In fairness, it was Rita Strand's idea. Then 58, she had signed on as chief financial officer of Black Hills the previous year after three decades in the food service industry. She was confident, given that professional experience, that she could pose as a state health inspector to gain access to the prison. All it would take was a fake badge and the right patter.
"She approached me one day, and said 'You know, I want to break in somewhere," says Strand, who is sharing the experience this week at the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. "And it's my mom, so what am I supposed to say?"
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Feds: We Want to Scare State-Sponsored Hackers Into Getting New Jobs | PCMag
US deputy assistant attorney general Adam Hickey, who was also on the panel, agreed. “The short is answer is yes, it has an impact,” he told PCMag after the panel. “They (the hackers) are influenced when they see their colleagues are indicted, and will wonder ‘Is the US going to go after me?’”
The indictments also build a public record, which can be shared with other US allies and foreign governments so that the international community can collectively take action as well, he added.
HackerOne's 2020 Hacker Report: Hacking as a Career Soars in Popularity | 2020-02-25 | Security
"Hackers are a global force for good, working together to secure our interconnected society," said Luke Tucker, Senior Director of the Global Hacker Community. "The community welcomes all who enjoy the intellectual challenge to creatively overcome limitations. Their reasons for hacking may vary, but the results are consistently impressing the growing ranks of organizations embracing hackers through crowdsourced security — leaving us all a lot safer than before."
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"No industry or profession has experienced an evolution quite like hacking," explained Tucker. "It started in the darkest underbelly of the internet, where hackers roamed the online world in search of vulnerabilities. It later grew into a respectable hobby, something that talented people could do on the side. Now it’s a professional calling: hackers, pentesters, and security researchers are trusted and respected, and they provide a valuable service for us all."
A security mishap left Remine wide open to hackers – TechCrunch
Remine is a little-known but major player in the real estate analytics and intelligence market. It works by collecting and mining vast amounts of real estate data — from public listings to privately obtained data from brokers and real estate agents from across the United States. The company, which last year raised $30 million in its Series A to help expand its real estate data and intelligence platform, claims it has data “on 150 million properties across all 50 states.”
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These Are the Passwords That Hackers Will Guess First
Try to avoid any common words or phrases. For example, "iloveyou" made the top 10, while "lovely," "princess," and "dragon" were incredibly popular, as well. Hackers will also try common words with all of the common substitutions, according to Kelso, like January and january or October, october, and 0ct0ber.
Hackers can peep through this smart vacuum's camera, research shows - CNET
The Trifo Ironpie has a built-in camera. Security researchers revealed Wedneday that vulnerabilities in the device could let hackers access the video stream remotely, among other things.
There's just one problem, according to cybersecurity firm Checkmarx. The internet-connected Ironpie has multiple security vulnerabilities .
If hackers got close enough to get on a user's Wi-Fi network, they could send control instructions to the device. The Ironpie data traveling along the network is also unencrypted, which means the software is missing a fundamental security protection. Finally, hackers could access the map Ironpie makes of an owner's house, which would provide information about how big it is or how many rooms it has.
iBaby's smart baby monitor cameras are vulnerable to hacks - Vox
As any new parent will tell you, baby monitors are important. They let you keep a close eye on your most precious cargo as it rolls around in the crib and they even let you talk to the little tyke. But you might not be your baby's only audience.
Alex Jay Balan, chief security researcher for Bitdefender, told Recode that iBaby "should have a relatively easy time fixing these" problems. However, when Bitdefender notified iBaby that its M6S smart baby monitor contained potential vulnerabilities that give hackers access to baby videos, its response was a whole lot of nothing.
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HOUSTON – Statistics show a hacker attacks every 39 seconds or an average of 2,244 times a day. Hackers can steal, damage, or destroy your most personal info, but there are a lot of misconceptions people have about what hackers can and can't do.
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