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In the news, Cisco hardcoded passwords, Kali on Windows, Equifax recovers $114 million on $26.5 million in expenses from breach, and more on this episode of Paul’s Security Weekly! Larry’s Stories Cisco hardcoded passwords Memcahed DDoS wil… Continue reading Cisco, Kali, Equifax, & Facebook – Paul’s Security Weekly #550
Last week, researchers observed a 1.35 Tbps distributed denial-of-service attack (DDOS) attack targeting GitHub. It was the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, surpassing the 1.2 Tbps attack against DNS provider Dyn in October 2016. The attack leveraged… Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Record-Setting DDoS Attacks, Data Breach Costs
What’s another couple million? The credit firm Equifax added 2.4 million Americans to the list of individuals impacted by the giant July 2017 breach. This is the second time they’ve added millions of names to the tally. The total now comes to around 148 million people. “Equifax will notify these newly identified U.S. consumers directly, and will offer identity theft protection and credit file monitoring services at no cost to them,” the company said in a statement.. Equifax lost a handful of executives following the breach but the company itself is doing fine. Equifax’s stock price is up, profits are climbing and Congress looks like it’ll take no legislative action to curb mega-breaches despite a handful of hearings on the topic. Last month, Equifax named Home Depot Chief Information Security Officer Jamil Farshchi as Equifax’s new CISO. His first job is not just cleaning up last year’s historic data breach but, maybe just […]
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Microsoft has made available updates for Windows 10 that include Intel CPU microcode patches for the Spectre vulnerability. This allows users to get the fixes even if their computer manufacturers haven’t released BIOS/UEFI updates for their syste… Continue reading Microsoft Starts Delivering Intel Microcode Patches for Spectre
Equifax said that an additional 2.4 million Americans have been impacted by a 2017 data breach, bringing the total of those implicated to around 148 million people. Continue reading Equifax Adds 2.4 Million More People to List of Those Impacted By 2017 Breach
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It looks like the nightmare for Equifax users is far from
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…meanwhile, a new study says half of us haven’t checked our credit reports or scores since the breach. No time like the present! Continue reading Equifax finds ANOTHER 2.4 million Americans hit by breach
The FBI is once again warning organizations that there has been an increase in phishing campaigns targeting employee W-2 information. In addition, this week saw new breach notifications related to W-2 theft, as well as reports of a threat actor targeti… Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: W-2 Theft, BEC Scams, and SEC Guidance
‘Tis the season for tax fraud and identity theft via tax-related scams. Tax fraud has been on the rise for years, and nearly 1 out of every 2 Americans are at increased risk for tax fraud due to the Equifax breach. 145 million America… Continue reading Stay Safe in the Tax Season after Equifax
As bad actors continue to hone their skills and governments keep raising the penalty for getting breached, large organizations across the globe seem to be doing little to mitigate the risks associated with cybercrime – despite knowing better… Continue reading Cybersecurity – a top risk management priority for senior execs, but only on paper