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The Ethics of Selling Hacker Tools

| | cyberattacks, Cyberlaw, Ethics, Hackers, hacking tools, NSO Group
With Indiana Jones about to enter the space race in the Dial of Destiny, I am reminded of the great Tom Lehrer’s 1965 song about former Nazi scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun’s ...
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Hackers Need 5 Hours or Less to Break In, SMS Phishing Tactics, Strange Ways Employees Expose Data

Hackers Need 5 Hours or Less to Break In, SMS Phishing Tactics, Strange Ways Employees Expose Data

| | Bishop Fox, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data exposure, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, employees, Episodes, ethical hacker, Hackers, Information Security, Infosec, insider threat, Podcast, Privacy, SANS, Scams, security, Security Awareness, SMS, SMS phishing, survey, technology, text messaging, Weekly Edition
A recent survey of ethical hackers by Bishop Fox and SANS shows that once a vulnerability or weakness is found about 58% of ethical hackers can break into an environment in less ...
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Cloud-Based File Systems as a Ransomware Defense

| | Cloud, Cloud Security, Data Backups, Hackers, Ransomware
Ransomware is an unfortunate and unavoidable fact of life for businesses today. Attackers are escalating their attacks on organizations of all types and sizes across the globe. In 2021, there were three ...
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LAPSUS$ Hacks Okta, Browser-in-the Browser Phishing Attack, Software Package Wipe's Russian Systems

LAPSUS$ Hacks Okta, Browser-in-the Browser Phishing Attack, Popular Software Package Updated to Wipe Russian Systems

| | Browser-in-the-Browser, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Hackers, Hacking, Information Security, Infosec, Lapsus$, Microsoft, Node-ipc, npm package, Okta, Phishing, Podcast, Privacy, Russia, security, social engineering, technology, Ukraine, Weekly Edition
The LAPSUS$ hacking group has claimed to have hacked both Microsoft and Okta, details about a novel phishing technique called a browser-in-the-browser (BitB) attack, and how a popular software package that has ...
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Amazon Echos Hack Themselves, Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle, Samsung Galaxy Source Code Stolen

Amazon Echos Hack Themselves, Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle, Samsung Galaxy Source Code Stolen

| | Alexa, amazon, Amazon Echo, banking, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Echo, Episodes, Fraud, fraudster, Hackers, Information Security, Infosec, Podcast, Privacy, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, security, Source Code, technology, Weekly Edition, Zelle
A new attack uses Alexa’s functionality to force Amazon Echo devices to make self-issued commands, payment app Zelle has become popular with fraudsters and banks don’t seem to care, and details about ...
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Russia Gets Hacked, Microsoft 365 Credential Stuffing, McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers

| | Anonymous, credential stuffing, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Hackers, Ice Cream Machine, Information Security, Infosec, McDonald's, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Phishing, Podcast, Privacy, Russia, security, technology, Ukraine, Weekly Edition
This week we discuss some of the more interesting hacks of Russian assets, technology, and more. Scott discusses recent credential stuffing attacks on Microsoft 365 accounts, and a fascinating story about ice ...
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Securing Distributed Workspaces

| | distributed workspaces, Hackers, remote workers, SaaS, Social Engineering Tactics, WFH
As we all know, during 2020 and 2021 most of the world worked from home in distributed workspaces. This massive shift means users will continue to access information, data and systems from ...
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Cybersecurity and Operational Resilience in 2022

| | Breach, Cybersecurity, Hackers, Hacking, Operational Resilience, Phishing, Ransomware, Resilience, risk, Trust
2021 was a record year for headline-making cyberattacks. A Chicago-based insurance firm, CNA Financial, paid a $40 million ransom to recover their data; not to mention the attack on Kaseya in which the ...
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U.S. government warns that sensitive data is being stolen from defence contractors

| | cisa, defense contractors, Department of Defense, FBI, government, Hackers, nsa, state-sponsored attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) have joined forces to publish a joint warning that Russian hackers ...
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Why Red Team Testing is Crucial for Businesses

| | Hackers, red team testing, team testing, Vulnerabilities
Digital transformation is impacting every organization and cybercriminals and cyberthreats are no different. Considering that most organizations are still at the initial stage of their digital transformation journey, the role of red ...
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