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92% of Americans say they care about online safety and data privacy, yet a new report from iProov showed 44% polled shared passwords and mobile devices with their partners. "You wouldn't have the same key to your house, your car, and every building you ever need to go into. But it's also not possible to remember different passwords for every single site you use. So, Americans are recycling and sharing passwords because they want a convenient way to access their accounts. Biometric authentication is the modern replacement for keys."
A data dump containing account information of over 26 million LiveJournal users has been offered for sale on dark web marketplaces and is now being shared for free on underground hacker forums. The data dump, supposedly originating from a 2014 LiveJournal breach, contains email addresses, usernames, profile URLs and plain text passwords of 33+ million users.
Users visiting eBay have spotted that the website runs port scans against their computer, using the localhost address to inspect what may be running on your machine. Fraud is a big issue for eBay, and if the purpose of scanning for remote-control access ports is an attempt to detect criminals logged into a user's computer in order to impersonate them on the tat bazaar, it could have some value.
Users visiting eBay have spotted that the website runs port scans against their computer, using the localhost address to inspect what may be running on your machine. Fraud is a big issue for eBay, and if the purpose of scanning for remote-control access ports is an attempt to detect criminals logged into a user's computer in order to impersonate them on the tat bazaar, it could have some value.
Learn what a bot is, the spectrum of ways bots are used online, and how bots might be used in the next election cycle. Dan Patterson, CNET and CBS News Senior Producer, spoke with Patrick Sullivan, Akamai CTO, Security Strategy, about the programming and use cases of bots.
WhiteHat Security, an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Ltd. and a leading application security provider, announced that it will offer free application scanning services to any education institution to support secure online learning. Pivoting to new learning platforms has put additional stress on IT departments and caused concern around the security of their online learning resources.
Hacked websites in Israel, a reported cyberattack in Iran and a Twitter war between their leaders: the arch foes' animosity is flaring up online. The latest volleys in Israel and Iran's longstanding rivalry coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Israeli army's withdrawal from southern Lebanon, forced out by Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Modernizing the SIEM makes the life of an overworked security engineer that little bit easier, allowing them to focus more on improving security posture and less on managing security products. Security automation uses a combination of data and machine learning to detect, investigate and remediate cyber threats with or without engineer intervention.
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