Time Taken For Hackers to Crack Passwords Revealed

New Specops Software research has unearthed the length of time it takes modern attackers to brute force user passwords. Plain text password storage is rare in these modern times, requiring attackers to adopt password cracking methods to make use of the majority of (hashed) password leaks. However, with the help of newer password-cracking hardware and […]

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May 18, 2023
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International Cyber Expo 2023 – Registration is now OPEN

Registration for this year’s International Cyber Expo (ICE) on the 26th and 27th of September 2023 at London Olympia is now open. The award-winning security event will once again showcase an impressive line-up of talks, demonstrations, and senior-level roundtable discussions led by reputable experts in the field; not least, Chair of the event’s Advisory Council, […]

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May 16, 2023
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Discord Suffers Data Breach Through Compromised Third Party

Popular social media platform Discord has notified users it has suffered a data breach after a support agent’s account at a third party became compromised. A malicious individual then gained unauthorised access to the agent’s support queue, exposing user email addresses, Discord support messages and attachments sent via the ticket system. Discord – which has […]

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May 16, 2023
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European Data at Risk With Tick-box GDPR Compliance and High Cyberattack Volumes

Yesterday, comforte AG released the findings of a survey conducted on over 500 IT Security Specialists and Chief Information Officers across the UK, France and Germany. The research revealed that European IT and security leaders may be dangerously over-confident in their ability to avoid cyberattacks and mitigate the risk of serious data compromise. comforte AG […]

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May 3, 2023
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One Identity Receive Multiple CRN Accolades

Today, systems management, data protection, and software security company, Quest Software and One Identity, part of the Quest family, announced shared success in the 2023 CRN Partner Program Guide.   CRN® is a brand of The Channel Company; the CRN 5-star Partner Program Designation recognises an elite subset of those vendors participating in the CRN […]

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May 2, 2023
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Charming Kitten Using New Malware in Multi-Country Attacks

Charming Kitten, the infamous Iranian nation-state group, is actively targeting victims across Europe, U.S., India and Middle East with a new malware dubbed BellaCiao. The malware is the latest in their expansive custom tool kit. BellaCiao was discovered by Bitdefender, who describe the malware as a “personalised dropper” that’s capable of delivering malware payloads onto […]

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April 28, 2023
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KuppingerCole Secrets Management Report Names Keeper Security an Overall Leader

Today, Keeper Security announced it has been named an Overall Leader in the 2023 Leadership Compass- Secrets Management report by global information-security analyst firm KuppingerCole. Overall Leaders are identified based on the strength of products, market presence and innovation. KuppingerCole Analysts AG rated Keeper Secrets Manager (KSM) in the categories of security, functionality, deployment, interoperability and usability.  […]

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April 26, 2023
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Global Infosec Award Winners Announced at RSA

Yesterday, the winners of 11th coveted Global Infosec Awards were announced at the RSA conference in San Francisco. The awards are run by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), who spent six months searching for over 4,300 companies who manage, create and offer the most respected information security products and services. Of these, CDM named over 400 […]

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April 25, 2023
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Dragos OT-CERT Celebrates One Year of Service

A year ago, Dragos Inc. released the first cybersecurity resource designed to provide industrial asset owners and operators with free OT-specific cybersecurity resources. Dragos OT-CERT (Operational Technology – Cyber Emergence Readiness Team), was designed specifically to help teams within small and mid-sized organisations to help them build their OT cybersecurity programmes, improve their security postures, […]

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April 20, 2023
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Back and Bigger Than Ever! The Inside Man Season 5 Takes a Stab at Power Hungry Adversaries

As important as it is, cybersecurity awareness training might not seem like the most exciting thing in the world, but when it involves plots to rival your favourite network crime dramas, expertly crafted cinematography, and characters to root for? Naturally, it all feels a little bit different.   Of course, we’re talking about the long-awaited return […]

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March 29, 2023
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