#unauthorized-access

#unauthorized-access

1. Always keep your Mac updated with the latest security patches and software updates.
2. Use a strong, unique password for your Mac and use two-factor authentication.
3. Use a reputable antivirus and anti-malware software to protect your Mac from malicious threats.

VMware has issued fixes for four vulnerabilities, including two critical 9.8-rated remote code execution bugs, in its vRealize Log Insight software.There are no reports (yet) of nation-state thugs or cybercriminals finding and exploiting these bugs, according to VMware.However, it's a good idea to patch sooner than later to avoid being patient zero.

According to CNCF's annual survey, 96% of organizations are using or evaluating Kubernetes, while 93% are using or planning to use containers in production already.Kubernetes is a robust platform that can orchestrate containers at scale.However, security is critical when using Kubernetes, and companies need strict guidelines and strategies to ensure system safety.

Welcome to this tutorial on how to use JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication.JWT is a popular method for securing web applications, APIs, and mobile applications.In this tutorial, we will learn how to use JWT for authentication.Before we dive deep into the coding section, let's get to know what JWT and Authentication really are.

Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest privately-held bottler of Pepsi-Cola products in the United States, says personal information was stolen from its systems following a malware attack.Founded in 1943, the company operates 18 bottling and distribution facilities in North and South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware, and employs more than 2,300 people.

Stock research firm Zacks Investment Research is in the process of notifying customers that their personal information was compromised in a data breach.Founded in 1978, Zacks Investment Research is one of the largest providers of stock research, analysis and recommendations for firms in the US.Earlier this week, the company informed the Maine Attorney General's Office that the personal information of 820,000 individuals was compromised after a third-party gained unauthorized access to its systems.

Every new parent imagines watching their precious baby sleeping soundly in a beautiful nursery, but rarely do they realize how stressful it can be to actually leave your baby alone while you go into another room (or outside!)With all of the scary scenarios playing in parents' heads, it can be hard to choose which baby monitor will help you keep an eye on your little bundle of joy while also ensuring that they stay safe on their own.

If you need to protect sensitive information and follow data privacy regulations, it's critical to obfuscate your log data, which means obscuring personally identifiable information (PII).But effectively concealing PII in logs might take time to implement, can increase compute resources, and might not work well with all types of logs.

Bot is short for "robot," and bots are applications that perform automated actions on the Internet.Although not all bots are bad, most have malicious purposes, from stealing sensitive information to attempting unauthorized access.Thus, bots can represent a security threat to any website.For this reason, you should consider "antibot" solutions to protect your site from bots.

One day I got a call from Sarah*, the in-house counsel at a large financial institution."Our [information security] team was doing a routine search and found a list of our employee passwords for sale on the dark web," she told me."The business folks want to buy it back.What should we do?

When 2022 dawned, there were a few things we knew we would be writing about: The global pandemic, whatever cool things Apple and Google did, rocket launches, and cool artificial intelligence stuff.But every year offers surprises, and 2022 was no exception.Yes, we figured there would be plenty of articles about Elon Musk on Ars Technica this year.

T-Mobile has experienced another data breach, reporting that personal information belonging to hundreds of account holders was exposed in an attack between late February and March 2023.The company disclosed in notification letters issued to impacted customers on April 28th that a hacker managed to access information such as full names, dates of birth, addresses, contact information, government IDs, social security numbers, and T-Mobile account pins.

Maxwell, the mortgage fintech backed by Wells Fargo and Fin Capital, has launched Maxwell Single-Sign On, an SSO (single sign-on) tool for lenders to enhance security and reduce the risk of data breaches, the company announced on Monday.The tool is designed to address the issue of sensitive data being handled by lenders and loan officers on a daily basis, including social security numbers, paystubs, and tax returns.

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The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Tuesday that airport and aircraft operators will be required to improve their cybersecurity resilience.The agency said the new cybersecurity requirements, issued through an emergency amendment, come in response to the persistent threats against the country's aviation sector and other critical infrastructure.

Auditing and logging are essential measures for protecting mission-critical systems and troubleshooting problems.This policy outlines the appropriate auditing and logging procedures for computer systems, networks and devices that store or transport critical data.From the policy:
Many computer systems, network devices and other technological hardware used in the enterprise can audit and log various activities.

The Biden administration is trying to clamp down on the government's use of any commercial spyware that could also be used by other countries to harm its interests.The president has signed an executive order saying that federal agencies can't use spyware "that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States Government or significant risks of improper use by a foreign government or foreign person."

US mobile phone carrier AT&T is notifying millions of wireless customers that their customer proprietary network information (CPNI) was compromised in a data breach at a third-party vendor.One of the largest carriers in the US, AT&T has roughly 200 million wireless customers, but only a percentage of the total has been impacted by the incident.

AT&T has confirmed that miscreants accessed nine million of its wireless customers' accounts after one of its vendor's networks suffered a security failure in January.The telecommunications giant told us that these users' customer proprietary network information accessed - but said the data said was "several years old," and "mostly relating to device upgrade eligibility."

Electronics giant Acer has confirmed getting hacked after a hacker offered to sell 160 Gb of files allegedly stolen from the company's systems."We have recently detected an incident of unauthorized access to one of our document servers for repair technicians.While our investigation is ongoing, there is currently no indication that any consumer data was stored on that server," Acer told SecurityWeek in an emailed statement.

Local "We are still working through details and continuing to put protections in place."Northern Essex Community College closed its campuses for a fifth day on Tuesday due to a cyberattack that began last week."We are still working through details and continuing to put protections in place," the school said in a statement on Monday of the ongoing closure.

Ontario's privacy watchdog is investigating a data breach at a breast milk bank that provides breast milk to medically fragile babies across the province.The breach happened at the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank, according to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.The milk bank is part of Sinai Health, a hospital system in Toronto.

A Los Angeles man has been arrested and charged on suspicion of hacking into Instagram accounts belonging to female influencers in an effort to extort money and engage in sexual video chats during a nearly four-year period, federal prosecutors said.Amir Hossein Golshan, 24, was charged Thursday with two counts of wire fraud, one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, one count of accessing a computer to defraud and obtain value, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of threatening to damage a protected computer, prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California said in a statement.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are warning organizations of malicious attacks using legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software.IT service providers use RMM applications to remotely manage their clients' networks and endpoints, but threat actors are abusing these tools to gain unauthorized access to victim environments and perform nefarious activities.

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In the hours after the FTX cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy, opportunistic hackers - or possibly an insider - took advantage of the chaos and began looting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto.Now, it appears, they're hard at work laundering it.As CNBC reports, the exchange's new CEO, John Ray III, admitted when the company filed for bankruptcy earlier in the month that "unauthorized access to certain assets has occurred."