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Figure 1: Demonstration of a split-tunnel attack4 Email Retrieval attacks The two major protocols associated with email retrieval are Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). Both protocols connect to an email server to download new messages over a TCP/IP connection.5POP3 is much simpler and easier to implement, but only allows…
Read MoreDestruction, loss of data, intellectual property theft, fraud, embezzlement, disruption to business, restoration—globally, the costs of dealing with hacking, which were estimated at $3 trillion in 2015, are projected to double to $6 trillion annually by 2021.1 Yet under US law, it’s illegal to attack the hackers back. Way back in February, a Georgia Republican…
Read MoreMy favorite color, by the way, is black. Or at least it will be until something darker comes along. While marginally better than asking for personal information that is just as easily discovered on the web —your mother’s maiden name, where you were born (my mother claims it was in a barn based on my…
Read MoreBack in September, I had the honor of moderating a panel session in Hong Kong under the theme of “Is Cybersecurity the Hidden Achilles of Hong Kong’s Digital Economy?”. At that time, China, the world’s leading bitcoin exchange market accounting for 90% of trading worldwide, yet had announced shutting down bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges, calling…
Read MoreOn Dec 8, 2017, 4iQ reported the discovery of a database on the dark web containing 1.4 billion credentials—in clear text.1 The fine writers of the aforementioned article note that they’ve “tested a subset of these passwords and most of them have been verified to be true.” 1.4 billion. A standard calculator (like the one…
Read MoreFor years I wondered why business groups would move forward with technology initiatives before fully understanding their risk exposure. Focused on the business outcome, teams always wanted to implement first and figure out the risks later. Problem is, risks are intrinsic to business outcomes. A solution is only as valuable as the information flowing through…
Read MoreInternet of Things (IoT) devices gained infamy almost overnight for their lack of security. This led to their participation in a Thingbot (a botnet built out of IoT devices) named Mirai1 that launched massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a handful of victims, including Dyn, OVH, KrebsOnSecurity, and Rutgers University2 in late 2016. As a result of…
Read MoreA large technology consultancy with thousands of employees spread across north America and Europe is now approaching 99% cloud deployment for their applications. The consultancy believes this is the right solution to provide flexible and secure application deployment for their widely dispersed user community. The migration from on-premises to cloud-delivery began a decade ago with…
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Microsoft has rolled back a fix for a known Outlook issue that was causing incorrect security alerts when opening ICS calendar files after installing the December Outlook Desktop security updates. Affected Microsoft 365 users are seeing unexpected warnings that “Microsoft Office has identified a potential security concern” and that “This location may be unsafe” when…
Read MoreAccept that breaches are inevitable in today’s world, then take these steps to reduce the chances of a large-scale, headline-making compromise. Source link lol
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