Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

or later Atlassian strongly advises you apply the patch, even for instances that are not exposed to the public internet. Instances accessible over the public internet, including those with user authentication, should be restricted from external network access until they have been patched. or later 8.3.4 or later 8.4.4 or later 8.5.3

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The new normal CISOs face today is something of a nightmare. They must take into account a widely scattered workforce and somehow comprehensively mitigate new and evolving cyber threats. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Stay tuned.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Setting Up an Instant Unique Login Then we want to set a password for that registered citizen account, because in order to deliver the service, we are asking for some personally identifiable information (PII) that we now need to protect as best we can. Ask me how I know this.)

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SecureWorld News

MAY 21, 2024

Narrow consumer privacy bills that address a range of issues—including protecting biometric identifiers and health data or governing the activities of specific entities like data brokers or internet service providers—have been introduced in several states, as well. CIPP/E, CIPP/US, Member, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, Clark Hill Law.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

Related: How ‘credential stuffing’ enables online fraud As a result, some CEOs admit they’ve stopped Tweeting and deleted their LinkedIn and other social media accounts – anything to help reduce their organization’s exposure to cyber criminals. That’s the ‘cheat code’ for CISO success. Corporate inertia still looms large.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Consider that kids are constantly connected on the internet with online games, streaming devices, virtual schooling, and zoom play dates. Companies must take this into account and consider extending employee training to also promote security and privacy habits among all family members, especially children. We’re all connected.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 14, 2022

The recent analysis by SecurityScorecard and Cyentia Institute found that 53% of the 1,623,118 organizations assessed have at least one open vulnerability exposed to the internet. The benefit, however, of the connected world is that the supply chain is digitally connected, creating an opportunity to build the chain of cyber accountability.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

On April 10, Sisense Chief Information Security Officer Sangram Dash told customers the company had been made aware of reports that “certain Sisense company information may have been made available on what we have been advised is a restricted access server (not generally available on the internet.)”

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The configuration issue made this access point publicly available on the Internet. The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 15, 2021

Intel 471 CISO Brandon Hoffman joins us to to discuss Darkside, the ransomware group that attacked the Colonial Pipeline, why the crew may have bitten off more than it can chew and what the attack says about the state of America's Critical Infrastructure. ” -Brandon Hoffman, CISO Intel 471. Read the whole entry. »

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Your passwords are on the internet. Compromised or stolen credentials is the second most common type of cybersecurity incident accounting for 27% of reported breaches, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). Today, we cover best practices for an environment that has been compromised. They don’t work.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

The pandemic has challenged CISOs worldwide to adapt their security strategies—often years early—to create a safe work-from-home environment. CISOs need to promptly identify risky behavior and determine whether that threat warrants additional research. Global Resident CISO, Proofpoint, Inc. Technology: Work smarter, not harder.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The primary job of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to exercise continuous diligence in reducing risk, within the risk appetite and risk tolerance of the organization, so that the likelihood of a boom is low, and the corresponding magnitude of harm is limited. Some “Left of Boom” Processes. Frameworks.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Also, “Accidental CISO” (AC), Chief Information Security Officer , who was just trying to get SOC2 and ISAC certifications for a vendor when he was abruptly named CISO of his organization. And finally, Christos Syngelakis, CISO, and Data Privacy Officer at Motor Oil Group. That’s a pretty big call.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

If targets later tried to withdraw funds or close the account, the attackers would block access. Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and Advisory CISO at ThycoticCentrify, said employees continue to fall for these scams because the notices are so authentic looking and it’s difficult to tell the difference from the real app. “One

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SC Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

The Chinese espionage group Spiral twice exploited an internet-facing SolarWinds server in 2020, according to researchers from the Secureworks Counter Threat Unit. (“SolarWinds letters” by sfoskett at [link] is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ). In essence, the attacker can take any action the System account can take.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Step 5: File a thorough, detailed report about the incident to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Accounting for all of your assets not only increases your operational productivity, but it can also lower your overall security risk. Backing Up Data. Securing Endpoints. Asset Discovery.

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Google made the announcement on World Password Day , in which Mark Risher, Google’s director of product management, identity and user security, pointed out in a blog that 66% of Americans admit to using the same password across multiple sites, which makes all those accounts vulnerable if any one fails. “We

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

On its own, it’s not going to give a remote attacker access to anything, but if combined with other attacks, it’s possible an attacker could leverage a user account from somewhere else and pivot into this to get root access,” Smith said.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2023

Sam Masiello , CISO, The Anschutz Corporation: "I would expect that many CISOs today are feeling as if their job just got harder and now has a brighter spotlight shining specifically on them. Many CISOs are already burnt out, and there is shortage of qualified CISOs globally. CISOs are expected to be a unicorn already.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

Leighton, who will present the closing keynote, "Cyber World on Fire: A Look at Internet Security in Today's Age of Conflict," at SecureWorld Chicago on June 8, said the targeting of Guam should be viewed as a key threat. "Volt Panda also appears to be targeting critical cyber infrastructure throughout the U.S." Guam is critical to the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. In 2016, Jay Leek – then CISO at the Blackstone investment firm, and now a CyberGRX board member — was collaborating with CSOs at several firms Blackstone had invested in when a common theme came up.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

Answer: I was a systems/network admin for several years when the internet was young and mostly benign. Answer: Effective, cross-platform and easy-to-implement password-less authentication with regular assessment of account/system behavior to enforce expected behavior and identify anomalous actions. Get to know Randy Raw.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2019

ExtraHop’s CISO Jeff Costlow walked me through what’s different about the approach NTA vendors are taking to help companies detect and deter leading-edge threats. Imposter apps and browser extensions masquerading as legit tools represent a clear and present risk that companies must account for. Practicing restraint. Talk more soon.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

I spoke with Maurice Côté, VP Business Solutions, and Martin Lemay, CISO, of Devolutions , at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Last Watchdog’s Melanie Grano contributing.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. The trojan- Banker.AndroidOS.Gustuff.d

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Equally, direct messages have been used by groups to take control over influencer accounts to promote messaging of their own. After all, it does demand a level of research to “hook” the target into interactions and establishing fake profiles are more work than simply finding an open relay somewhere on the internet. Who Can Regulate?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2020

It's a common best practice among CISOs trying to get their employees invested in cybersecurity for the corporate network: make things personal. If you help an employee secure the personal accounts of their family and friends, good cyber practices can become a relevant concern that they learn to take seriously.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to speak before a group of CISOs about the topic of attack surface management (ASM). As security professionals, we must evolve our security programs and controls to account for SaaS. DNS subdomain scanning is a useful tactic to discover internet-exposed SaaS application portals and their APIs.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2023

We are just scratching the surface, with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) receiving 800,000 reports of cybercrime last year, but this is only those that have reported the crime; the number is likely to be closer to 5.6 from a lady who had her intimate images sent to her; she had only saved them on her own Snapchat account.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

According to intelligence organization Spamhaus and subsequent reports, the hackers sent out emails with the false accusations in two waves to more than 100,000 addresses, using email addresses gleaned from a number of sources, including a database used by the American Registry for Internet Numbers. Zero Trust Means Having Zero Assumptions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Sensitive information, such as personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), controlled unclassified information (CUI), federal contract information (FCI), and personal account numbers (PANs), should be protected by ensuring they are never sent by end-user messaging technologies (e.g.,

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2019

By turning off the auditing agent and disabling security logging, the attacker is free to modify accounts, alter policies and create back-doors that can be used at a later stage. While the agency discourages ransom payments, it also advises CISOs to evaluate all options to protect shareholders, employees and customers.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

This demand leads to the development of cybersecurity predictions which must take into account underlying drivers of the attackers, defenders, and technology where the battles will play out. The highly controversial regulation took effect at the end of 2023 and publicly owned businesses in 2024 are now held accountable for compliance.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Before executing a security strategy, it’s important to have a complete account and inventory of all device types and assets, as well as an accurate blueprint of the organization’s network infrastructure. Here are some steps they can take to improve security: Know the organization’s network and assets. Train employees on cyber.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 19, 2023

I had the chance to discuss this with Shinichi Yokohama, NTT Global CISO and John Petrie, Counselor to the NTT Global CISO, at RSA Conference 2023. As companies adjusted in the post pandemic operating environment, Internet-centric services rose to the fore. Towards zero-trust So how should CISOs steer their organizations?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

End use of unsupported/end of life software and hardware that are accessible from the Internet. In Michigan’s Cyber Partners Program , for example, local communities receive services from a CISO-level consultant. Enhanced logging. Data encryption for data at rest and in transit. Consider outsourcing.

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