Schneier on Security

MAY 28, 2021

Cloud computing is an important source of risk both because it has quickly supplanted traditional IT and because it concentrates ownership of design choices at a very small number of companies. The effect of this underinvestment is pernicious, however, by piling on risk that’s largely hidden from users.

Government 362

Government Risk Architecture Accountability 362

SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture. Recommendations provided in these rankings are general in nature and based on information security best practices standards and guidelines, such as OWASP and NIST. High-risk vulnerabilities can cause errors in applications and affect customers’ business.

Passwords 106

Passwords Authentication Architecture Risk 106

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

“The cyber threat to NASA’s computer networks from internet-based intrusions is expanding in scope and frequency, and the success of these intrusions demonstrates the increasingly complex nature of cybersecurity challenges facing the Agency. Pervasive weaknesses exist in NASA IT internal controls and risk management practices. •

Information Security 120

Information Security Cyber Attacks Mobile Architecture 120

Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Apple last week announced new security features specifically intended to offer “specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware.”. Also concerning is the fact that in Apple’s Lockdown announcement, Ivan Krsti?,

Cybersecurity 249

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Government Social Engineering 249

Centraleyes

MARCH 11, 2024

Enter cloud compliance frameworks—the mission control centers of the digital age—providing the necessary guidelines and protocols to avert crises and navigate the complexities of data security. What are Cloud Architecture Frameworks? It ensures that organizations establish a secure perimeter in the Azure cloud.

Architecture 52

Architecture Government Encryption Risk 52

SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

For example, companies with exposed IoT are more than 50% more likely to have email security issues, according to a new report and blog post from the Cyentia Institute and RiskRecon. But what does that correlation mean for chief information security officers? Let’s say you had a printer operating on the internet.

IoT 98

IoT Internet Internet CISO 98

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2024

Cloud-based applications and services can be accessed from anywhere via an internet connection, facilitating seamless collaboration among remote workers. Storing data in the cloud also comes with a heightened risk of data breaches. The sheer volume of alerts generated by various cloud resources can easily overwhelm security teams.

Cloud Migration 99

Cloud Migration B2B Digital transformation Data breaches 99

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For companies that count many employees working from home, this can introduce risk to corporate networks. Indeed, what should be evaluated among chief information security officers “is the security posture of the home environment ,” said Roland Dobbins, Netscout principal engineer, who authored the report.

DDOS 117

DDOS Media Engineering Architecture 117

SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

The manufacturing sector faces an increasingly daunting cyber threat landscape that puts production operations, intellectual property, and entire supply chains at risk. The risk is too great, and key business partnerships are required," said Amy Bogac , former CISO at The Clorox Company. trillion annually. "

Manufacturing 87

Manufacturing CISO Artificial Intelligence Cyber threats 87

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 24, 2021

As long-time information security professionals and (ISC)² Community Champions, we have experienced the way cybersecurity employees engage and work with one another continue to adapt in response to changes in the workplace and world at large. We suggest that all cybersecurity professionals be informed on these topics as they evolve.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Ransomware VPN Architecture 98

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. The panel will tackle topics and questions, including: The potential risks quantum computing poses to current cryptographic methods. Demand and Delivery Director, Optiv.

Encryption 90

Encryption Technology Risk Architecture 90

The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

As every computer security professional knows, if anything is on the Internet, it’s subject to increasingly sophisticated attacks. percent of CMS users worry about the security of their CMS—while 46.4 percent actually had a CMS security issue affect their content. All APIs should use the TLS v1.2 (or

Data breaches 262

Data breaches Encryption Mobile Technology 262

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2022

Forrester Research developed the formal concept of zero trust more than a decade ago: Zero Trust is an information security model that denies access to applications and data by default. Also read: Most Security Product Buyers Aren’t Getting Promised Results: RSA Panel. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and U.S.

Architecture 122

Architecture Firewall Technology VPN 122

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

This agent gathers data about the user's actions, such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, application usage, and internet activity. The information is sent to a server for analysis. This data can be used to gauge turnover risk, assess the need for new positions, and evaluate employee productivity and workplace engagement.

Data collection 100

Data collection Artificial Intelligence Surveillance Risk 100

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

The researchers warned that as of May 19, there were at least 42,000 instances of Zyxel devices on the public internet. Internet-wide sweeps seen by over 700 of our IKEv2 aware honeypot sensors, since May 26th. The presence of exposed vulnerabilities in devices can lead to significant risks. ” concludes the report.

DDOS 93

DDOS Firmware VPN Firewall 93

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

. “The main issue is a legal and political environment of the People’s Republic of China, where (the) aforementioned companies primarily operate,” reads a statement issued by the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Manufacturing 84

Manufacturing Internet Internet Advertising 84

SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Cedric Leighton is founder and president of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership management consultancy. Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert. Leighton is also a founding partner of CYFORIX, specializing in the field of cyber risk.

Computers and Electronics 126

Computers and Electronics Technology Education Information Security 126

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2022

Improve security of vulnerable devices. Protect internet-facing services Defend against brute force and password spraying Defend against phishing. Manage internal architecture risks and segregate internal networks. Understand and proactively manage supply chain risk. Enable/improve monitoring and logging processes.

Authentication 76

Authentication Accountability Architecture Backups 76

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2022

CISA added 7 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog TA558 cybercrime group targets hospitality and travel orgs Russia-linked Cozy Bear uses evasive techniques to target Microsoft 365 users CISA added SAP flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog A flaw in Amazon Ring could expose user’s camera recordings Cisco fixes High-Severity (..)

DDOS 71

DDOS Architecture Malware Cybercrime 71

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Following the disclosure of the Simjacker attack, the researcher Lakatos from Ginno Security Lab discovered that another dynamic SIM toolkit, called Wireless Internet Browser (WIB), can be exploited in a similar way. Billions of users at risk appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 87

Hacking Mobile Risk Advertising 87

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2019

In December 2018, the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency warned against using the equipment manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE because they pose a threat to state security. The Chinese firm was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

Manufacturing 76

Manufacturing Internet Internet Advertising 76

Notice Bored

JUNE 18, 2022

Anyway, having adjusted the terminology and tweaked the SecAware materials, I took the opportunity to prepare two new 'bulk deal' packages - a comprehensive suite of information security policy templates , and a full set of ISO27k ISMS materials. Years back I developed an 'Information security policy manual' as a single document.

Information Security 69

Information Security Architecture Government Risk 69

Hackology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Are you tired of messaging apps that compromise your privacy and security? With its decentralized and private peer-to-peer architecture , Utopia ensures that your data transmission and storage are free from any central server involvement. Look no further than Utopia P2P Messenger Mobile App!

Mobile 64

Mobile Encryption Architecture Cryptocurrency 64

SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Companies transitioning to the cloud have to think of cybersecurity as more than firewalls, access controls and incident response, and define goals of security that go beyond confidentiality, integrity and availability, said Randy Vickers, chief information security officer for the U.S. Security risk review.

Cloud Migration 87

Cloud Migration CISO Firewall DNS 87

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Upon executing the script, it deletes logs and downloads and executes various bot clients to target specific Linux architectures. “The exposure of vulnerable devices can result in severe security risks. Upon exploiting one of the above vulnerabilities, a shell script downloader “l.sh” is downloaded from hxxp://194[.]180[.]48[.]100.

DDOS 111

DDOS Wireless Architecture IoT 111

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

Considering the increased cybersecurity risks introduced by digital technologies, what should society do to prevent cyber-attacks, reduce damage, and strengthen trust? This eliminates the risk of sensitive data falling into the hands of others without explicit permission, resulting in regulatory non-compliance. Thu, 06/16/2022 - 05:26.

Encryption 71

Encryption Artificial Intelligence Architecture Digital transformation 71

Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Rather than making users feel guilty for being gullible, single sign-on (SSO) solutions like Duo SSO complement MFA to mitigate phishing risks by enabling users to use a single set of credentials to access multiple applications. We didn’t have a reliable security capability or any sort of architecture for our security offering.”

Phishing 54

Phishing DNS Authentication Risk 54

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In November 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government is urging its allies, including Germany, to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Huawei was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

Technology 74

Technology Internet Internet Advertising 74

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

As businesses in every sector embrace digital transformation initiatives, adopting cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, automation, AI, and interconnected ecosystems, their attack surface widens exponentially. However, MDR also runs the risk of false positives, leading to wasted time and resources.

Cybersecurity 101

Cybersecurity Digital transformation Threat Detection Cyber threats 101

Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2022

ElasticSearch lacks a default authentication and authorization system – meaning the data must be put behind a firewall, or else run the risk of being freely accessed, modified or deleted by threat actors. “This could have gone very badly if bad guys had found it before we did,” said a spokesperson for Cybernews. Original Post @CyberNews.

Authentication 83

Authentication Architecture Firewall Risk 83

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

About 15 years ago, the idiom began to be applied to cybersecurity, where the risk management continuum values the investment in protection to mitigate the negative consequences of a cyber incident. We can never eliminate risk entirely, but we can manage it effectively with “Left of Boom” processes and procedures.

Cybersecurity 110

Cybersecurity CISO Insurance Risk 110

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2022

“VMWare customers should also review their VMware architecture to ensure the affected components are not accidentally published on the internet, which dramatically increases the exploitation risks.”

Penetration Testing 83

Penetration Testing Architecture Hacking Internet 83

eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

This vulnerability management policy defines the requirements for the [eSecurity Planet] IT and security teams to protect company resources from unacceptable risk from unknown and known vulnerabilities. Broader is always better to control risks, but can be more costly.] Vulnerability Management Policy & Procedure A.

Penetration Testing 107

Penetration Testing Risk Firmware Software 107

SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

Security pros have a lot on their plate dealing with all the breaches and vulnerabilities thrown at them every day. And with more people working remotely during the pandemic, there’s been a push to the cloud, which has forced them to rethink their basic networking and security architectures. Ask if you can get your data back.”.

Firewall 57

Firewall Cloud Migration Architecture Information Security 57

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In November 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government was urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Chinese equipment is broadly adopted in many allied countries, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Manufacturing 124

Manufacturing Advertising Surveillance Architecture 124

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And, the increased use of ransomware against enterprises—in conjunction with attacks on digital supply chains—prompted information security teams to explore new methods to better secure their networks. Notably, just 33 percent of people change their passwords even after being notified that they have been compromised.

Passwords 82

Passwords Risk Social Engineering Accountability 82

Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2022

Talos is comprised of highly skilled researchers, analysts, and engineers who provide industry-leading visibility, actionable intelligence, and vulnerability research to protect both our customers and the internet at large. We refer to this as security resilience , and Talos plays a critical role in helping our customers achieve it.

Engineering 105

Engineering Education Information Security Architecture 105