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1.2 billion logins scooped up by CyberVor hacking crew - what you need to do

passwords , Cache , Heartbleed , infected phone , Botnet , bot-infected , two-factor authentification , SQL injection , Information Security , web server , infected computer , Hackers , Cloud Security , Web Application Firewall , cybercriminals , Cryptolocker , Web Browser , web users , cybersecurity

Michelle Drolet

Towerwall Application Security Alert Vol 13.73 Hackers have amassed a vast collection of stolen data, including 1.2 billion unique username/password pairs, by compromising over 420,000 websites using SQL injection techniques. Researchers monitored the gang for over seven months, thought to be "fewer than a dozen men in their 20s who know one another personally" based in a small city in central Russia. They found that the group, working together since at least 2011, had rented time on false

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Views from the Inside: A successful BYOD policy is not just about security

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Michelle Drolet

The BYOD trend shows no sign of abating as more and more organizations recognize the potential benefits in terms of cost and convenience. According to a recent surveyby Good Technology, 76 percent of enterprises are now supporting BYOD and the majority of those that still don’t are planning to do so in the near future. When we look closer, we find that 75 percent of those supporting BYOD employ at least 2,000 people, and 46 percent have 10,000 or more employees. Large organizations andfalse

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