IoT & ICS Security
The World of Scambaiting, Preventing Social Media Account Takeovers, Network Wrenches Hacked
Tom Eston | | account takeover, account takeovers, Bosch Rexroth Handheld Nutrunner, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Fraud, Information Security, Infosec, Internet of things, iot, Kitboga, Malware, Phishing, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Rachel Tobac, Ransomware, Scam Baiting, Scambaiting, Scammer Payback, scammers, Scams, security, social engineering, social media, technology, Twitter, Weekly Edition, X
In Episode 313, hosts Tom and Scott discuss the world of scambaiting, discussing what it is, the tactics used, and its effectiveness in stopping scammers. They talk about popular channels like Scammer ...
PixieFail Bugs in UEFI Open Source Implementation Threaten Computers
A collection of security vulnerabilities found within the de facto open source implementation of the UEFI specification could expose systems to a range of threats, from remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service ...
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Confessions on MFA and Security Best Practices
The last couple weeks have brought a few discussions on the topic of multifactor authentication or MFA (sometimes also referred to as 2FA or two factor authentication). These discussions have been driven ...
NoaBot Pwns Hundreds of SSH Servers as Crypto Miners
Richi Jennings | | Bitcoin miner, botnet, botnets, coin miner, coin miners, coinminer, crypto miner, Crypto miners, cryptocurrency miner, cryptominer, cryptominers, imaginary money, IoT botnet, IoT botnets, iot cryptocurrency miner, iot cryptominer, Linux.Mirai, Mirai, Mirai botnet, Mirai Malware, NoaBot, SB Blogwatch
‘hi’ — Mirai-based botnet exploits weak authentication to mine fake money ...
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Better with Biometrics: Biometric Authentication & Verification
Balancing security and user experience can be a tricky task. Use biometric authentication to keep threats out and genuine customers in ...
The Connection Between Alaska Airlines, Blown Out Windows, and IoT Security
As the shock starts to wear off from hearing that a window blew out on a recent Alaska Airlines flight I came across research from our partner Nozomi Networks that might help ...
Kasada Embraces Machine Learning to Reduce Bot Traffic
Kasada has updated its bot defense platform to add sensors and ML algorithms that detect, in real-time, machine-generated traffic ...
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NIST: Better Defenses are Needed for AI Systems
The accelerating development and expanding deployment of AI systems is creating significant security and privacy risks that aren’t being mitigated by modern solutions, according to a research paper from the U.S. National ...
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Embattled LastPass Enforcing 12-Character Passwords for All
Password manager vendor LastPass, beset by high-profile data breaches from 2022 that affected millions of users, is strengthening the security requirements for its customers, including requiring all of them to use a ...
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Best of 2023: Western Digital Hacked: ‘My Cloud’ Data Dead (Even Local Storage!)
Richi Jennings | | cloud storage, My Cloud, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, storage, WD, Western Digital, Western Digital My Cloud
Déjà Vu: Hack of WD systems leads to My Cloud service outage. Owners unable to access files ...
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