Incident Response

FINALLY! FCC Acts on SMS Scam-Spam — But Will It Work?
Richi Jennings | | Caller ID Spoofing, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, SB Blogwatch, scam, SMS, SMS fraud, SMS messages, SMS phishing, sms scam, SMS scams, SMS Spam, smshing, Spam, STIR/SHAKEN, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission rules to block illegal text messages. What took you so long? ...
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Will Consumers Punish Vendors That Suffer a Data Breach?
If a new survey from API and application protection vendor ThreatX is accurate, a majority of U.S. consumers are less likely to work with a company following a data breach. At least, ...
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Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast
Richi Jennings | | Call Center Fraud, Crypto, crypto fraud, cryptocurrency, FBI, Fraud, IC3, Internet Crime Complaint Center, Investment Scams, Phishing, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, Scams
Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. Why am I not surprised? ...
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Dell Adds CrowdStrike to Cybersecurity Services Portfolio
Dell Technologies today announced an alliance with CrowdStrike as part of a larger initiative to expand the cybersecurity services it provides. Under the terms of the alliance with CrowdStrike, Dell has agreed ...
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White House to Regulate Cloud Security: Good Luck With That
Richi Jennings | | Biden administration, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Cloud Security, cybersecurity regulation, regulation, SB Blogwatch, White House
Be careful what you wish for: Biden wants new regulations for cloud providers—but we’re not sure it’ll help ...
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Let’s Stop Talking About the ‘Largest’ DDoS Attack
Steve Winterfeld | | BPS, Cybersecurity, DDoS attacks, DDoS Extortion, Impact, mitigation, PPS, QPS, risk, RPS
There have been a slew of DDoS attacks recently that are serious, but to focus on the size of the latest attack is the wrong thing to do. What we need to ...
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Camelot Launches Cybersecurity Service Augmented by ML
Camelot this week launched a Secure360 cybersecurity platform that enables its cybersecurity team to leverage machine learning algorithms to perform vulnerability and assessments, cyberthreat hunting and cyberthreat intelligence analysis. Camelot CEO Stanford ...
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‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate
Richi Jennings | | Congress, DC Health Link, Health insurance, HIPAA, House of Representatives, pii, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, US Congress, US Senate
Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action? ...
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Orca Security Adds Attack Path Analysis to Cloud Security Platform
Orca Security this week added attack path analysis capabilities to its cloud security platform as part of an effort to make it easier to identify weaknesses that cybercriminals might exploit, including threats ...
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Why You Need a Cybersecurity Analyst on Your Pentesting Team
Enterprises and government agencies conduct penetration testing (or pentesting) to simulate various attacks and discover how real cybercriminals can access their infrastructure. While the pentesters search for vulnerabilities and demonstrate possible attack ...
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