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More than 50,000 driving license details leaked in Australia

More than 50,000 driving license details leaked in Australia

By and | Thursday, September 3, 2020, 4:36 PM Asia/Singapore | ,

Cheap-and-cheerful cloud storage solutions are abundant, but so are the cases of misconfigurations that can lead to hackings or data leaks.

On 1 Sep 2020, more than 108,000 scanned images of over 54,000 Australian driving licenses were found to have been leaked online. The leak was discovered by a Ukrainian security consultant who stumbled upon the folder on an Amazon storage service, which also contained phone numbers, addresses and birth dates, all available for public view.

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Uncovering the 50 shades of ‘grey hat’ threats

Uncovering the 50 shades of ‘grey hat’ threats

By and | Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 9:50 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

Know the various ways cybercriminals evade detection by using only a network’s own sanctioned tools for the attack.

The best way to test if a door is locked is to try to open it. Similarly, one of the best ways to test your computer security is to try to breach its defenses using known tools. These are referred to as ‘grey hat’ tools and they are used legitimately by penetration testers and red teams to launch attacks with benign payloads on computers and networks.

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Digital workplace views and recommendations..

Digital workplace views and recommendations..

By and | Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 3:10 PM Asia/Singapore | ,

Actually, businesses can enjoy both high staff productivity and WFH security. Here are some tips to achieve this balance…

Remote-working had already been a rising trend in recent years, but no one could have predicted that an event like the COVID-19 pandemic would cause entire companies to move to the digital workplace overnight.

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Stop reusing passwords and giving hackers your crown jewels!

Stop reusing passwords and giving hackers your crown jewels!

By | Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 2:46 PM Asia/Singapore | ,

Stolen credentials and the resultant credential stuffing are real and growing cyberthreats underlying a majority of vulnerabilities, says this expert.

While data breaches garner significant attention in the region, less has been said about how technology has evolved to thwart these attacks. Many security teams are unaware of tactics at their disposal to stop fraudsters in their tracks. 

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DPRK-aligned threat actor targeting cryptocurrency vertical with global hacking campaign

DPRK-aligned threat actor targeting cryptocurrency vertical with global hacking campaign

By and | Friday, August 28, 2020, 11:54 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

The infamous Lazarus Group has again been linked to financially-motivated cyberthreats around the world, because sanctions make NKorea more desperate.

An attack against an organization working in the cryptocurrency vertical has been linked to the notorious Lazarus Group (APT38)—a highly-skilled, financially-motivated threat actor whose interests reportedly align with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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SMEs beware: DeathStalker is waiting to get you

SMEs beware: DeathStalker is waiting to get you

By and | Thursday, August 27, 2020, 1:51 PM Asia/Singapore | ,

Hackers for hire have presented persistent threats across the world, but new evasion techniques make small- and medium-sized enterprises most vulnerable.

A ‘mercenary’ advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been leveraging efficient espionage attacks on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the financial sector since at least 2012. The most recent discoveries demonstrate that the group DeathStalker has spread across Argentina, China, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.

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