Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The hackers have the motivation to steal your personal data and credentials as it is very easy for them to monetise these types of attacks. The threat actors have their own supply chains buried within webs of security and obfuscation. The hackers will steal the personal information, using a suite …
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Now the SMS text authentication is only working for some people: Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down | WIRED Do you want to know why SMS text message authentication is a very poor third behind app based multi-factor authentication and just about anything else? Read on: Twitter ‘closes offices’ …
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Here are a couple of the current examples of Android malware that could compromise your organisation, reported in the technical press this week. New SandStrike spyware infects Android devices via malicious VPN app (bleepingcomputer.com) Malicious Android apps with 1M+ installs found on Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com) They have different malicious intent …
Whilst I have been away CISA has continued issuing useful advice. It added a Google Chromium vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Google Chromium is an open–source browser project and is behind many widely used browsers including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. CISA Has Added One Known Exploited Vulnerability …
Passwordlessness now extends to PayPal… …at least if you have an iPhone. PayPal ditches passwords, at least on Apple devices • The Register Ditching passwords is the best step in preventing the recycling of passwords by users and the subsequent credential stuffing attacks by threat actors. Find out in this …
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