Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. MI5 said the faked LinkedIn accounts are created and operation by nation-state spy agencies, with an intent to recruit individuals or gather sensitive information.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

The start of 2021 brings forth a cyber security crossroads. Ransomware and fileless malware breaches will rapidly continue to destabilize businesses in 2021. This type of attack doesn’t take into account how complex your business’s program is if one of your vendors has been breached. Related: Breaches spike during pandemic.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide intriguing opportunities for immersive and interactive experiences in cybersecurity training. Related: GenAI’ impact on DevSecOps Here’s how these technologies can bridge learning gaps in cybersecurity awareness and enhance the overall training experience.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The best way to stay up-to-date with the recent trends is by reading the top cybersecurity blogs. Here’s our list of the best cybersecurity blogs to read and follow. Securing Tomorrow SecuringTomorrow is a blog by McAfee, one of the biggest security software providers. Their main focus is on cybercrime investigations.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me. ” But several days after a Jan.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In 2021, 83 percent of organizations reported the value of business-led IT strategies—characterized by business teams identifying and sourcing technology, especially SaaS. 4 Technology Considerations. Priorities for Cloud Security Architecture, 2023. #1 1 Embrace Business-led IT. Figure 1.1 – Multi-layered Cloud Security.

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NopSec

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In previous blogs, we discussed Attack Surface Management (ASM) and explained how ASM is critical to your overall Vulnerability Management Program. In this blog, we will cover why Identity Access Management is critical to your VM Program. This does not come as a surprise, with 15.6%

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,686,025,551 attacks from online resources across the globe. Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 119,252 unique users. Geography of financial malware attacks, Q2 2021 ( download ).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The trouble is, there’s little to stop criminals from leveraging newly registered or hacked LinkedIn business accounts to create their own ad campaigns using Slinks. Way back in 2016, security firm Fortinet blogged about LinkedIn’s redirect being used to promote phishing sites and online pharmacies. Image: Urlscan.io.

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McAfee

JUNE 15, 2021

The McAfee team is very proud to announce that, for the third year in a row, McAfee was named a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Secure Web Gateways for its Web Solution. June 2021 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Secure Web Gateways. Download Now.

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2021. According to public blogs, targeting was widespread but focused primarily on diplomatic entities throughout Europe and North America: based on the content of the lure documents bundled with the malware, this assessment appears to be accurate.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

In that spirit, we’ve rounded up five of our most popular blogs from the past year. From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. You can read the full blog and recommendations here. Risk vs reward.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) shared the results of their analysis on the evolution of Iran-linked threat actors at the CyberWarCon 2021. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

It is set in 2021, after all. I wager, there was no better way to prepare for my predictions blog. In this fictional 2021, the act of carrying around a corporate laptop is long past. People working from home accounts for more than 66% of economic activity, and 42 percent of the labor force, in the U.S. I admit it.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, January 2021. Adobe asked users to unin stall the software before it blocked all Flash content from 12 January 2021. . The Top Cybersecurity Certifications in 2021.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death. THE LAPSUS$ CONNECTION.

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SiteLock

DECEMBER 7, 2021

2021 posed many cybersecurity challenges for companies around the world—and now, business leaders must prepare for what will likely be another year rife with new cyber breaches. According to IBM , the average total cost of a data breach in 2021 was $4.24 Finally, the second quarter of 2021 alone saw 367.3

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 7, 2021

2SV adds an extra layer when logging into your account and the additional step happens after you’ve entered your password. It’s simple, and it dramatically decreases the chance of someone else accessing an account. We want to help keep your account safe & 2SV is an important step! Enable on your Google Account ?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. Image: Cloudflare.com. 2, and Aug. On that last date, Twilio disclosed that on Aug. ” On July 28 and again on Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

We have on average 67 applications on our mobile phones, seven social media accounts and more than 120 online accounts. But these accounts are not all about networking and games. Related: What happened to privacy in 2021. What technologies should the tool use? Yet our world has moved online.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 14, 2020

One thing the cybersecurity experts at Webroot agree on is that work from home is here to stay for 2021, or at least it won’t recede to pre-pandemic levels in even the medium-term. As such, automation and the adoption of AI technologies will be critical to plugging the gap. Businesses will need to account for that.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report offers an interesting look back over the past year. Report author Lance Spitzner of SANS blogged : “The more that managing human risk becomes a dedicated, prioritised effort, the more effective organizations will become at managing their human risk.” billion in 2019. Sign up here.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2024

Stevens is also quoted in a paid blog post at ecogreenequipment.com , as is Alina Clark , co-founder and marketing director of CocoDoc , an online service for editing and managing PDF documents. com , a domain registered in April 2021 through Alibaba in China. Is Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co. The photo next to Ms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The addition of PCoIP® technology, a highly secure no data transfer multi-codec display protocol, allows for the highest performance CPU or GPU throughput regardless of bandwidth, connection, or locale. Connect with Teradici on Twitter @Teradici , LinkedIn , YouTube , and the Teradici blog. For more information, visit www.teradici.com.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

On July 3, the REvil ransomware affiliate program began using a zero-day security hole ( CVE-2021-30116 ) to deploy ransomware to hundreds of IT management companies running Kaseya’s remote management software — known as the Kaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA). The Kaseya customer support and billing portal.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

The group released sensitive documents and contracts about an IoT botnet, codename Fronton, built by the contractor 0day Technologies. SANA allows operators to create and manage fake social media persona accounts. As of April 2022, 0day technologies has changed its domain from 0day[.]ru ru to 0day[.]llc. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Pentester Academy

MARCH 23, 2023

Lab Walkthrough — Moodle SpellChecker Path Authenticated RCE [CVE-2021–21809] In our lab walkthrough series, we go through selected lab exercises on our INE Platform. Technical difficulty: Beginner Introduction In 2021, a high-risk vulnerability was found in Moodle. The CVE assigned to this vulnerability is CVE-2021–21809.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

A10’s security research team recorded a significant spike in the number of potential DDoS weapons available for exploitation in 2021 and early 2022. On December 10, 2021, by the discovery of CVE-2021-44228 , a critical vulnerability in the widely used Apache Log4j logging framework. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. While this was a big task to take on, I have to admit – I’m leaving 2021 behind feeling encouraged and hopeful for cybersecurity in the New Year. The Rise of Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Despite the similarity in name to endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, MDR providers are more like general managed security service providers (MSSPs) , operating on all layers of an organization’s infrastructure, including the network, endpoints, applications and other IT resources. Top MDR services. eSentire Atlas.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — HIPAA — has undergone some massive changes in the past few years to minimize the burden of healthcare entities. Cyberattacks against healthcare entities rose 45 percent between November 2020 and January 2021, according to Check Point.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

It is in this context that it is important to focus on the details of video technology. In the past, there was an asynchronous relationship between these two categories of technology. VITEC technologies are agnostic and highly efficient in terms of bandwidth utilization.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Clout IT hosting company Netgain is is one of a number of vendors that experienced a breach that hit the health care community in the first half of 2021.( “File:NetGain Technologies.png” by Emily.cedargren is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 ). Canada, the Netherlands, and Singapore. million patients. Netgain: more than 865,000.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Top Cybersecurity Blogs We're Reading in 2020. Here’s a collection of our favorite cybersecurity blogs and websites from the industry's foremost thought leaders and reporters. #9. You’re probably annoyed with everyone telling you to have a long, complex, unique password for every website, device, and account you own.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

The company is most active in the area of communications technology. The supply chain attack took place around April 1, 2021, the malware was delivered to the Android devices of the German vendor. 6/x [link] — Das Menschy, (@das_Menschy) April 3, 2021. Gigaset manufactures DECT telephones. ” states BornCity website.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

NCR Corporation , previously known as National Cash Register, is an American software, consulting and technology company providing several professional services and electronic products. Source Tritter: Account @ SoloClaudio As reported by BleepingComputer, many customers are reporting [ 1 , 2 ] the problems they are facing due to the outage.

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