Tag: breach

  • Schneier on Security: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/good-essay-on-the-history-of-bad-password-policies.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies Feedly Summary: Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected was bad, but that had not been…

  • The Register: Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/microsoft_power_pages_misconfigurations/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data Feedly Summary: NHS supplier that leaked employee info fell victim to fiddly access controls that can leave databases dangling online Private businesses and public-sector organizations are unwittingly exposing millions of people’s sensitive information to the public internet because they misconfigure Microsoft’s…

  • Hacker News: Implementing Signal’s Double Ratchet algorithm (2020)

    Source URL: https://nfil.dev/coding/encryption/python/double-ratchet-example/ Source: Hacker News Title: Implementing Signal’s Double Ratchet algorithm (2020) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a detailed exposition of the Double Ratchet algorithm and its implementation, emphasizing its benefits for end-to-end encryption (E2E) in securing communications. It highlights the algorithm’s key features such as forward…

  • The Register: Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/cybercriminal_devoid_of_boundaries_gets/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence Feedly Summary: The serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts A rampant cybercrook and repeat attacker of medical facilities in the US is being sentenced to a decade in prison, around seven years…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: The high security cost of legacy tech

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-the-high-security-cost-of-legacy-tech/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: The high security cost of legacy tech Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for November 2024. Today I’m joined by Andy Wen, Google Cloud’s senior director of product management for Google Workspace, to discuss a new Google survey into the high security…

  • The Register: Kids’ shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/smartrite_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Kids’ shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info Feedly Summary: Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud Children’s shoemaker Start-Rite is dealing with a nasty “security incident" involving customer payment card details, its second significant lapse during the past eight years.… AI…

  • The Register: China-backed crews compromised ‘multiple’ US telcos in ‘significant cyber espionage campaign’

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/salt_typhoon_hacked_multiple_telecom/ Source: The Register Title: China-backed crews compromised ‘multiple’ US telcos in ‘significant cyber espionage campaign’ Feedly Summary: Feds don’t name Salt Typhoon, but describe Beijing band’s alleged deeds The US government has detected “a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign" conducted by China-linked attackers and directed at "multiple" US telecommunications providers’ networks.……

  • The Register: Ransomware fiends boast they’ve stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/embargo_ransomware_breach_aap/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware fiends boast they’ve stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network Feedly Summary: American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is the latest US healthcare organization to have had its data stolen and encrypted by cyber-crooks, it is feared.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Cloud Blog: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybersecurity-forecast-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 Feedly Summary: Every November, we start sharing forward-looking insights on threats and other cybersecurity topics to help organizations and defenders prepare for the year ahead. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 report, available today, plays a big role in helping us accomplish this mission. This…