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Top 8 weirdest, meanest and dumbest hacks of all time
Hackers have used some strange ways to break into networks or commit fraud. Not all are clever or smart.
11 top DEF CON and Black Hat talks of all time
Hacker summer camp is almost upon us again. Here are some of the best talks of all time. Will this year's virtual talks measure up to these legends?
Twitter VIP account hack highlights the danger of insider threats
The account compromise raises questions about Twitter's controls. Experts weigh in on best practices for mitigating risk from malicious or accidental insider threats.
John the Ripper explained: An essential password cracker for your hacker toolkit
One of the oldest password cracking and testing tools, John the Ripper is still an essential pen testing tool.
Why abandoned domain names are so dangerous
Abandoned domain names are low-hanging fruit for attackers, who can use them to access sensitive email or customer data.
Cyber LEAP Act aims for innovations through Cybersecurity Grand Challenges
New bill seeks to set up competitions across the US to spur security breakthroughs.
Bug bounty platforms buy researcher silence, violate labor laws, critics say
The promise of crowdsourced cybersecurity, fueled by "millions of hackers," turns out to be a pipe dream, despite high-octane marketing from the bug bounty platforms.
The OPM hack explained: Bad security practices meet China's Captain America
How the OPM hack happened, the technical details, and a timeline of the infiltration and response.
Why hacking must be addressed in digital privacy policymaking
Virtually all attention to date has been focused on developing legal and regulatory remedies to address digital privacy. But little attention has been paid to the flip side of this two-sided coin—namely, digital hacking.
Avoiding the pitfalls of operating a honeypot
Businesses should think very carefully before moving forward with any honeypot project.
How a bank got hacked
Notorious hacker Phineas Phisher claims to have netted hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling in a 2016 hack of the Cayman National Isle of Man Bank. Here's how he did it and why it's cause for concern.
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Printers: The overlooked security threat in your enterprise | TECHtalk
Printers, often a forgotten target in the enterprise, are vulnerable to all the usual cyberattacks. Watch as IDG TECH(talk) hosts Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp and CSO Online’s J.M. Porup discuss the threats to these devices, plus...
How a small business should respond to a hack
With small business finding itself in hackers’ crosshairs as much as the big boys, it’s imperative to have an immediate response plan in the event of an attack.
Capital One hack shows difficulty of defending against irrational cybercriminals
The motivation of the malicious actor who stole data of more than 100 million people was driven by emotional distress and did not follow traditional hacker patterns.
Have you been ransomware’d yet?
You need to understand why this is one of the most potent attacks – what you must do to avoid becoming a target.
Beware rogue email rules and forms
Creating malicious rules and forms in a compromised email client is an old but effective hacker trick that evades traditional antimalware software. Here’s how to make sure you can detect it.
Inside the 2014 hack of a Saudi embassy
According to documents seen by CSO, an unknown attacker took control of the official email account of the Saudi embassy in The Netherlands and demanded a ransom of $50 million for ISIS.
