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Cybersecurity course publisher CODERED has formed a partnership with one of the world’s largest fee-free online learning platforms. The publishing partnership between CODERED and Alison.com was announced earlier today. The first educational fruit to be born from this union is a certified online course titled Hands-On Android Security that takes approximately four to five hours to complete. Students of the course will become acquainted with the core concepts of the Android operating system, hardware security components, and native applications. Users will…

Local officials said someone took over their TeamViewer system and dangerously increased the levels of lye in the town’s water. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Federal law enforcement is now looking into a cyberattack at a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, FL where someone was able to remotely access systems and add a dangerous amount of chemicals to the town’s water supply. On Monday, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri explained during a press conference that an employee…

The Largest compilation of emails and passwords (COMB), more than 3.2 billion login credentials, has been leaked on a popular hacking forum. More than 3.2 billion unique pairs of cleartext emails and passwords have been leaked on a popular hacking forum, the collection aggregates data from past leaks, such as Netflix, LinkedIn, Exploit.in, Bitcoin, and more. This breach was dubbed “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB), the data is archived in an encrypted, password-protected container. Source:…

IT teams should look for services with automatic alerts about user behavior, logging, scalability, and central management. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto As remote work becomes the new normal, IT teams have to take a second look at solutions that worked in March 2020 but may not be the right choice now. In addition to implementing multifactor authentication and considering a zero-trust approach, IT leaders should determine how a virtual private network (VPN) fits into the overall…

Phishing continues to be an effective way for threat actors to infect computing devices, according to a survey from cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint. Fifty-seven per cent of the 600 infosec professionals in seven countries questioned said their firm suffered a successful phishing attack last year, the company said Monday in releasing its annual State of the Phish Report. That was up slightly over last year, suggesting the percentage of successful attacks stayed the same. However, 60…

Ransomware can be installed via ghost accounts Length: 6:20 | Feb 9, 2021 Active accounts for people who have left your organization can make exploitation easy, according to Sophos. Source link

If your marketing agency is under the impression that cyber security is strictly an IT issue, you should think again. Effective security is a company-wide commitment, and marketers play one of the most crucial roles. Consider how much personal data you collect; if that information is lost or stolen, it will severely damage your customer relationships. In fact, a Ping Identity survey found that 78% of people would stop using an organisation’s online services if…

Sophos has warned businesses to be on the lookout for unsolicited and often generic emails attempting to extract a bug bounty from them with borderline extortion tactics. So-called “beg bounty” messages typically involve automated scanning for basic misconfigurations or vulnerabilities, followed by a cut-and-paste of the results into a pre-defined email template, explained Sophos principal research scientist, Chester Wisniewski. Small businesses are typical targets: even though they do not have a bug bounty program, and…