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Implementing Zero-Trust? Don’t Forget About Printers

Security Boulevard

When John Kindervag defined the zero-trust model in 2010, printers were not top-of-mind. As the adoption of this model increases, it is likely that most people are still not taking printing into account as a vulnerability.

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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Prosecutors in Northern California indicted Kislitsin in 2014 for his alleged role in stealing account data from Formspring.

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Twitter security under scrutiny after former executive turns whistleblower

Malwarebytes

Provided these accusations are true, the disclosure shows a side of Twitter that poses a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy. Otherwise known as Mudge, Peiter Zatko is a network security expert, open source programmer, writer, and a hacker.

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VulnRecap 3/4/24 – Ivanti, Ubiquiti, AppLocker Under Attack

eSecurity Planet

All sites incorporated the archaic FCKeditor plug-in, which stopped receiving support in 2010. The problem: Although leap years occur every four years, sometimes programmers use 365 days for a year and fail to account for the extra day.

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Why SASE matters and what security pros need to know

SC Magazine

In today’s workplace with employees working remotely and conducting business off the network, this method doesn’t work. It’s also reckless to offer open access to anyone on the network because it doesn’t take into account the possibility of insider threats.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW.

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

Though APTs were regularly seen from then on inside the industry, the term didn’t gain public consciousness until an attack on Google servers in 2010 , the fault of which was assigned to Chinese APTs. Thankfully, in the world of network security, there are a few simple things that can be implemented that will improve your security posture.