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News & Views Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/22/2019 Facebook has found itself in a situation that can best be called "lawful but awful." Post a Comment \| READ (3 comments) Latest comment: @larryloeb Of course they do! People don't really enjoy memorizing things. In fact,... FIN7 Resurfaces With New Malware Techniques Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/22/2019 The FIN7 group of cyber criminals has been around since 2015. Many thought their activities in the restaurant, gaming and hospitality industries that they targeted would cease when the Department of Justice indicted and arrested three Ukranian members in 2018. Post a Comment \| READ () Jackson County Still Recovering After Paying Ryuk Ransom Joe Stanganelli Managing Director, Blackwood King LC, \| 3/21/2019 Another headline-snagging ransomware infection in the public sector has rekindled debate over whether or not to pay cyber ransoms. Post a Comment \| READ () Evidence Found of Malware Families Collaborating Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/20/2019 Trojans that target banks have one of the longest-lasting and profitable cybercrime operations around. Post a Comment \| READ (3 comments) Latest comment: @LarryLoeb The profit motive at work! Cyber Attacks Grow by 55% in 2018 & Data Theft Dominates – Report Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/19/2019 The nature of cyberspace attacks continually evolves. The enterprise, to keep itself secure, needs to update its assumptions on what attacks are most likely to occur as information becomes available. Positive Technologies (PT), based in Framingham, Ma., just issued a report named "Cybersecurity Threatscape 2018" to share what trends it has seen ... Post a Comment \| READ (4 comments) Latest comment: @Susan I think the patients only find out if the ransomware threat somehow leaks... Is Your Supply Chain the Weakest Link? Steve Durbin Managing Director, Information Security Forum, \| 3/19/2019 Supply chains are a vital component of every organization's business operations and the backbone of today's global economy. However, security chiefs everywhere are concerned about how open they are to an abundance of risk factors. A range of valuable and sensitive information is often shared with suppliers, and when that information is shared, direct ... Post a Comment \| READ (2 comments) Latest comment: SCIRAP sounds like a great idea. I've written about supply chain issues for years,... Study Shows Massive Attacks Bypassing MFA Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/18/2019 Proofpoint researchers in a recent six-month study of major cloud service tenants observed massive attacks that leveraged IMAP legacy protocols as well as credential dumps that have as their goal increasing the speed as well as the effectiveness of brute-force account compromises. Post a Comment \| READ (5 comments) Latest comment: @Ariella the sad reality they do and keep do it over and over again... until... New IoT Device Regulation Establishes Base Line for Security Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/15/2019 Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Steve Daines (R-MT), as well as representatives Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Will Hurd (R-TX) have introduced the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019. Post a Comment \| READ (2 comments) Latest comment: @Susan I agree. We are very late to the game here! North Korea Circumvents Sanctions Through Cybercrime, Says Report Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/14/2019 According to a report issued by the United Nations (UN) Security Council, "cyberspace is used by the DPRK (North Korea) as an asymmetric means to carry out illicit and undercover operations in the field of cybercrime and sanctions evasion. These operations aim to acquire funds through a variety of measures in order to circumvent the sanctions." Post a Comment \| READ () Convergence: Real Problems When it Comes to Securing the IoT/IIoT Alan Zeichick Principal Analyst, Camden Associates, \| 3/14/2019 The corporate network used to be comprised of a small number of large computational devices: servers, desktops, laptops, switches, routers. That's like, so 2010. Today, enterprises are dealing with a proliferation of connected devices that probably aren't dedicated to computing -- think video cameras, inventory sensors, machine tools, thermostats and ... Post a Comment \| READ () Is China as Bad as Russia When It Comes to Trying to Influence America? Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/13/2019 The 2016 election brought the concept of information warfare to the American populace for the first time. It was the judgement of the American intelligence community that Russian state actors had attempted to influence the outcome of the election. Post a Comment \| READ () Can Social Media Chatter Predict the Severity of Cybersecurity Threats? Larry Loeb Author, \| 3/12/2019 Security researchers from Ohio State University, Leidos and FireEye were curious if users' opinions about a discovered threat severity that were expressed online aligned with the expert judgments that finally evolved about those threats. Post a Comment \| READ (4 comments) Latest comment: Yes. Google killed Google Flu in 2013 or 2014. Have a look: https://www.wir... Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles discussion board batye, 3/23/2019 2:40:31 AM Study Shows Massive Attacks Bypassing MFA Re: Re: user not found @Ariella the sad reality they do and keep do it over and over again... until class action hit... Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 12:40:31 PM Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Re: Re: password @larryloeb Of course they do! People don't really enjoy memorizing things. In fact, today's generation probably doesn't even memorize phone numbers any more because they just have them entered directly into the contacts on their phones! Post Your Reply LarryLoeb, 3/22/2019 12:23:17 PM Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Re: Re: password @Ariella Eventually, we are going to have to find something better to use than passwords. Everyone re-uses them across multiple sites. Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 11:08:25 AM Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Re: password I get a little tired of hearing this <"This is just another example of why password hygiene matters. If compromised, this dataset would have likely led to the identify theft of at a minimum thousands, if not many, many millions of people.">... Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 11:06:26 AM Is Your Supply Chain the Weakest Link? Re: Re: Good point SCIRAP sounds like a great idea. I've written about supply chain issues for years, and they are extremely complex in our global economy. Businesses really need help to keep track of where their weakest link may be. Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 10:28:50 AM Cyber Attacks Grow by 55% in 2018 & Data Theft Dominates – Report Re: Re: Soft targets @Susan I think the patients only find out if the ransomware threat somehow leaks out into the public, and the hospitals have to then let them know if their data has been exposed. Really, they should let them know any time there has been a breach,... Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 10:26:59 AM New IoT Device Regulation Establishes Base Line for Security Re: Re: Why the wait? @Susan I agree. We are very late to the game here! Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 10:15:52 AM Study Shows Massive Attacks Bypassing MFA Re: Re: user not found @Batye I'm sure some companies never report these things if they are certain they can get away with it. Post Your Reply Ariella, 3/22/2019 10:15:09 AM Evidence Found of Malware Families Collaborating Re: Re: Band of thieves @LarryLoeb The profit motive at work! Post Your Reply LarryLoeb, 3/22/2019 6:14:35 AM Evidence Found of Malware Families Collaborating Re: Re: Band of thieves @Michelle Well, they are in it for the money. If both make more they think it's good. Post Your Reply jsm962500, 3/22/2019 4:55:47 AM iTunes Error 0xe8000015 Re: iTunes Error 0xe8000015 Sometimes an error message shows up while using iTunes stating "iTunes Error 0xe8000015". Follow the reference guide Easy Ways To Recover the iTunes Error 0xe8000015 and fix the issue in just short span of time. Post Your Reply Susan Fourtané , 3/22/2019 4:25:22 AM Can Social Media Chatter Predict the Severity of Cybersecurity Threats? Re: Re: As reliable as Google Flu..? Yes. Google killed Google Flu in 2013 or 2014. Have a look: https://www.wired.com/2015/10/can-learn-epic-failure-google-flu-trends/ Post Your Reply Next 5 messages + All messages All messages Chat 8/31/2017 3:54:21 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thank you! klogan453 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:51:19 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Well, it seems like Steve and I managed to answer everyone's questions in our conversation. So I'll say thanks once again to Steve Grobman, CTO of McAfee, for being such a wonderful guest here on Voice of Security Radio! Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:47:35 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thanks. Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:47:19 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thanks for helping out, Daren! Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:45:59 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: (On behalf of Steve Grobman) - Data science and computer science expertise is definately in high demand by the cyber security technology industry as well as many other industries that are using similar capabilities daren Keeper 8/31/2017 3:44:38 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: (On behalf of Steve Grobman) - There is not a formal certificatio process.. most users don't need to understand the nuance of the technology which is generally built by technology product providers daren Keeper 8/31/2017 3:42:40 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: And how are mainline security pros/machine learning pros certified, i.e. how do you lknow that the person you're hiring to help you knows what they're dcoing? Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:39:20 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Steve, one question we didn't get to is that of skilled practitioners. I know that mainline security pros are in short supply and high demand: Is it even worse when it comes to machine learning pros in the security space? Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:37:01 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Since I was late - and again - really sorry, I don't even know what to ask. Feel free to ask a question or my behalf. Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:33:59 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Well folks, now's the time to ask any questions we didn't get to in the audio interview. Steve will be here in just a moment -- what would you like to know? 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