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How Steganography Allows Attackers to Evade Detection

eSecurity Planet

While steganography is often considered something of a joke in capture-the-flag (CTF) events and other cybersecurity defense activities, it can happen in real attacks and can take security defenses by surprise simply by using another layer of cover. Steganography Techniques Evolve Quickly.

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Vulnerability Recap 4/1/24: Cisco, Fortinet & Windows Server Updates

eSecurity Planet

Vendors and researchers disclosed a wide range of vulnerabilities this week from common Cisco IOS, Fortinet, and Windows Server issues to more focused flaws affecting developers (PyPI), artificial intelligence (Ray, NVIDIA), and industrial controls (Rockwell Automation). The fix: Cisco recommends prompt application of patches.

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Defining Good: A Strategic Approach to API Risk Reduction

Security Boulevard

Organizations first looked to augment their existing web application security tools and processes to “address” API security. Unfortunately, the security challenges associated with APIs can't be solved by simply updating existing testing tools and edge security defenses to check-the-box technologies that claim to provide "API security."

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2019 Recap: A Year to Remember

McAfee

During this year’s RSA conference, VP and Chief Technology Officer Steve Grobman and Chief Data Scientist Dr. Celeste Fralick took the main stage to discuss how the industry needs to think about artificial intelligence, its power, and the possible ways it can be used against us. Missed this year’s event?

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Four ways to stay ahead of the AI fraud curve

SC Magazine

While AI increasingly gets used to automate repetitive tasks, improve security and identify vulnerabilities, hackers will in turn build their own ML tools to target these processes. Secure and manage AI to prevent malfunctions. Cybercriminals can then use this data to make their emails convincing.

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Spear Phishing Prevention: 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization

eSecurity Planet

For the purpose of establishing connections, they may refer to past events, colleagues, and shared experiences. contaminated attachments, links to counterfeit websites, or instructions for performing activities that could pose a security risk) is commonly included in the message. Read more: What is Network Security?

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

These platforms make it possible for security teams to analyze consolidated threat feeds from various external alerts and log events. TIPs contextualize these threats, offering security teams more information, usually at a faster rate than vendor threat feeds.