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The Register: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it

Mar 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it Feedly Summary: Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so…

The Register: Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11 million

Feb 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/decadeold_healthcare_security_snafu_settled/ Source: The Register Title: Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11 million Feedly Summary: If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help An alleged security SNAFU that occurred during the Obama administration has finally been…

The Register: Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining

Feb 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/triplestrength_google/ Source: The Register Title: Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining Feedly Summary: These crooks have no chill A previously unknown gang dubbed Triplestrength poses a triple threat to organizations: It infects victims’ computers with ransomware, then hijacks their cloud accounts to illegally mine for cryptocurrency.… AI Summary and…

Cloud Blog: 5 ways Google Cloud can help you minimize credential theft risk

Feb 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/5-ways-google-cloud-can-help-you-minimize-credential-theft-risk/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 5 ways Google Cloud can help you minimize credential theft risk Feedly Summary: Threat actors who target cloud environments are increasingly focusing on exploiting compromised cloud identities. A compromise of human or non-human identities can lead to increased risks, including cloud resource abuse and sensitive data exfiltration. These…

Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How cloud security can adapt to today’s ransomware threats

Jan 30, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-cloud-security-can-adapt-ransomware-threats/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How cloud security can adapt to today’s ransomware threats Feedly Summary: Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for January 2025. Iain Mulholland, senior director, Security Engineering, shares insights on the state of ransomware in the cloud from our new Threat Horizons Report. The research…

Cisco Talos Blog: Talos IR trends Q4 2024: Web shell usage and exploitation of public-facing applications spike

Jan 30, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-ir-trends-q4-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Talos IR trends Q4 2024: Web shell usage and exploitation of public-facing applications spike Feedly Summary: This new report from Cisco Talos Incident Response explores how threat actors increasingly deployed web shells against vulnerable web applications, and exploited vulnerable or unpatched public-facing applications to gain initial access.…

The Register: Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M

Jan 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/enzo_biochem_ransomware_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M Feedly Summary: That’s in addition to the $4.5M fine paid to three state AGs last year Enzo Biochem has settled a consolidated class-action lawsuit relating to its 2023 ransomware incident for $7.5 million.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

NCSC Feed: Three random words or #thinkrandom

Dec 16, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/three-random-words-or-thinkrandom-0 Source: NCSC Feed Title: Three random words or #thinkrandom Feedly Summary: Ian M discusses what makes a good password AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text discusses password security, specifically the process of hashing passwords to protect them from unauthorized access. It highlights the methods cybercriminals might use to compromise…

The Register: Are your Prometheus servers and exporters secure? Probably not

Dec 16, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/15/prometheus_servers_exporters_exposed/ Source: The Register Title: Are your Prometheus servers and exporters secure? Probably not Feedly Summary: Plus: Netscaler brute force barrage; BeyondTrust API key stolen; and more Infosec in brief There’s a problem of titanic proportions brewing for users of the Prometheus open source monitoring toolkit: hundreds of thousands of servers and exporters…

Cloud Blog: Improve your security posture with expanded Custom Org Policy

Dec 10, 2024

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-expanded-custom-org-policy-portfolio-of-supported-products/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Improve your security posture with expanded Custom Org Policy Feedly Summary: When it comes to securing cloud resources, one of the most important tools for administrators is the ability to set guardrails for resource configurations that can be applied consistently across the environment, centrally managed, and safely rolled…

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