CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

And as per the notification issued on an official note, experienced analogue workers will be available to help security, defense, development and foreign policy sectors on 24×7 basis to boost resiliency of UK’s critical digital infrastructure from September 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2022

The 2022 RSA Security Conference is just weeks away, and the security diaspora is boosted and ready to meet in person at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. While we’ve certainly accomplished a lot working remotely over the past 2 years, cybersecurity remains in a precarious position in 2022, so an industry huddle is in order.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2022

Some believe it should be a requirement for organizations to have in the event of a cyberattack, while others might prefer to rely on their security defenses and avoid paying a costly rate. Researchers say that cyber insurance rates increased by a whopping 110% in the United States in the first quarter of 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

April 22, 2024 CISA Adds 2022 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Type of vulnerability: Elevation of privilege. Although fixed in the October 2022 updates, Microsoft notes that the zero-day vulnerability may have been exploited as early as April 2019.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are over 40,756 open vulnerabilities in applications – according to Indusface AppTrana, August-September 2022. Given the circumstances, you need to build and maintain a sound security posture. Vulnerability assessment processes enable you to know your risks and alleviate them, thus, hardening your security posture.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 18, 2024

Rural hospitals face a unique challenge altogether — a lack of resources to invest in robust cybersecurity solutions, leaving their systems and patient data exposed. This new initiative aims to bolster cybersecurity defenses in these facilities by providing them with access to discounted (up to 75%) and even free cybersecurity solutions.

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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. Also read: 13 Best Vulnerability Scanner Tools for 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2022

So while the MITRE tests give buyers more data than they might otherwise have, they’re still encouraged to do their own research and testing, just as vendors will use the results to improve security defenses. Also read: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions for 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

MERCURY (aka MuddyWater , SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros ) has been active since at least 2017, in January 2022 the USCYBERCOM has officially linked the Iran-linked APT group to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The attackers were able to interfere with security tools using Group Policy Objects (GPO).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Critical multi-platform vulnerabilities impacting diverse systems dominated the past week’s cybersecurity headlines. The problem: CVE-2022-48618 (CVSS score: 7.8) Despite Apple’s December 2022 patch, the flaw’s public disclosure a year later exposes possible vulnerabilities in devices running versions prior to iOS 15.7.1,

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In cybersecurity, steganography mainly consists of hiding malicious payloads or secret information inside seemingly harmless files such as images, PDFs, audios, videos, and many other document types. Also read: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions for 2022. What’s the Point of Digital Steganography?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The problem: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The problem: Ivanti announced CVE-2023-39336 that affects all versions of EPM prior to and including 2022 SU4. The fix: Update to 2022 Service Update 5.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The MSTIC says that it observed this ransomware strain being deployed in attacks on October 11, 2022, and found a ransom note labeling itself as "Prestige ranusomeware." Security researchers say that this campaign has several notable features differentiating it from other campaigns tracked by Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) also reveals that inside actors were responsible for 83% of 2022 data breaches. Review logs to spot unexpected patterns or potential security incidents. Ensure always-on DDoS protection: Ensure that your DDoS protection service is consistently active for extended security.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

These affect EPM versions 2024, 2022 SU5, and prior. The fix: To mitigate the risks, users must upgrade to EPM 2024 SU1 or 2022 SU6. Nine SQL injection vulnerabilities ( CVE-2024-32840 to 32848 , CVE-2024-34779 , 34783 , 34785 ) allow remote attackers with admin privileges to execute code.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently published an analysis of the top 12 vulnerabilities exploited in 2022. In June, Mandiant disclosed active exploitation of the zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-2868 ) linked to highly-skilled Chinese attackers that occurred as early as October 10, 2022.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Analysis of Veeamp Veeamp exploits the following Veeam vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-26500, CVE-2022-26501, CVE-2022-26504. Besides, a legitimate driver with a digital signature will not raise any red flags with security systems, helping the attackers to stay undetected for longer. KK.exe : malware known as Burntcigar.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

MITRE Engenuity has released its 2023 ATT&CK evaluations, examining how top cybersecurity vendors detect and prevent sophisticated cyberthreats. That makes MITRE evaluations one of the best available tools for both security buyers and vendors to learn. Symantec and Cybereason did particularly well here.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This past week in cybersecurity saw a wide range of vulnerabilities, from Apple product patches to several flaws that hit DevSecOps teams. The Akira ransomware group made news too, expanding its attacks to include Linux-based systems, and Trend Micro issued a fix for a zero-day vulnerability in its Apex One endpoint security tools.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The past week has been a busy one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, with 34 vulnerable Windows drivers and four Microsoft Exchange flaws heading a long list of security concerns. The Problem: Three flaws discovered by the Kubernetes security community carry CVSS severity scores of 7.6

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

The problem: The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced a vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint that allows a threat actor to escalate their privileges on the network. CVE-2022-22274 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS, the firewall’s operating system.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While organizations can invest in sophisticated cybersecurity and threat detection solutions to detect anomalous network and system activity, a socially-engineered conversation between a malicious actor and an untrained employee can easily slip under the radar. How does AI-powered social engineering affect businesses?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ransomware Defense Integration Cloud storage combats ransomware threats with integrated protection mechanisms and extensive methods recommended by cybersecurity experts. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 60% of organizations will require integrated ransomware defense strategies on storage devices, up from 10% in 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Read next: Network Protection: How to Secure a Network Weekly Vulnerability Recap – Sept. 25, 2023 – Flaws in Apple Devices, DevOps Tools and More Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

It simplifies operations by lowering the chance of configuration conflicts and misconfigurations or oversights that could affect security. Encourage a reporting culture by offering a clear channel for employees to raise security issues. Provide regular updates on firewall policy, changing threats, and best practices in cybersecurity.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

The security bulletin was last updated August 25. See our recent weekly vulnerability recaps: August 21, 2023 August 14, 2023 Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The problem: Drive remapping and cache poisoning could lead to DLL hijacking of Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. The attack could allow an unauthenticated threat actor to escalate a medium integrity process to a high integrity one.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

Thu, 06/23/2022 - 16:26. 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. To implement a Zero Trust strategy , organizations with mature cybersecurity programs use machine identity management.

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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. Here are a few ways that you could help ensure your business doesn’t find itself at the mercy of fraudsters in 2022. . Audit your security systems inside and out.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

The security bulletin was last updated August 25. See our recent weekly vulnerability recaps: August 21, 2023 August 14, 2023 Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The third vulnerability ( CVE-2022-1471 ) is a Java deserialization issue caused by unsafe deserialization in the SnakeYAML library, which allows attackers to perform RCE with a malicious YAML file. The fix: Users should upgrade to TorchServe 0.8.2, published on August 28, 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

The fix: Apply the emergency fixes issued by Microsoft for: Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Attackers Actively Exploit Fortinet Enterprise Management Server SQLi Flaw Type of vulnerability: SQL injection (SQLi) flaw.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In May 2022, Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware; however, the regulatory review process has delayed the completion of the acquisition. Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. These measures should be viewed in the broader context of a Zero Trust approach to cybersecurity, where businesses should assume they will be breached.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Why Banks Need Cyber Security 6 Common Cyber Security Threats Faced By Banks 5 Effective Cyber Security Solutions for Banks Best Practices for Cyber Security in Banking The Future of Cyber Security in Banking Bottom Line: Secured Banking with Robust Cyber Security What is Cyber Security in Banking?

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Zero Day

JUNE 11, 2025

Also:  Massive data breach exposes 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more "Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to run unsigned code during the boot process, effectively bypassing Secure Boot and compromising the system's chain of trust," Matrosov said.

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