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Dropbox says attackers accessed customer and MFA info, API keys
File hosting service Dropbox has confirmed that attackers have breached the Dropbox Sign production environment and accessed customer personal and authentication information. …
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A critical vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server allows auth bypass, admin access
Organizations with on-prem installations of Delinea Secret Server are urged to update them immediately, to plug a critical vulnerability that may allow attackers to bypass …
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Preventing insider access from leaking to malicious actors
In this Help Net Security video, John Morello, CTO of Gutsy, discusses the often-overlooked aspect of cybersecurity – the offboarding process. He outlines the real-world …
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Finding the right approach to security awareness
As artificial intelligence amplifies the sophistication and reach of phishing, vishing, and smishing attacks, understanding and managing human cyber risks has become …
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Microsoft Defender can automatically contain compromised user accounts
The “contain user” feature select Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers have been trying out since November 2022 is now available to a wider pool of …
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Amazon: AWS root accounts must have MFA enabled
Amazon wants to make it more difficult for attackers to compromise Amazon Web Services (AWS) root accounts, by requiring those account holders to enable multi-factor …
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Goodbyes are difficult, IT offboarding processes make them harder
When employees, contractors and service providers leave an organization, they take with them knowledge, capabilities, and professional achievements. They should leave behind …
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Benefits of modern PAM: Efficiency, security, compliance
Many legacy Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions are still very manual regarding what they do and how they manage user access and permissions. They are geared toward …
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How to prevent permission bloat: Overlooked and hidden access
When it comes to your organizational security, you should leave no stone unturned. Overlooked access rights are one of the most unnoticed security threats your organization …
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Exploring the risky behavior of IT security professionals
Almost 65% of the nearly 300 international cybersecurity professionals canvased by Gurucul at RSA Conference 2020 said they access documents that have nothing to do with their …
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Managing and monitoring privileged access to cloud ecosystems
Cloud data breaches are on the rise, demonstrating time and again the need for a different approach and strategy when it comes to managing and monitoring privileged access to …
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Attackers are exploiting vulnerable WP plugins to backdoor sites
A group of attackers that has been injecting WordPress-based sites with a script redirecting visitors to malicious and fraudulent pages has now also started backdooring the …
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