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Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.

 

So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.

 

It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.

 

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Cyber SecurityNews

Protect Yourself from the Latest WPA2 Wi-Fi Security Flaw

October 16, 2017
Latest WPA2 Wi-Fi security flaw has widespread impact due to number of networked devices that must be updated, prolonging the risk of vulnerable devices.
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Cyber SecurityNews

AT&T Data Leak: 73 Million Account Passcodes From Prior to 2020 Exposed, Including 7 Million Current Account Holders

April 8, 2024
A new development in an old data breach has seen 73 million AT&T customer passcodes published to an underground forum. The data leak now appears to be as bad as originally advertised with customer contact information attached to weakly encrypted passcodes that are easily deciphered.
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Cyber SecurityNews

GitHub Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Thousands of Popular Open-Source Packages

November 14, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers disclosed a GitHub vulnerability that could allow attackers to hijack and poison thousands of popular open-source packages with millions of users which can lead to supply chain attacks.
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Tap leaking water droplet showing Clop ransomware attack on UK water supplier
Cyber SecurityNews

UK Water Supplier Suffered a Clop Ransomware Attack During Major Drought; Victim Initially Misidentified as UK’s Largest Water Utility

August 24, 2022
UK water supplier, South Staffordshire PLC, suffered a Clop ransomware attack during one of the country’s worst droughts, with the gang mistakenly identifying another water utility as the victim.
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Cyber SecurityInsights

A Modern Identity System Can Positively Impact the Bottom Line – Here’s How

October 11, 2021
A modern identity and access management system is critical to manage access across multiple operating systems, devices, locations and applications, based on what a user should be able to do and what they will need over time.
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TitleMax in strip mall showing data breach at consumer lender
Cyber SecurityNews

Consumer Lender TMX Finance Suffers a Data Breach Impacting Millions

April 7, 2023
A data breach on consumer lender TMX and its subsidiaries Titlemax, Titlebucks, and Instaloan leaked the personal information, including social security numbers, of 4.8 million customers.
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Various technology identifying a person showing the future of digital payments
Cyber SecurityInsights

Fingers, Faces and Fashion: 3 Alternatives to Handling That “Dirty Money”

September 15, 2020
The new normal for digital payments is driven by COVID-19 concerns about physical contact, the increasing demand for security and the exponential expectations for a better consumer experience,
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Website of ChatGPT on screen showing ChatGPT vulnerability exposes training data
Cyber SecurityNews

Security Researchers: ChatGPT Vulnerability Allows Training Data to be Accessed by Telling Chatbot to Endlessly Repeat a Word

December 14, 2023
A ChatGPT vulnerability documented in a new report causes training data, some containing personal information, to randomly appear when one tells the chatbot to repeat a particular word.
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Microphones from news agencies at a press conference showing responsible disclosure for data breach
Cyber SecurityInsights

Full Disclosure Is the Right Thing To Do. Full Stop.

May 9, 2022
Security incidents happen; that’s just reality. But how a company decides to handle an event says more about their values and priorities than their product. The recent Okta compromise reminds us of the damage inflicted when there is a lack of transparency between a security vendor and its customers.
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Hacker using computer showing most cyber attacks on China are from U.S.
Cyber SecurityNews

New CNCERT Report Shows Most Cyber Attacks on China Originate from United States

June 24, 2019
One key finding from CNCERT report shows most cyber attacks are using U.S. servers to implant viruses and carry out botnet attacks against Chinese computer assets.
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