…it does not leak your master password any more! I have had a lot to say on the storage of your highly sensitive passwords – use an online bank if you must but also realise they are not perfect: KeePass v2.54 fixes bug that leaked cleartext master password (bleepingcomputer.com) I …
The Capita hack keep gathering victims
Capita is the largest outsourcing company in the UK and counts among it’s contracts the UK Government, the Ministry of Defence, local authorities and businesses. When Capita’s security was breached it was going to lead to an ever increasing list of victims as the investigation proceeded. Capita hack: 90 organisations …
PyPi software repository takes the most basic of security steps…
Having temporarily closed its doors last week to new business, PyPi – a python code repository – is now enforcing the most basic of cyber security precautions – 2FA! PyPI announces mandatory use of 2FA for all software publishers (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway from this is that any essential business service …
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The Capita Data Breach
Why does the Capita data breach have something to teach every organisation about cyber security? When a company has many clients for whom they do so many things, it stands to reason that threat actors will take an interest. One breach and the criminals get access to a wide range …
Stealing your data is a priority for threat actors
There is a highly completive market evolving to provide threat actors with malware that evades detection and then as quietly as possible exfiltrate sensitive data from the compromised system. This can include, cookies, session cookies, credentials, credit card and crypto-wallet data etc. The new info-stealing malware operations to watch out …
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