Collaborate Disseminate
Instagram is growing quickly—and with the second most popular social media network in the world (behind just Facebook), the photo-sharing network absolutely dominates when it comes to user interactions.
And with great success comes great responsibilit… Continue reading Instagram Adds 3 New Security Tools to Make its Platform More Secure
Today, the average internet user has approximately 130 online accounts registered to their email address, and that number is expected to reach more than 200 in the next two years. This excess of accounts helps consumers digitally manage all kinds of e… Continue reading In the Age of the Data Breach, Why Do We Still Use Bad Passwords?
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 27, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was hosted by Tom… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – New TSA Body Scanners, Back to School Cybersecurity, Instagram Hacking
We take a look at the beta version of iOS 12 and the security-related changes we can expect to see when it’s released in (probably) September. Continue reading The security changes you can expect in iOS 12
When Cisco bought Ann Arbor, Michigan security company, Duo for a whopping $2.35 billion earlier this month, it showed the growing value of security and security startups in the view of traditional tech companies like Cisco. In yesterday’s earnings report, even before the ink had dried on the Duo acquisition contract, Cisco was reporting that its […] Continue reading Cisco’s $2.35 billion Duo acquisition front and center at earnings call
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 6, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was hosted by Tom … Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Quiet Skies TSA Surveillance Program, SIM Hijacking and the Reddit Data Breach, Sextortion Scams
A known threat group believed to be based in Iran is trying to gain access to computer infrastructure belonging to U.S. electric utility organizations. The group, which researchers from industrial control systems (ICS) security firm Dragos track as RA… Continue reading Iran-Linked RASPITE Group Targets U.S. Electric Utilities
Another day, another significant data breach.
This time the victim is Reddit… seems someone is really pissed off with Reddit’s account ban policy or bias moderators.
Reddit social media network today announced that it suffered a security breach in … Continue reading Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen
Cisco is planning to buy Duo Security, a company that provides enterprises with secure multi-factor authentication services, for $2.35 billion, the two companies announced on Thursday. Duo Security is largely seen as a leader in the multi-factor authentication space and is best known for its “zero-trust” security platform, which helps companies verify the identity and trust of the various user endpoints on their networks. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan with other offices in the U.S. and London, the company has raised more than $121 million in venture capital funding since it was founded in 2010. “Cisco created the modern IT infrastructure, and together we will rapidly accelerate our mission of securing access for all users, with any device, connecting to any application, on any network,” said Duo CEO Dug Song in a statement. “By joining forces with the world’s largest networking and enterprise security company, we have a unique opportunity […]
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As you’ve probably heard in the news, Reddit has been hacked. The immensely popular website says that it discovered a data breach in June, after an attacker compromised some employee accounts. The employees’ accounts were protected with SMS… Continue reading Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet