eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

The LockBit threat group is the biggest source of ransomware and RaaS attacks, accounting for 44% of successful ransomware attacks in 2022, according to Trustwave SpiderLabs in a new report released today. “All of this means cyber risk continues to escalate and that CISOs need to be just as nimble and methodical as the adversary.”.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In a case that ups the stakes for CSOs dealing with data breaches, former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan was found guilty by a federal jury earlier this week of obstructing justice and of misprision (concealing) of a felony in connection with his coverup of a 2016 breach. United States Attorney Stephanie M.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Just in the last two years, many such simple and avoidable mistakes in securing the application and data hosted in the public cloud have led to massive data and network breaches at large financial and technology firms such as Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capital One, Facebook, MGM, Microsoft, and Verizon.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2020

At ForgeRock, I run our technology ecosystem for all of our partners and really try to understand what's going on in identity as a result.". Previously, I was the director in charge of all cybersecurity for a midsize accounting firm, helping clients with identity access management and a host of other cyber concerns.

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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. We discussed how the boundaries between in-company and out-of-company IT infrastructure have become increasingly blurred making network security more challenging than ever.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Communications security is a set of integrated policies, procedures, and technologies used to protect sensitive information. In a more general sense, communications security is the prevention of unauthorized access to communication’s traffic. instant messaging, SMS, chat, etc.).

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SC Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Business operators continue to expose themselves to Microsoft Exchange exploits and other damaging attacks due to a lack of multi-factor authentication, access control, patch management and other essential network security elements that they view as costly inconveniences that slow down productivity. I will explain the chaos later.”.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Sponsored by CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the.gov domain comes with several key security benefits: MFA is enforced on all accounts in the.gov registrar, and user accounts cannot use passwords that have been found in known data breaches. Consider outsourcing.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

New threats like APT-hackers-for-hire offering their services to the highest bidder pose particular dangers to small and mid-sized organizations, which now must update their threat models and security policies to respond. Here are some steps they can take to improve security: Know the organization’s network and assets.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Indeed, Malcolm Harkins, chief security and trust officer at Cymatic, described a scenario that he said has been playing out among various tech vendors: “Post-SolarWinds, the CEO or the board says, ‘Hey, could we experience something like this where our technologies are used as the attack vector to our customers?’”.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs. AI Use Danger As with any emerging technology, many organizations should expect errors and growing pains as teams learn the nuances of applying the technology.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 29, 2021

Breaking the Isolation: Cross-Account AWS Vulnerabilities. Ami Luttwak | Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Wiz.io. Tracks : Cloud & Platform Security, AppSec. Multiple AWS services were found to be vulnerable to a new cross-account vulnerability class. Tracks : Network Security, Defense.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations. The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD].

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

With the addition of Kenna Security into our program we now have over 250 technology partners and over 400 integrations for our mutual customers to utilize. This exponential growth, from when we began this journey not so long ago, shows why our customers care about security product integrations and the intangible benefits they bring.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

This document assumes that organizations that fail to meet the update standard due to lack of resources will not hold their IT Department accountable when overworked or overloaded. Broader is always better to control risks, but can be more costly.] Vulnerability Management Policy & Procedure A.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

The good news is that there is a very powerful, proven tool that can help companies decipher complex networking security relationships. With Black Hat USA 2021 just around the corner, I had a deep discussion about this with Eric Kedrosky, CISO and Director of Cloud Research at Sonrai Security. Visualizing dependencies.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

. “For more than a year, most corporate offices have stood mostly abandoned as employees continued to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Deepen Desai, chief information security officer (CISO) at Zscaler, said in a statement. Enterprises accounted for 28 percent, followed by healthcare devices at 8 percent.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2024

What's missing is accountability at each water system. Steven Aiello , Field CISO, AHEAD, said lack of funding may be an inhibitor for better securing critical infrastructure like water treatment facilities. "I Who, at each system, will perform the 'key actions?'

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

They violated our password policies and they posted that password… on their own private GitHub account. As soon as it was identified and brought to the attention of my security team, they took that down.” It won’t, and yet we need to be secure despite that.”. That means not making an intern a scapegoat.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 18, 2021

As we wrap up the New Age Network Detection (NAND) series, we’ve made the point that network analysis remains critical to finding malicious activity, even as you move to the cloud. But clearly, collection and analysis need to change as the underlying technology platforms evolve. So that’s how we’ll bring the series to a close.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Hackers can spread malware via IoT networks, disrupt supply chains in development, and use a fleet of routers as an IoT botnet to launch a DDoS attack. Network Slice Compromise.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Last week’s RSA Conference covered a litany of network security vulnerabilities, from developing more robust tokenization policies and to addressing UEFI-based attacks, and non-endpoint attack vectors. Hackers are using the same ML and AI technology to avoid using recognized malware.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 25, 2021

Here at Cisco, we like to celebrate people in cybersecurity industry who are leading the fight against bad actors as well as those creating a secure culture for organizations and the people within them. This month, we interviewed Esmond Kane, CISO of Steward Health Care. Esmond Kane is Cisco’s CISO of the month.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These include the adoption of hyper automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven decision making, where organisations will increasingly use automation technologies and artificial intelligence to streamline processes and enhance efficiency. which already account for 73% of Internet traffic will surge.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

We had a lot of manual processes, people creating accounts manually,” he explained. We really needed to ensure that we were able to support our employee population, and access to critical applications, in a secure manner. ,” said fellow panelist Tom Malta, head of IAM at the Navy Federal Credit Union. “It

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). W e're from the Help Desk and are here to help.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

I have west and south Taipei technology park. Yes, denial of service attacks, high-profile incidents like account takeover, and other cybersecurity issues will happen. Security breaches cause foreseeable financial damage to the organization. The kid looked at me, “I don’t have a life; this is all I have.”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include AVG Technologies, Cognitive Security, OpenDNS, and Carbon Black.

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