Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. The feds then obtained records from Virgin Media, which showed the address was leased for several months to Tyler Buchanan , a 22-year-old from Dundee, Scotland. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Anne Neuberger, the US deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies stated the “Chinese access was broad in terms of potential access to communications of everyday Americans” but she said the hackers only targeted prominent individuals. To achieve this, a message gets encrypted on your device before it is sent out.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

QKD technology cannot replace the flexible authentication mechanisms provided by contemporary public key signatures. QKD also seems unsuitable for some of the grand future challenges such as securing the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, social media, or cloud applications. I agree with them.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

And as long as we have been waiting for AI technology to become commonplace, if AI has taught us one thing this year, then its that when humans and AI cooperate, amazing things can happen. A lot of AI related stories this year dealt with social media and other public sources that were scraped to train an AI model.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Countries trying to influence each other’s elections entered a new era in 2016, when the Russians launched a series of social media disinformation campaigns targeting the US presidential election. As a security expert , I believe it’s a tool uniquely suited to Internet-era propaganda. This is all very new.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here’s the internet safety rules checklist. As technology and life online take over, protecting ourselves and our information on the internet and social media has become more critical than ever. Are you one of those people who worry about online data security? There were around 1.2 billion data breaches in 2018 alone.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

In the not too distant future, each one of us will need to give pause, on a daily basis, to duly consider how we purchase and use Internet of Things devices and services. Only when we demand it, will the Internet of Things achieve a level of trust that makes it stable. This is coming. This time the stakes are too high. Talk more soon.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Business media assets have become exceptionally valuable intellectual property for brands in recent years. Data breaches that compromise proprietary media content can be financially frustrating at best, and completely shatter an organization's reputation at worst. What are digital media assets?

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

And, while today’s commercially-created quantum machines are nowhere near powerful enough to approach quantum supremacy, absolutely nobody knows the true extent of the quantum capabilities of all of the technologically-advanced governments around the world. Clearly, there is a need to act in advance – and acting takes time.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 3, 2024

Technology was once simply a tool—and a small one at that—used to amplify human intent and capacity. That was the story of the industrial revolution: we could control nature and build large, complex human societies, and the more we employed and mastered technology, the better things got.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Media sources reported that explosives had been concealed within the devices. was used by tens of millions of websites approximately 4% of all sites on the internet which highlights the severity of the incident, whose full impact is yet to be determined. Why does it matter? Why does it matter? According to Cloudflare, Polyfill.io

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The technology industry has seen a steady increase in its share of DDoS attacks, increasing from 7% to 19% since Q3-Q4 2023. This is because DDoS attackers recognise the wide-reaching disruption potential of attacking technology services. Brazil featured prominently in network-layer attacks at 14%.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 31, 2022

Store two copies on different media: Having multiple backups in the same format means that they have the same vulnerabilities: the same malware can hit multiple network-connected drives, a flood or electrical surge or fire can destroy all of your equipment at once, and a loss of Internet access can cut you off from cloud-based backups.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 19, 2019

Basically, we know it when we see it, from bots controlled by the Russian Internet Research Agency to Saudi attempts to plant fake stories and manipulate political debate. In 2016, this consisted of creating social media accounts run either by human operatives or automatically by bots, making them seem legitimate, gathering followers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2024

The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. Punchmade shared on social media that the video’s removal was prompted by YouTube receiving a legal process request from law enforcement officials. Devon Turner, a.k.a.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Tips to Help Avoid Internet Fraud IdentityIQ Today, where the internet plays a crucial role in our daily lives, it is essential to be vigilant and proactive in helping protect yourself from internet fraud. Continue reading to learn how help to protect yourself from the dangers of internet fraud.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 21, 2025

Rather, the missives are sent through the Apple iMessage service and through RCS , the functionally equivalent technology on Google phones. The user simply waves their phone at a local payment terminal that accepts Apple or Google pay, and the app relays an NFC transaction over the Internet from a phone in China.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

Presidential campaign season is officially, officially , upon us now, which means it's time to confront the weird and insidious ways in which technology is warping politics. The risk arises from two separate threads coming together: artificial intelligence-driven text generation and social media chatbots.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2025

11, 2025 360 Privacy , a leading digital executive protection platform, today announced that it has secured a $36 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital , a sector-focused growth equity firm with a successful track record of investing across the enterprise technology landscape. Nashville, TN Mar.

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SecureList

APRIL 23, 2025

We immediately took action by communicating meaningful information to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KrCERT/CC) for rapid action upon detection, and we have now confirmed that the software exploited in this campaign has all been updated to patched versions. The software has since been updated with patched versions.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

“To clear up some misleading media reports, here is what we’re currently seeing, much of which we believe is different from what is being seen by other providers.” broadband providers , including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data.

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Joseph Steinberg

MARCH 15, 2021

In the case of many routers, all of your other devices may lose Internet connectivity when you perform such an update. For full transparency and disclosure, I noted that while I do employ various sophisticated security technologies on my own LANs, I do not use MAC address filtering on any of them.).

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2025

Gartners predictions for the Internet of Things (IoT) security landscape in 2025 highlight the impact of AI Agent Abuse Leading to Security Breaches: By 2028, Gartner forecasts that 25% of enterprise security breaches will be traced back to the misuse of AI agents by both external and internal malicious actors. Menlo Park, Calif.,

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

And new mechanisms, from ChatGPT plugins to LangChain , will enable composition of AI with thousands of API-based cloud services and open source tools, allowing LLMs to interact with the internet as humans do. And the technology is advancing too fast for anyone to fully understand how they work, even the designers.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Despite media hype suggesting potential for "cracking military-grade encryption," experts clarify that these achievements neither target nor compromise robust methods like AES, TLS, or other military-grade algorithms. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading efforts to create new standards to withstand quantum threats.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 15, 2023

It’ll take time, but we’ve never seen a technology be used in real-world applications as fast as post-ChatGPT-AI. This is largely due to the fact that integration technologies like Langchain only rose to prominence in the last 2 months. And then internet to mobile. They’re onramps to functionality. And now AI.

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Graham Cluley

AUGUST 14, 2024

Scammers are once again using deepfake technology to dupe unwary internet Facebook and Instagram users into making unwise cryptocurrency investments. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

The media paid close attention to ransomware attacks last year, as they had a significant impact on Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel distributor, and JBS, the nation’s largest meat distributor. In short, anything accessible from the internet should be given extra attention. Related: Make it costly for cybercriminals.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Public-interest technology isn't one thing; it's many things.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Travelers often rely on technology to enhance vacations, like by sharing photos online or finding lodging on an app. Turn off location services when not in use, and consider limiting how you share your location on social media. Wait until you getting back to share your magical memories with the whole internet.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Passwordless technology is certainly ready for prime time; innovative solutions from suppliers like Cisco’s Duo, Hypr, OneLogin and Veridium have been steadily gaining traction in corporate settings for the past few years. For a full drill down on our wide-ranging discussion, please give a listen to the accompanying podcast.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2023

Typical applications include green IIoT technologies like charging stations, smart meters, and PV inverters, for which only a small amount of memory is required to run boot software or to communicate with cloud applications. The proliferation of IIoT technologies is particularly evident in smart cities. Westford, Mass.,

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