Cybersecurity
Specops study finds new-hire passwords commonly compromised
A study found plenty of “starter” passwords in a pile of compromised credentials.
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High-speed scenes from a car-hacking competition
ZDI’s Dustin C. Childs describes the complicated excitement of hacking today’s cars.
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Louisiana OMV data breach exposed nearly all residents’ personal information
The data breach was part of global MOVEit ransomware attack.
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Nation-state threats to manufacturing have IT leads worried about aging tech infrastructure: BlackBerry survey
“Almost three-quarters of the organizations have either been targeted by a cyberattack or found themselves to be vulnerable to cybersecurity threats,” BlackBerry’s Shishir Singh tells IT Brew.
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US military dares hackers to break into its satellite
DEF CON hackers will compete in August to see who can break into a military-sponsored CubeSat.
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Report: IoT devices a popular target for hackers
People forget IoT devices. But threat actors don’t.
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