Jane Frankland
MARCH 16, 2023
Last week, on March 8, many of us celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). As many people know, it’s an important day which is used as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. All people are encouraged to participate, and in some countries people even celebrate it as a national holiday.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 16, 2023
Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. Why am I not surprised? The post Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Tech Republic Security
MARCH 16, 2023
While the administration may look to strengthen security against cyberattackers for cloud providers, like Amazon, Microsoft and Google, experts say the onus is on the customer. The post The Biden administration may eye CSPs to improve security, but the real caveat emptor? Secure thyself appeared first on TechRepublic.
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
Microsoft has released a script to make it easier to patch a BitLocker bypass security vulnerability in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). [.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
Tech Republic Security
MARCH 16, 2023
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Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
Project Zero, Google's zero-day bug-hunting team, discovered and reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung's Exynos chipsets used in mobile devices, wearables, and cars. [.
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CSO Magazine
MARCH 16, 2023
AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities present a huge opportunity for digital transformation but open yet another threat surface that CISOs and risk professionals will have to keep tabs on. Accordingly, CISOs will need to direct their teams to conduct red team exercises against AI models and AI-enabled applications — just as security teams do with any traditional application, platform, or IT system.
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
A convincing Twitter scam is targeting bank customers by abusing the quote-tweets feature, as observed by BleepingComputer. The scam preys on customers tweeting to their banks—such as to raise a complaints. But these customers instead receive a reply from the scammer, via a quote-tweet, urging them to call the scammer's "helpline." [.
Heimadal Security
MARCH 16, 2023
The cyber-research community raises concerns over an unpatched vulnerability that puts the Microsoft 365 suite at risk. Earmarked CVE-2023-23397, the vulnerability allows an unauthenticated threat actor to obtain the user’s credentials by passing along a crafted email package. Research suggests that the bug, which was formally attributed to a Microsoft Outlook component, has a high […] The post SECURITY ALERT: Actively Exploited Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability Imperils Microsoft 365 Apps a
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally. It seems, this isn't the first time either that a Microsoft support professional has employed such workarounds. [.
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
The Hacker News
MARCH 16, 2023
Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung's Exynos chips, some of which could be exploited remotely to completely compromise a phone without requiring any user interaction.
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
Microsoft has announced a new assistant powered by artificial intelligence to help boost productivity across Microsoft 365 apps, currently being tested by select commercial customers. [.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 16, 2023
With the potential to be as game-changing as the internet, smartphones and cloud computing, the emergence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot will undoubtedly open up new possibilities and challenges for companies. The swift and sweeping advancement of AI has raised the stakes for those looking to leverage this technology responsibly while.
Dark Reading
MARCH 16, 2023
The ransomware group has already claimed 116 victim organizations so far on its site, and it continues to mature as a thriving cybercriminal business, researchers said.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 16, 2023
Cyber safety challenges — and the often-pricey tools designed to overcome them — are a fact of life. Sure, the cheapest cybersecurity solution is to just give up using every piece of technology that poses any sort of risk — but that would leave your school with chalkboards and paper spreadsheets. Suffice it to say […] The post The Top Cybersecurity Grants for Education and How To Apply for Them appeared first on ManagedMethods.
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) has published a notice on its website today informing that it has suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in the theft of some customer data. [.
CSO Magazine
MARCH 16, 2023
New cybersecurity reporting requirements for publicly traded companies are expected to be enacted in the spring of 2023, with proposed rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) looking for more information and transparency from those hit with security incidents. Under the proposal, the SEC would implement three new rules that public companies will need to follow: A requirement that companies report any cybersecurity event within four business days of determining that it was a ma
CyberSecurity Insiders
MARCH 16, 2023
All these days, we have seen cyber criminals infiltrating networks and taking down computers. But after the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of hackers has shifted more towards the smart phones with more phishing and social engineering attacks recorded in a 2nd quarter of 2022. Embedding malicious links in social media, emails, apps and SMS is making hackers target tech savvy individuals, thus taking this crime industry to a multi-billion-dollar business.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Naked Security
MARCH 16, 2023
Worried about rogue apps? Unsure about the new Outlook zero-day? Clear advice in plain English. just like old times, with Duck and Chet!
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
A suspected Chinese hacking group has been linked to a series of attacks on government organizations exploiting a Fortinet zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-41328) to deploy malware. [.
The Hacker News
MARCH 16, 2023
Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that's designed to load Cobalt Strike onto infected machines. Dubbed SILKLOADER by Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure, the malware leverages DLL side-loading techniques to deliver commercial adversary simulation software.
Bleeping Computer
MARCH 16, 2023
Android malware 'FakeCalls' is circulating again in South Korea, imitating phone calls for over 20 financial organizations and attempting to fool targets into giving away their credit card details. [.
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The losses companies suffered in 2023 ransomware attacks increased by 74% compared to those of the previous year, according to new data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The true figure is likely to be even higher, though, as many identity theft and phishing attacks go unreported. Ransomware attackers can potentially paralyze not just private sector organizations but also healthcare facilities, schools, and entire police departments.
The Hacker News
MARCH 16, 2023
In last year's edition of the Security Navigator we noted that the Manufacturing Industry appeared to be totally over-represented in our dataset of Cyber Extortion victims. Neither the number of businesses nor their average revenue particularly stood out to explain this.
Security Affairs
MARCH 16, 2023
US CISA added an actively exploited vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion, tracked as CVE-2023-26360 (CVSS score: 8.6), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. This week Adobe released security updates for ColdFusion versions 2021 and 2018 to resolve the critical flaw CVE-2023-26360 that was exploited in very limited attacks.
The Hacker News
MARCH 16, 2023
The cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT is suspected to be behind a previously undiscovered strain of malware used to mine Monero cryptocurrency on compromised systems. That's according to Cado Security, which found the sample after Sysdig detailed a sophisticated attack known as SCARLETEEL aimed at containerized environments to ultimately steal proprietary data and software.
Security Affairs
MARCH 16, 2023
Polish intelligence dismantled a cell of Russian spies that gathered info on military equipment deliveries to Ukraine via the EU member. Polish counter-intelligence has dismantled a cell of Russian spies that gathered information on the provisioning of military equipment to Ukraine via the EU member. “The ABW counter-intelligence agency has arrested nine people suspected of working for the Russian secret service,” Poland’s Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski told reporters.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Security Boulevard
MARCH 16, 2023
As part of its push toward artificial intelligence, Microsoft laid off more than 10,000 employees and spent billions on acquiring AI tech. Among those laid off were the seven-member team in their Office of Responsible AI. While the software company indicated that they remain “committed to developing AI products and experiences safely and responsibly,” that.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 16, 2023
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for March 2023 includes patches for more than 70 vulnerabilities, including zero-day flaws in Outlook and in Windows SmartScreen. According to Crowdstrike researchers , 40 percent of the patched vulnerabilities are remote code execution flaws, down from 48 percent last month; 31 percent are elevation of privilege flaws, up from almost 16 percent last month; and 22 percent are information disclosure flaws, up from 10 percent last month.
Security Affairs
MARCH 16, 2023
Google’s Project Zero hackers found multiple flaws in Samsung ’s Exynos chipsets that expose devices to remote hack with no user interaction. White hat hackers at Google’s Project Zero unit discovered multiple vulnerabilities Samsung ’s Exynos chipsets that can be exploited by remote attackers to compromise phones without user interaction. The researchers discovered a total of eighteen vulnerabilities, the four most severe of these flaws (CVE-2023-24033 and three other vulnerabilities that
Heimadal Security
MARCH 16, 2023
On March 15, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The said vulnerability impacts Adobe ColdFusion and is actively exploited by threat actors. Details on the Vulnerability The flaw in question is CVE-2023-26360, with a CVSS score of 8.6. The vulnerability can be […] The post CISA Warns of Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
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