Users of the language learning app Duolingo should be wary of targeted phishing attacks following a recent data leak, according to Anthony Spadafora at Tom’s Guide. Criminals scraped the names and email addresses of 2.6 million Duolingo users earlier this year, and are now selling the entire dataset on underground forums for approximately $2.13.
After a series of high-profile cryptocurrency heists, a state-sponsored North Korean malicious hacking group is poised to cash out millions of dollars. That's the opinion of the FBI, which this week has warned cryptocurrency companies about recent blockchain activity it has observed connected to the theft of hundreds of millions of cryptocurrency in recent months.
Research shows many companies now own and operate more than 60 disparate security tools, yet breaches continue to make headlines. Throwing more tools at the problem is a tactic that simply doesn’t work and— with trends pointing toward tighter security budgets—may not even be possible anymore. Security leaders are now in a position that requires them to ask tough questions and carefully scrutinize new security tools before pulling the trigger on purchases.
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For security teams managing their enterprises’ privileged access management (PAM) programs, times have changed and what’s considered a privileged or high-risk account has drastically shifted. In turn, the way organizations not only manage privilege, but comprehensively secure it, must also shift. Historically, organizations have managed their PAM programs by vaulting and rotating credentials on privileged accounts.
