SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Researchers last week spotted a phishing campaign that leveraged an online email authentication solution from Zix, in hopes that potential victims would be lulled into a false sense of security. But since these types of socially engineered attacks do not make use of these tactics, it evades traditional defenses,” Tobe explained.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

In the first two blogs in this series, we discussed properly setting up IAM and avoiding direct internet access to AWS resources. In this blog, we’ll tackle encrypting AWS in transit and at rest. Thank you for taking the time to read this blog series. Sometimes, despite all efforts to the contrary, data can be compromised.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 27, 2023

In this blog, we’ll shed light on exactly how Cisco Duo helps counter and defend against common attack techniques chronicled in MITRE ATT&CK. " Organizations use this information to audit, assess, and implement security defense-in-depth strategies to mitigate cybersecurity attacks. What is MITRE ATT&CK?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

In his blog post , Kelley shared a video from CanadianKingpin12 that suggests DarkBERT will go well beyond the social engineering capabilities of the earlier tools with new “concerning capabilities.” Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Orca Security published a blog post about the vulnerabilities — its researchers discovered and reported the issues in Fall 2023, and Microsoft quickly patched them. The fix: Ivanti has released patches for the following product versions: Connect Secure 9.1R14.5 Connect Secure 9.1R17.3 Connect Secure 9.1R18.4

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. For more information on HEAT, please visit our blog, “ Too Hot to Handle.”.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

To get this information, they’ll target sites you might not expect, such as blogs, small businesses and non-profits. Why Would a Cybercriminal Target a Blog? A small blog might seem like a random target, but not to cybercriminals. Don’t Rely on Security by Obscurity : Be Certain Your Website is Secure.

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Webroot

APRIL 4, 2022

“With security risks escalating worldwide and a persistent state of ‘unprecedented’ threats, compromises are inevitable. This year’s findings reiterate the need for organizations to deploy strong multi-layered security defenses to help them remain at the heart of cyber resilience and circumvent even the most creative cybercriminals.”.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. Evolving Ransomware Scene.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. Threat actors often vary their techniques to thwart security defenses and increase the efficiency of their attacks. One of the tricks they use is known as steganography and consists of hiding content within images. Figure 19: Scheduled task. Conclusion.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

The problem: Researcher Patrick Peng discovered and wrote a blog post about a vulnerability in the llama_cpp_python dependency. May 10, 2024 Vulnerability in Python Package Affects AI Models Type of vulnerability: Template injection in Python package. Llama is a Python package designed to support large language models.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In May 2017, Google introduced a security defense system called Google Play Protect to protect the devices running its mobile OS. Google Play Protect now scans over 100 billion applications on Android devices every day, these amazing figures were disclosed by Google.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

They found a tool called WormGPT “through a prominent online forum that’s often associated with cybercrime,” Kelley wrote in a blog post. ” The security researchers tested WormGPT to see how it would perform in BEC attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compliance madhav Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:17 It is essential for any business that stores, processes, and transmits payment card information to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Consumers’ payment data is a compelling target for criminals who continue to circumvent IT security defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Security researchers who participated in the event found dozens of vulnerabilities over a 72-hour period. Rapid7 published blogs detailing the successful and failed breaches of the 2024 event. This year, electric cars were a major focal point of the 2024 event, called Pwn2Own Automotive.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Sophos X-Ops team highlighted the issue in a recent blog , which details how remote encryption evades multiple layers of network security. Sophos X-Ops illustrates how remote encryption operates beyond security tool detection. Which Unmanaged Devices Do Attackers Use?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

For those unable to patch quickly, Akamai’s blog provides an OPA rule to add to detect and block potential attacks. This vulnerability affects default Kubernetes installations in on-prem Windows and Azure Kubernetes Service that use an in-tree storage plug-in. The fix: Upgrade to Kubernetes versions 1.28.4 or later to fix the flaw.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Pentesting involves vulnerability exploitation and post-exploitation actions – the idea is to conduct a real attack, like cybercriminals would do, except with an explicit authorization from the company in order to identify weaknesses and improve security defenses.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

Some risks specifically affecting IoT include : Built-in vulnerabilities : IoT devices are often shipped specifically for consumer use, without enterprise-grade encryption or security controls. The post Why Businesses Can’t Afford Anything Less Than Zero Trust in IoT appeared first on Security Boulevard. UTM Medium. UTM Source.

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McAfee

JUNE 14, 2021

Disseminate — share the results and adjust your security defenses accordingly. When you disseminate a threat insight, it triggers different responses from various members of your security team. An endpoint administrator will want to automatically invoke counter-measures and security controls to block a threat immediately.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

September 1, 2023 Endpoint Security Bypassed Using Windows Container Isolation Deep Instinct researchers have demonstrated an innovative approach to bypassing endpoint security , publishing a blog based on their recent DEF CON presentation that leveraged the Windows Container Isolation Framework to bypass security barriers undetected.

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Webroot

APRIL 15, 2021

However, in the MSP community, the Blue Teams are usually the technicians responsible for establishing the layered security defenses and then verifying their effectiveness. appeared first on Webroot Blog. Blue Teams can be anyone inside or outside the organization. We’ll answer that question in an upcoming post.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The problem: VMware Carbon Black researchers detailed the findings in a blog post. Non-privileged threat actors can exploit these drivers to gain complete device control, execute arbitrary code, modify firmware, and escalate operating system privileges, posing a significant security risk.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

As CISO Tony Taylor of dairy company Land O’Lakes points out in the article, “There are lots of security tools out there, but if you don’t integrate the stack, you’ve got to associate all that information and make the connections yourself.”. EDR Becoming an Integral Component of Endpoint Security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 5, 2022

We’ve seen a shift since the pandemic of more businesses operating online, making it more of a risk for those that don’t have proper security defenses in place. She’s also an owner of two blog websites and a Youtube content creator. . They’re automated for your business efficiency .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Just as organizations’ security defenses are evolving, so too are digital attackers’ tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). They can further augment their security by investing in solutions based on fundamental security controls. Learn about Thales’ enterprise security tools here. Employ Device Encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2019

.” reads a blog post published by Hernandez. The base PoC left us with a full kernel read/write primitive, essentially game over for the systems’ security, but left achieving root as an exercise for the reader,”.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Inführ published a blog post detailing the PoC exploit code for the vulnerability on February 1st. RedHat assigned the path traversal vulnerability a CVE ID in November and advised the researcher not to disclose the details or PoC of the bug until the end of January of 2019. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 remains unpatched.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Endpoint security defenses are an important part of this. Physical Access Controls: For example, security guards, perimeter security, video cameras, locks, limited access. These include firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), identification and authentication mechanisms, password management, and encryption.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The convergence of security solutions that traditionally have functioned independently will improve an organization’s security posture by creating security defenses that work cohesively to defend against attacks,” Rob Westervelt, research director at IDC, said. For more details on our 2020 Threat Predictions, click here.

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NopSec

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Threat intelligence is an increasing popular buzzword in security magazine articles and blogs. It also is becoming more prevalent in product and services offerings from security vendors.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The dissemination phase consists of active processing and dissemination of the processed data for the purpose of communicating the actionable intelligence for the purpose of ensuring that an organizations defense is actively aware of the threats facing its infrastructure and security defense mechanisms.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

With so many free and low-cost threat intelligence feeds available today, it’s a smart move to integrate one or multiple feeds into your cybersecurity workflow and tools for additional security knowledge and detection capabilities. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2023

effort to secure critical infrastructure. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a two-year competition to develop AI cybersecurity tools, with nearly $20 million in prizes. The Trellix researchers investigated several data center software platforms and hardware technologies as part of a U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

“There are botnets today that are made up of hundreds of thousands or millions of machines,” Cloudflare said in a technical blog post on the vulnerability ( CVE-2023-44487 ). One troubling fact is that the attackers were able to generate the attack with a botnet of just 20,000 machines.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2023

This blog post provides an in-depth analysis of this emerging malware campaign and its corresponding infection chain. Furthermore, Zscaler's cloud-native architecture enables rapid deployment of security updates and patches across the entire network, ensuring that customers are always equipped with the latest security defenses.

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McAfee

APRIL 21, 2021

Most of us don’t have responsibility for airports, but thinking about airport security can teach us lessons about how we consider, design and execute IT security in our enterprise. The post Lessons We Can Learn From Airport Security appeared first on McAfee Blogs. Device to Cloud Suites. Learn more.

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