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Maersk, me & notPetya

A great post and a must read by Gavin Ashton. If you are tasked with Identity and Access Management, you at least have to read the Do the Basics section at the end of the article.

Maersk is the world’s largest integrated shipping and container logistics company. I was massively ...

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cloud computing, cloud services, Maersk, nonPetya, pen-testing, penetration testing, Sandworm, VPN

Zoom’s Crash Course in Cybersecurity

The video conferencing application Zoom has had it’s share of security related problems lately. Any time they name a cyber-attack after you (Zoom bombing) it’s bound to be a bad thing. Zoom bombing, if you haven’t heard, is the video conference equivalent of photo bombing. Some miscreant sneaks into your meeting and takes over the screen to share some NSFW imagery or hate speech or cat videos. Zoom meeting videos have also ...

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account hijacking, authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, insider threat, social engineering, Software vulnerability

video conference, Zoom

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

FBI Releases Guidance on Defending Against VTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing

Original release date: April 2, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an article on defending against video-teleconferencing (VTC) hijacking (referred to as “Zoom-bombing” when attacks are to the Zoom VTC platform). Many organizations and individuals are increasingly dependent on VTC platforms, such as Zoom ...

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account hijacking, Apple, cybersecurity, encryption, Facebook, Weekend Update

elections, electronic voting, firefox, robocalls, Zoom

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

How to Sanitize Electronics During COVID-19 Pandemic

Usually when I am talking about sanitizing a computer, I am talking about irreversibly deleting all the personal data. If you work on a computer, especially a SHARED COMPUTER, the keyboard and mouse needs to be sanitized periodically. A keyboard can have more germs than a toilet seat, and is ...

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certification, cybersecurity, education, encryption, privacy, ransomware, training, Weekend Update

Brave, COVID-19, DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS, NSA

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Ransomware attack forces 2-day shutdown of natural gas pipeline

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday said that an infection by an unidentified ransomware strain forced the shutdown of a natural-gas pipeline for two days.

Crypto AG Fallout: Cyber Rivals Call the U.S. an ...

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critical infrastructure, cyberwar, encryption, Phishing, Web Design, Weekend Update, WordPress

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How to Remain Anonymous and Safe Online With a VPN

Today we feature a post by TOP VPN SERVICE

How often are you online or to be more precise, how many hours a day do you surf the net? With the amount of hours you spend on the internet in a day, how protected are you? Did you know that while you’re looking up ways to bake a cake and follow up ...

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VPN

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

The Ransomware Victim that Hacked Back and Got the Keys to the Kingdom

The idea of hacking back against those who hack you has been called a lot of things. The terms “goofy idea” and “illegal” are some we’ve heard. But for a ransomware victim in Germany, you can add the words “sweet revenge.” And not just ...

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Own an E-Commerce Business? Here’s How to Secure Customer Data

A guest post from From Siege Media

Data breaches are more or less becoming commonplace. In the last several years, companies the likes of Under Armour, Home Depot, Equifax, and even Target have fallen victim to ruthless cyber-attacks, resulting in the loss of profit, reputation, and customers.

This obviously has a huge affect on ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Shock Treatment: First Disruptive Cyber Attack Hits the U.S. Power Grid

Firewalls crashing, communications lost, and the realization that this was not a technology failure of the U.S. power grid. It was a first-of-its-kind cyber-attack that reveals the risks of our increasingly connected infrastructure. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) revealed details of the new type ...

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cybersecurity, encryption, Google, ransomware

DNS, electric grid, electric utilities, NCSAM, VPN

Is Drug Kingpin Paul Le Roux the Inventor of Bit-Coin?

Paul Calder Le Roux, a brilliant South African software programmer who ran the most successful and largely legal opioid marketing networks called RX Limited, and morphed into running a huge illegal international drugs and arms dealing empire that has ever been seen. Since his arrest in 2012, he has been spending time in the custody of the DEA, ratting ...

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