A third-party data breach refers to a data breach that has occurred through a third-party company. In a third-party data breach, the vendor or supplier’s system has been compromised and used to steal data that belongs to you. A third party can be defined as an organization with which your organization has entered into a business relationship to provide goods, access, or services for your use.

A phishing campaign is impersonating cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, Tech.co reports. Crypto trader Jacob Canfield described the campaign in a Twitter thread, stating that the threat actors texted and then called him.

NTLM V1 and V2, and Kerberos are three authentication protocols. These protocols aim to enhance security, especially in the Active Directory environment. Authentication protocols are popular attack vectors. They can help attackers gain access and elevate privileges. It is important to choose the relevant and most secured protocol for your environments and configure it properly. The most veteran protocol among the three is NTLMv1.

Do not allow COM port redirection in RDP is the name of a security setting stated in Windows servers CIS benchmarks/STIGs. A COM port is an I/O interface that enables the connection of a serial device to a computer. In some cases COM ports are called “serial ports”. Most computers are not equipped with COM ports anymore but there are many serial port devices still used in computer networks.

GraphQL has become a popular choice for building APIs in recent years. In projects using Typescript and Apollo Client, such as Rubrik’s, it is very helpful to map GraphQL schema to types and interfaces and one of the most popular tools for generating these types and interfaces based on a GraphQL schema is Apollo Codegen.

Google’s recent introduction of ZIP top-level domain (TLD) addresses, although well intentioned has ignited a heated debate surrounding the potential cybersecurity risks associated with these domains. On the one hand, the move could make it easier for users to share and download files. For example, a website with the domain name “myfiles.zip” would be easier to remember than a long, complex string of numbers and letters.

VANCOUVER, B.C. June 15, 2023 – BC Tech is proud to announce the finalists across 9 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved exceptional success in the past year. As BC Tech celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Technology Impact Awards, this year’s awards celebrates 30 years of innovation in BC.