Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), an Ohio-based private DNA testing company, last week reached a settlement deal with the Ohio and Pennsylvania state attorneys general in relation to a 2021 breach that saw the theft of 45,000 residents ' personal details. The infosec program must be developed and implemented within 180 days (six months).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

The three-year-old high-severity flaw is a deserialization of untrusted data in Plex Media Server on Windows, a remote, authenticated attacker can trigger it to execute arbitrary Python code. CISAgov added #CVE -2020-5741 & CVE-2021-39144 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

x firmware, which malicious actors exploited in a cyberattack against the infosec firm last month. . Those who do upgrade the firmware are advised to “reset the passwords for any users who may have logged in to the device via the web interface” as well as enable multi-factor authentication. 22, researchers with the NCC Group on Jan.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

infosec #cybersecurity #threatintel #cyber #NFL pic.twitter.com/tl7OWM2Aqf — CyberKnow (@Cyberknow20) February 12, 2022. BlackByte ransomware is a relatively new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) tool, that has been around since July 2021. On the eve of the #SuperBowl the #49ers get posted as a #Blackbyte #ransomware victim.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

link] #Cybersecurity #InfoSec pic.twitter.com/Tu7MoTEETC — US-CERT (@USCERT_gov) February 4, 2022. The Win32k elevation of privilege vulnerability was fixed in January as part of the January 2022 Patch Tuesday , it is the result of a bypass for the previously CVE-2021-1732 flaw. “A reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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Herjavec Group

APRIL 29, 2022

The Colonial Pipeline Incident from early 2021 showed us how vulnerable our critical infrastructure truly is. The report provides further details on the following behaviours and trends in 2021 like: Gaining access to networks via phishing, stolen Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP) credentials or brute force, and exploiting vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

Volexity experts the compromise of Microsoft Exchange servers belonging to its customers and discovered that the attackers exploited a zero-day server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange ( CVE-2021-26855 ). . Cyber #Cybersecurity #InfoSec — US-CERT (@USCERT_gov) March 6, 2021. states CISA.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 8, 2022

Founded by the IDSA and National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) in 2021, Identity Management Day , is an annual reminder about the dangers of casually or improperly securing and managing digital identities. Those steps can become overwhelming for small businesses with staff shortages, small budgets or limited time.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 2, 2021

Herjavec Group is thrilled to announce that we have won two distinctions and received 2 finalist recognitions in the 2021 Cyber Defense Black Unicorn Awards. . In the 2021 CDM Black Unicorn Awards, Herjavec Group has been recognized as: . Winner: 2021 Top 10 MSSPs – Herjavec Group. Connect with Robert.

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Webroot

AUGUST 18, 2021

Another supply chain attack targeted Codecov, a software development firm that makes tools for developers, in January 2021. The infosec researcher Matt Tait, who spoke at this year’s Black Hat on the topic of supply chain attacks, called the Codecov compromise an instance of high-volume disruption based on indiscriminate targeting.

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SC Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Godzilla vs. Kong may be an epic match-up, but it’s nothing compared to the ongoing battle between infosec professionals and emerging cloud-based threats. Click here to access all coverage of the 2021 SC Awards. If they can pass this authentication process, then they don’t even need a password to log in.

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Notice Bored

JULY 17, 2022

What prevents a naughty bit of software acting as a middleman between the two, faking the expected commands and manipulating the responses in order to subvert the authentication controls? Cryptography is the primary control, coupled with appropriate use of authentication and encryption processes in both hardware and software (e.g.'microcode'

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

The cities of Middleton, Danvers, Wenham, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex, Hamilton, and Topsfield formed the North Shore IT Collaborative in 2021 with the goal of their collective power being stronger than what they can manage alone. On the plus side, they did mention multi-factor authentication and EDR.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The report claims that Russian-speaking cybercriminals sold access to the UN systems for months—from April through August of 2021. According to a report from Bloomberg , stolen credentials of a UN employee were sold on the Dark Web for as little as $1,000.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

According to a 2021 report covered by ITProPortal , for instance, 80% of cybersecurity personnel said they’re dealing with more stress in the wake of the pandemic than before it. Here are some more insights from people in the infosec community on what works for them: Advice on How Security Pros Can Promote Their Mental Health.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 1, 2021

Between August 2020 and February 2021, “the agencies”, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Security Agency (NSA) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) had all published final or preliminary (beta) guidance for Zero Trust (ZT) that is applicable to all sizes of organisations.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to Carahsoft’s 2021 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey , phishing attacks were the most common threat to healthcare systems, accounting for 45% of security incidents. Enabling and enforcing multifactor authentication on all logins and implementing anti-virus and anti-malware services are all great places to start.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 20, 2021

Nearly a decade ago, the cyber industry was toiling over how to enable access for users between applications and grant access to specific information about the user for authentication and authorization purposes. and authentication-focused OpenID Connect (OIDC). Also Read: Passwordless Authentication 101. Not visible to user.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Also read: Top Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Solutions for 2021. — Eva (@evacide) October 4, 2021. pic.twitter.com/gvP2ne9kTR — Graham Cluley (@gcluley) March 25, 2021. How to screen for natural infosec talent: Ask for a worst case scenario for any common situation. Eva Galperi n | @evacide.

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SecureList

APRIL 19, 2021

On April 8, 2021, we conducted a webinar with Ivan Kwiatkowski and Denis Legezo , Senior Security Researchers from our Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT), who gave live workshops on practical disassembling, decrypting and deobfuscating authentic malware cases, moderated by GReAT’s own Dan Demeter.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

That’s why the theme for this year’s RSA Conference 2021 is so fitting: resilience. Ask three infosec pros and you’ll get three different answers. Duo recently announced our new passwordless authentication solution , so visit the Cisco booth to get a sneak peak at what that will look like.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Also Read: Cloud Bucket Vulnerability Management in 2021. Also Read: Application Security Vendor List for 2021. At the mention of OWASP, most developers and infosec professionals think of the OWASP Top Ten –an industry-recognized list of the most critical risks to web applications. Also Read: Top MDR Services for 2021.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2021

. ““while Microsoft has released an update for CVE-2021-1675 , it is important to realize that this update does not address the public exploits that also identify as CVE-2021-1675.” Microsoft addressed the flaw with the release of Microsoft June 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates. ” reads the CISA’s alert.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Further evolution of cyberthreats as a response to infosec tools and measures. For instance, we see a new trend emerging in the criminal ecosystem of spyware-based authentication data theft, with each individual attack being directed at a very small number of targets (from single digits to several dozen).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ricardo Villadiego, founder & CEO of Lumu , expects “a significant shift towards adopting models based on passwordless architectures like Google Passkeys as the dominant authentication method to combat phishing and scam campaigns. This even subsequently led to an executive order and guidance on ransomware in 2021.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter. A report commissioned by Sen.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2022

A vulnerability in the Next Generation Input/Output (NGIO) feature of Cisco Enterprise NFVIS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to escape from the guest VM to gain unauthorized root-level access on the NFVIS host. CVE-2021-22600 There’s a lack of useful information on this one, which is why it didn’t make our highlights.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

The average cost of a data breach in 2021 rose to over 4 million dollars , increasing 10% from 2020. While avoiding duplication of passwords for multiple accounts and enabling two-way authentication can help, using a password manager is another way to help manage all of your account passwords seamlessly.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

We constantly see new threats, and threat vectors, come and go; which puts a tremendous strain on the InfoSec teams that have to protect organizations and businesses from these threats. Rounding up our Cisco fiscal year 2021, we added a whole bunch of integrations into our program. Cybersecurity is a continuously evolving landscape.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Conti infrastructure was shut down in late June, but some in the infosec community believe that Conti members are either just rebranding or have split up and joined other ransomware teams, including Hive, AvosLocker and BlackCat. Number of new ransomware modifications, Q2 2021 — Q2 2022 ( download ). Number of new modifications.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Then there's the deep web, which is the intranet systems behind passwords and authentication. Would you use it? Would you help others?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Then there's the deep web, which is the intranet systems behind passwords and authentication. Would you use it? Would you help others?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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