By sheer definition, privilege creep is the gradual accumulation of access rights beyond what an individual needs to do their job[1]. When someone needs rights to a specific resource, and
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Category: Cyber Security
It’s almost impossible to do anything these days without leaving some type of digital footprint. Cyber security is important to everyone regardless of whether it’s about protecting your data, privacy, or your very own identity.
Equifax Data Breach – Free Protection: Huge Price
By now everyone has heard about the massive Equifax data breach. Not only were 143 million people (half the US adult population) affected, but the credit giant knew about the
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Prankster Tricks White House Officials via Email Phishing
Americans in the land’s highest office apparently have the tech skills of our grandparents. When White House staffers received emails from coworkers that came from mail.com and outlook.com domain addresses,
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Dealing With Clients Who Don’t Get Cyber Security
This post is also available without ads as an eBook at the CGS Computers Cyber Store Cyber Security is one of the most important issues for any company that has
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Adobe Flash: A Broken Lock No One Wants to Replace
Adobe Flash Player is a security nightmare, plain and simple. Unfortunately, many large companies still use it on their websites. Years ago, when I was working at the DoD, I
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The Feds Drop a Child Porn Case to Avoid Exposing a Tor Exploit
There’s something to be said when sacrifices are made for the greater good. At least that’s what the Department of Justice wants us to think. To avoid having to expose
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One Million Yahoo and Gmail Account Passwords for Sale on the Dark Web
More than 1 million Yahoo and Gmail accounts – including usernames, email addresses and plain text passwords – are reportedly for sale on the dark web. According to the dark
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Hacking an Internet-Less PC With Its HDD LED
At first thought, it might seem impossible to pull data from a computer that’s not connected to the Internet. How can a system be hacked without a
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Separation of Duties: Implementation & Challenges in IT
This article is also available as an eBook download on the CGS Computers Cyber Store The concept of Separation of Duties (also known as Segregation of Duties) applies to many different
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Data Center Redundancy: The Basics of Availability
Redundancy as it relates to the data center is a relatively simple concept; resources are duplicated in order to provide fail-safe mechanisms. Cloud service providers have taken many traditional data center
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