevent malfunctions. Deploy strong authentication to stop large-scale spearphishing attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2022

She is an award-winning innovator with decades of experience pursuing advanced security defenses and next generation security solutions She also tells venture capitalists where to invest billions, helps non-profits pro bono, and ran DevSecOps at Intuit. If you don’t know Shannon, well, you are alone. Shannon Lietz.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Compromised Cloud Compute Instances Used in Botnets Botnets are networks of hacked computers or devices that are controlled by a hostile actor. Using hacked cloud computing instances in a botnet can boost the attacker’s computational capacity, making their operations more powerful.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

ICS Security Best Practices To safeguard your industrial control systems (ICS) from cyberthreats, follow these key best practices: Regular audits and vulnerability assessments: Conduct routine reviews to identify system weaknesses and potential attack vectors.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Cyber security measures ensure this data is safeguarded against breaches, fraud, hacking, and other forms of cybercrime. Cyber security in banking is about securing the entire digital infrastructure of a bank — from online banking systems to internal databases — against unauthorized access, data leaks, and malicious attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Real-World Simulations: These services replicate real-world cyber attacks and adversaries in order to determine how effectively a system can survive different hacking efforts. This assists firms in understanding their current security posture. Adapting to Evolving Risks: Cyber dangers are ever-changing.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2024

China’s Velvet Ant hackers used this vulnerability to launch custom malware, hack into vulnerable computers, and upload files without generating syslog notifications. Update your systems with the latest security patches. The fix: Microsoft already released a patch for CVE-2021-40444 in September 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Attackers Can Steal Your Credentials In one of the worst-case XSS scenarios, a threat actor can steal credentials once the user inputs them into a web page they don’t realize has been hacked. These include security for cloud apps, mobile apps, and data and enterprise apps.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 1, 2024

Regularly update security software and use robust email filtering to reduce dangers. Organizations should educate their staff about phishing tactics and limit the use of MMC to trustworthy applications to strengthen security protections against such vulnerabilities. Maintain thorough content security regulations.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 9, 2021

Ollam, who was an early member of Toool, The Open Organization of Lockpickers, discusses his career as a physical pen tester and also provides some basic lockpicking hacks. Then, a several years ago, I discovered a website that steps you through the process of hacking combination locks. In fact, I keep a bag of them.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 10, 2021

Ollam, who was an early member of Toool, The Open Organization of Lockpickers, discusses his career as a physical pen tester and also provides some basic lockpicking hacks. Then, a several years ago, I discovered a website that steps you through the process of hacking combination locks. In fact, I keep a bag of them.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2024

Penetration testers and ethical hackers’ tasks can include: Finding testing assignments: Pentesters, either internal or external, are given a specific network, system, or entire infrastructure to hack and may have a specific area to target.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. On February 24, the National Security Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) publicly warned that a threat actor had exploited a national documents circulation system (SEI EB) to distribute malicious documents to Ukrainian public authorities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Have hope that through the hard work and brilliant minds behind these security defenses that 2022 will not be a repeat of such high level attacks. Learn more about what security leaders have to say about the upcoming year below: Neil Jones, cybersecurity evangelist, Egnyte.

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