Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

2021 was a busy year for the cyber security community. Picus has curated a list of the top five threats observed in 2021, detailing ten lessons defenders can learn from them. . In January 2021, Volexity detected a large amount of egress data traffic on its customers’ Microsoft Exchange Servers [1]. CVE-2021-26885.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With 2021 approaching, it is a time to both reflect on the outstanding progress we have each made – personally and professionally, and warmly welcome a new chapter in 2021!? . Finally, we rolled out the Device-to-Cloud suites , making it easier for our customers to move to a cloud-native architecture. The post Bring on 2021!

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McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

CVE-2021-44228 – Apache Releases Log4j Version 2.15.0 A full technical analysis can be found here: McAfee Advanced Threat Research: Log4Shell Vulnerability is the Coal in our Stocking for 2021. In this blog, we present an overview of how you can mitigate the risk of this vulnerability exploitation with McAfee Enterprise solutions.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Phishing is responsible for the vast majority of breaches in this pattern, with cloud-based email servers being a target of choice." — 2021 Verizon DBIR The federal government had a tough year when it came to data breaches and ransomware attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2024

Federal government strategy has been a big driver, ever since a 2021 Executive Order mandated agencies “advance towards a Zero Trust Architecture.” Zero Trust is rapidly transitioning from theory to practice, with 51% of enterprises having already implemented some capabilities.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

BlackCat (alternatively referred to as ALPHV) is a relatively recent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that was discovered in December 2021 and that is set apart by a variety of unique qualities that differentiates it from other ransomware campaigns. the owner and/or creator of malicious software) […].

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2021

An analysis of the Apache Log4j vulnerability and the architecture of zero-day exploits (CVE-2021-44228) from Nozomi Networks Labs. The post Critical Log4Shell (Apache Log4j) Zero-Day Attack Analysis appeared first on Nozomi Networks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. Then the script downloads the actual Enemybot binary which is compiled for the target device’s architecture. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. To nominate, please visit:?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. There are many different layers of security involved in protecting connected devices, and security should start with a high-level architecture of the IoT stack and connected ecosystem. What’s driving the security of IoT? The Urgency for Security in a Connected World.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 18, 2024

Transforming the SOC involves completely overhauling its architecture, processes, staffing, and training. New Paper: “Future of the SOC: Evolution or Optimization — Choose Your Path” (Paper 4 of 4.5) To address these challenges, organizations have two choices: transform or optimize their SOC. Go and read the paper!

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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

Here is our list of the top MDR services for 2021. Key differentiators: Cloud-native architecture for use with cloud systems. Then in 2021 it acquired the Israeli Kubernetes security company Alcide.IO Expel was rated the leader in MDR in the Forrester Wave Managed Detection and Response Q1 2021 report. Top MDR services.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Wikipedia uses a CMS for textual entries, blog posts, images, photographs, videos, charts, graphics, and “ talk pages ” that help its many contributors collaborate. According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 million last year, and a study by Storyblok revealed that 64.3

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Thales offers four Cyber Packs that address different company architectural requirements. Perfect for centralized architecture. Cloud Security.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

The two flaws – CVE-2021-33909 and CVE-2021-33910, respectively – were disclosed by vulnerability management vendor Qualys in a pair of blogs that outlined the threat to Linux OSes from such companies Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora. Further reading: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2021. A Silver Lining.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Most notably, 86% of organizations are anticipating a moderate-to-substantial increase in demand during the 2021 holiday season. According to BCI’s Supply Chain Resilience Report 2021 , 27.8% The post ‘Tis The Season for Holiday Cyber Threats Targeting Enterprises in a Pandemic World appeared first on McAfee Blogs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

The botnet has been active since at least the end of 2020, but its activity was documented in April 2021 by multiple security researchers. “Sysrv-hello is a multi-architecture Cryptojacking ( T1496 ) botnet that first emerged in late 2020, and employs Golang malware compiled into both Linux and Windows payloads.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. On July 21, 2021, we identified a suspicious document named “????????.docx” While both techniques rely on template injection to drop a full-featured Remote Access Trojan, the IE exploit (CVE-2021-26411) previously used by the Lazarus APT is an unusual discovery.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In the October 2021 Threat Report , McAfee Enterprise ATR provides a global view of the top threats, especially those ransomware attacks that affected most countries and sectors in Q2 2021, especially in the Public Sector (Government). CVE-2021-40444 Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

Incidents of malware targeting Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices jumped by more than a third in 2021, with three malware families the primary drivers behind the increase. There was a 10-fold increase in the number of samples of Mozi found in the wild, Mihai Maganu, a threat researcher at CrowdStrike, wrote in a blog post.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 15, 2022

On May 12, 2021, the White House released an Executive Order (E.O.) The directive’s third section, entitled “Modernizing Federal Government Cybersecurity,” requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to begin moving to a zero trust architecture (ZTA). Tue, 03/15/2022 - 10:01. on improving U.S. cybersecurity.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 3, 2023

In this blog, we’ll take a look at Part One , specifically section 2.1: In response to ongoing attacks against the infrastructure of the United States, the White House released an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity ( EO 14028 ) in 2021. Part two provided guidance for suppliers in October 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Cyber risk is the third critical corporate risk in 2021, as per the latest Allianz Risk Barometer. Risk management is the method of identifying vulnerabilities to a company's data resources and architecture and implementing strategies to reduce that risk to tolerable levels.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In this blog, we take a deeper dive into cloud security topics from these predictions focusing on the targeting of API services and apps exploitation of containers in 2022. The industrial IoT market was predicted to reach $124 billion in 2021. McAfee Enterprise and FireEye recently teamed to release their 2022 Threat Predictions.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Researchers with JFrog Security uncovered the vulnerability, CVE-2021-40346, during their regular searches for new and previously unknown vulnerabilities in popular open-source projects. In a blog post , JFrog researchers Ori Hollander and Or Peles said they worked with HAProxy’s maintainers to create a verified fix.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Transforming the SOC involves completely overhauling its architecture, processes, staffing, and training. New Paper: “Future of the SOC: Evolution or Optimization — Choose Your Path” (Paper 4 of 4.5) To address these challenges, organizations have two choices: transform or optimize their SOC. Go and read the paper!

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A key principle of a Zero Trust architecture, as defined in NIST SP 800-207 , is that no network is implicitly trusted. of all internet activity in 2021 , up from 40.8% The importance of identities is reflected in the recent strategy for a Zero Trust cybersecurity , published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). UTM Medium.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A July 2021 report from F5 Labs gives insight into how malicious actors use vulnerabilities in applications as part of their attacks and the impact it has on businesses, noting: 56% of the largest incidents in the last 5 years were linked to a web application security issue. Apply secure design principles in application architectures.

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McAfee

JANUARY 5, 2022

In February 2021, the company Dbappsecurity discovered a sample in the wild that exploited a zero-day vulnerability on Windows 10 x64. While searching for additional findings we went through a public exploit published in March of 2021 by a researcher. CVE-2021-1732 Deep Dive. Figure 1 – Six stages of CVE-2021-1732.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 23, 2021

On June 11, 2021, the Regulation on notifications of incidents affecting networks, information systems and IT services (“ Regulation ”) – adopted by means of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers (DPCM) of 14 April 2021, no. 2] Until December 31, 2021, notifications may be performed on an experimental basis. [3]

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this blog, I’ll be exploring some of the main cracks in current cybersecurity defence approaches specifically around Secure Operation Centres (SOCs) and the value that CISOs and ITDMs are currently getting from their internal teams and third-party providers. Remember 2021? You know about tech complexities and optimisation.

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McAfee

MAY 17, 2021

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities have some similar outcomes as we would expect in 2021, but with an added response component… and in McAfee’s case, many response components. Figure 2: XDR Logical Architecture. Figure 3: Traditional SIEM Architecture. Be sure to register via LinkedIn. I hope to see you there!

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 26, 2021

The stats tell the story: “Breaches containing compromised credentials (usernames and passwords) increased +450% in 2020 and ransomware attacks in 2021 have already surpassed last year including sharp spikes in key verticals, including government (917%), education (615%), healthcare (594%) and retail (264%) organizations.” . The key takeaway?

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Four Priorities for Cloud Security Architecture. And most programs place a special emphasis on defending infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) but overlook software-as-a-service (SaaS) when developing durable, sustainable cloud security architecture. . Priorities for Cloud Security Architecture, 2023. #1 1 Embrace Business-led IT.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This is part one of a four-part blog series about DevSecOps. We’ll deep dive into some of the critical security features that we enabled, including Software Composition Analysis (SCA), Container Security, Static Application Security Testing (SAST), and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) in the next blog series.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. RapperBot then determines the processor architecture and infects the device. Recently we explored the topic of infection methods, including malvertising and malicious downloads.

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