Cryptomining will exist as long as it remains profitable. One of the most effective ways to disrupt that activity is to make it too expensive to run cryptomining malware in your network.
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Tag Archives: Cybersecurity
WeTransfer sends user file links to wrong people
Popular file transfer service WeTransfer faces embarrassment this week after admitting that it had mailed file links to the wrong users.
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Presidential text alerts are open to spoofing attacks, warn researchers
Researchers have shown that it’s technically possible for hackers to target the US Presidential text Alerts system to send fake messages.
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Government agencies still send sensitive files via hackable .zips
Senator Ron Wyden has written to NIST asking for guidance and training for government staff in how to share files securely.
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Cop awarded $585K after colleagues snooped on her via license database
Krekelberg alleged that 58 fellow officers broke a federal privacy law by searching for her driver’s license data without any reason.
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Stopping stalkerware: What needs to change?
What technology makers and others can – and should – do to counter the kind of surveillance that starts at home
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A Socio-Technical Approach to Cybersecurity’s Problems
Researchers explore how modern security problems can be solved with an examination of society, technology, and security.
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DDoS-for-Hire Services Doubled in Q1
Impact of FBI’s takedown of 15 ‘booter’ domains last December appears to have been temporary.
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Health Insurer Reports Data Breach That Began 9 Years Ago
Dominion National first spotted something awry in April of 2019.
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Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data
The infiltration was only spotted and stopped after the hackers roamed the network undetected for almost a year
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