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Anunak, Russian/Ukraine Bank Hackers

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Carmelo

An ATM gang has stolen more than $15 million from Eastern European banks, To gain a foothold inside financial institutions, the “Anunak group” — sent bank employees targeted, malware-laced emails made to look like the missives were sent by Russian … Continue reading →

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ICANN Targeted in Spear Phishing Attack

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Carmelo

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers have announced that their system were compromised by a phishing attack. Some of the staff of ICANN fell victim to a spear phishing attack. From their website: ICANN is investigating a recent intrusion … Continue reading →

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Need a New Password? Try Passweird

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Carmelo

Passweird is a fun and interesting way to generate a password that meets most regulatory compliance password requirements. In other news, Cyber thieves have started targeting the password managers, like KeePass.

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Seven Million Dropbox Passwords

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Carmelo

6,937,081 usernames and passwords were unfortunately stolen from other services and used in attempts to log in to Dropbox accounts. I recommend that users turn on two-factor authentication and install a time-based, one-time password app on a mobile device. To … Continue reading →

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2 Factors of Authentication

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Carmelo

A little hassle with logging into a system is tremendously worth the amount of security, if that system has information worth securing. I’ve enabled two-factor authentication for services I use. Some services call it two-step authentication, which is a sub-category … Continue reading →

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The End-User Security Prayer

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Carmelo

Found on Dark Reading

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Encrypting Your Android Phone

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Carmelo

I’ve been a huge fan of Android based phones. New Android phones will be encrypted by default, but if you have had your smart phone for over a month, you probably do not have encryption enabled. Why would you want … Continue reading →

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Gmail Passwords Posted

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Carmelo

4929090 gmail email addresses and passwords were posted online as a result of phishing and weak website database compromise. This site can be used to check to see if your email address is on the list. Regardless if your email … Continue reading →

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Nude Celebs (The Fappening) !!! and Password Recovery

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Carmelo

Nude Jennifer Lawrence… Sorta. Apple says that the mass theft of nude celebrity photos (Dubbed, the Fappening) that were released over the weekend did not occur because of a breach in any Apple systems, including iCloud. Apple also says that … Continue reading →

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The CyberVors

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Carmelo

A Russian cyber gang over the past several months has breached over 420,000 web and FTP sites to pilfer over 1.2 billion credentials. They are known as the CyberVors (Vors is thief in Russian). They used botnets to scan hundreds … Continue reading →

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