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July 06, 2021

Proposed bill would create a new federal agency to protect consumer data

The Data Protection Act of 2021 has wide-ranging definitions of high-risk data practices and privacy harm. Read more ▶

Image: Supply-chain attack on Kaseya remote management software targets MSPs

Supply-chain attack on Kaseya remote management software targets MSPs

REvil ransomware pushers exploit zero-day flaw in Kaseya VSA to infect MSPs and their customers.

Rainbow tables explained: How they work and why they're (mostly) obsolete

Rainbow tables are password cracking tools with origins dating back to research from the early 1980s. Here's how they work, why attacks are easy to prevent, and how they compare to modern password cracking.

How to control ransomware? International cooperation, disrupting payments are key, experts say

Anti-ransomware acts or regulations will require global cooperation, experts say. In the meantime, ransomware victims should cooperate quickly and fully with authorities.

Image: US and UK issue rare joint guidance in response to Russian GRU brute force campaign

US and UK issue rare joint guidance in response to Russian GRU brute force campaign

CISOs should leverage this guidance to help get the resources they need to make these and other cyberattacks too costly for nation-state threat actors and criminals.

NIST defines "critical software" with a broad range of security functions

The goal is to enable stronger security practices for government-purchased software mandated by President Biden's cybersecurity executive order.

15 top open-source intelligence tools

OSINT (open-source intelligence) is the practice of collecting information from published or otherwise publicly available sources. These tools will help you find sensitive public info before bad guys do.

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