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PACMAN, a new attack technique against Apple M1 CPUs

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

We present PACMAN, a novel attack methodology that speculatively leaks PAC verification results via micro-architectural side channels without causing any crashes.” The key insight of our PACMAN attack is to use speculative execution to stealthily leak PAC verification results via microarchitectural side channels.”

Authentication

Authentication Artificial Intelligence Architecture Hacking

Apple's New Advanced Security Features Protect Your Sensitive Data

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

These features include iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys for Apple ID, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud. One of the most exciting new security features is iMessage Contact Key Verification.

Encryption

Encryption Passwords Architecture Backups

GitHub: Nearly 100,000 NPM Users’ credentials stolen in the April OAuth token attack

Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

The analysis of the log and package hash verification, suggests that the attackers did not modify any package in the repository or publish any new versions of existing packages. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Private packages from two organizations. Pierluigi Paganini.

Backups

Backups Passwords Hacking Cybersecurity

Webinars

Reimagining Cybersecurity Training: Driving Real Impact on Security Culture

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Data Privacy in the United States: A Recap of 2023 Developments

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Arkansas – S 396: Social Media Safety Act Arkansas’s S 396, known as the Social Media Safety Act, mandates age verification for social media use to address the growing social media concerns. The bill clarifies liability for failing to perform age verification and illegal retention of data and emphasizes parental consent.

Data privacy

Data privacy Consumer Protection Media Data collection

The Cybersecurity Executive Order: the first 120 days

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Along with “direct software dependencies,” NIST also uses the FAQ to define the term “critical trust” as: categories of software used for security functions such as network control, endpoint security, and network protection. Beyond Software Verification. Software verification is only one part of delivering quality software.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Software Technology Risk

GUEST ESSAY – Here’s how web-scraping proxies preserve anonymity while aiding data access

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While there are several types of proxies, we can easily group them into two categories based on the types of internet protocols (IP) they offer. These two categories are data center and residential proxies. Ad verification across various platforms. Some of these tools are proxies. Market price and competition monitoring. •Ad

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Internet Internet Marketing Media

Android Trojan GriftHorse, the gift horse you definitely should look in the mouth

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When the user accepts the offer, the malware redirects them to a geo-specific website where they have to submit their phone number for “verification” Instead of any verification taking place, the user is actually signed up for a premium SMS service that starts charging their phone bill over €30 per month.

Mobile

Mobile Social Engineering Malware Scams

Taking on the Next Generation of Phishing Scams

Google Security

MAY 11, 2022

It’s why today at I/O we announced new ways we’re reducing the risks of phishing by: scaling phishing protections to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, continuing to auto enroll people in 2-Step Verification and more. This blog will deep dive into the method of phishing and how it has evolved today.

Phishing

Phishing Scams Authentication Accountability

Cybercriminals Use Azure Front Door in Phishing Attacks

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2022

7 – Scenario to intercept credit card data with CVV Number (“Card Verification Value”). Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”).

Phishing

Phishing Accountability Hacking Scams

Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2024

This category also includes routers, switches, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices that can’t install traditional endpoint protection such as antivirus (AV) or endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. Sophos X-Ops illustrates how remote encryption operates beyond security tool detection. Which Unmanaged Devices Do Attackers Use?

Ransomware

Ransomware Encryption IoT VPN

API Security Best Practices

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2022

This can be done by following the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication

Authentication Encryption Software Hacking

Administrator’s Guide, Part 3: What Makes Passwordless, Dare We Say It, Phish-Proof?

Duo's Security Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Part of our Administrator's Guide to Passwordless blog series See the video at the blog post. The other category of WebAuthn-compliant authenticators are roaming authenticators. This general category of attacks is known as QRLJacking. In some ways, the term “passwordless” is a misnomer.

Phishing

Phishing Authentication Passwords Risk

Understanding the Different Types of Audit Evidence

Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

This evidence serves multiple purposes, including: Verification of Controls : Auditors rely on evidence to verify the existence and effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, from access management to encryption mechanisms. Use well-defined categories and labels to make it simple for auditors to locate appropriate and sufficient audit evidence.

Risk

Risk Penetration Testing Encryption Cybersecurity

5 Application Security Standards You Should Know

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS). The ASVS establishes three verification levels: Level 1: low assurance levels, completely penetration testable. Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities ” outlines 19 practices organized into the following four categories: Prepare the organization (PO).

Software

Software Architecture Risk Penetration Testing

SideCopy APT: Connecting lures to victims, payloads to infrastructure

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi and the Threat Intelligence Team. In this blog post we are providing additional details about SideCopy that have not been published before. We believe this category is very well customized to target government or military officials. address-list-ere-update-sep-2021.zip

Government

Government Banking Phishing Antivirus

Ten Ways OWASP Improves AppSec

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Employee cybersecurity training is ranked as one of the top three categories where many companies are increasing security spending. The Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) is a collaborative reference guide for creating secure mobile apps. Top ten OWASP resources that improves your application security.

Mobile

Mobile Software Risk Firewall

Italian National Cybersecurity Perimeter: With great power comes great responsibility!

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 23, 2021

54 – defining, among others, the procedures and deadlines by which the Operators included in the NCSP shall acquire supplies of ICT assets and services falling into the scope of the NCSP, as well as the procedures and deadlines by which the competent authorities shall carry out their verification and inspection activities. Share on Facebook.

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Administrator’s Guide, Part 2: Passwords Are Safer Than Biometrics, PINs Are Just Passwords, and Other Tall Tales

Duo's Security Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Part of our Administrator's Guide to Passwordless blog series See the video at the blog post. Switching to local evaluation of a user’s identity eliminates several entire categories of attacks that impact organizations and individuals today. Even weak local authentication stops most remote attacks cold.

Passwords

Passwords Surveillance Authentication Risk

GUEST ESSAY: Understanding the security limits of the static and dynamic passwords we rely on

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, methods belong to this category. AIS automatically collect all relevant information to determine the password and submit it to the verification systems. This refers to the use multiple communication channels to deliver passwords to users. Such systems do not require any effort from users.

Passwords

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The Weakest Link: Managing Supply Chain Risk

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Third Party Risk Risk Level In the interconnected web of modern business ecosystems, supply chain risks have emerged as insidious threats, leaving even the most vigilant organizations vulnerable to devastating cyber breaches.

Risk

Risk Cybersecurity Software Government

Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Scammers offered to “test” a Premium subscription free of charge or simply promised to give one for free if the victim entered their Telegram user name and password or a verification code sent by the service, which was exactly what the cybercrooks were after. Scammers created a page on the telegra.ph

Phishing

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities

The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption in the wild

Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This post looks at two-factor authentication adoption in the wild, highlights the disparity of support between the various categories of websites, and illuminates how fragmented the two factor ecosystem is in terms of standard adoption. Support for various categories. login verification. Finally, while there are. EFF article.

Authentication

Authentication Internet Internet Software

The Weakest Link: Managing Supply Chain Risk

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Third Party Risk Risk Level In the interconnected web of modern business ecosystems, supply chain risks have emerged as insidious threats, leaving even the most vigilant organizations vulnerable to devastating cyber breaches.

Risk

Risk Cybersecurity Software Government

The Case for Multi-Vendor Security Integrations

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

AttackIQ automates the evaluation of Cisco Secure Endpoint against the tactic categories as outlined by MITRE ATT&CK. Bitglass’ Next-Gen CASB provides data protection, threat protection, access management, and visibility, while Duo offers identity verification options like SSO and MFA. Read more here.

Firewall

Firewall Authentication Passwords Threat Detection

DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

After the attacks came to light, the manufacturer promptly released a firmware update for configuring verification of incoming requests. The shares of very short attacks (71.63%) and very long attacks (0.14%) decreased in Q4, while the shares of all intermediate categories increased.

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PACMAN, a new attack technique against Apple M1 CPUs

Apple's New Advanced Security Features Protect Your Sensitive Data

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GitHub: Nearly 100,000 NPM Users’ credentials stolen in the April OAuth token attack

Webinars

Data Privacy in the United States: A Recap of 2023 Developments

The Cybersecurity Executive Order: the first 120 days

GUEST ESSAY – Here’s how web-scraping proxies preserve anonymity while aiding data access

Android Trojan GriftHorse, the gift horse you definitely should look in the mouth

Taking on the Next Generation of Phishing Scams

Cybercriminals Use Azure Front Door in Phishing Attacks

Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

API Security Best Practices

Administrator’s Guide, Part 3: What Makes Passwordless, Dare We Say It, Phish-Proof?

Understanding the Different Types of Audit Evidence

5 Application Security Standards You Should Know

SideCopy APT: Connecting lures to victims, payloads to infrastructure

Ten Ways OWASP Improves AppSec

Italian National Cybersecurity Perimeter: With great power comes great responsibility!

Administrator’s Guide, Part 2: Passwords Are Safer Than Biometrics, PINs Are Just Passwords, and Other Tall Tales

GUEST ESSAY: Understanding the security limits of the static and dynamic passwords we rely on

The Weakest Link: Managing Supply Chain Risk

Spam and phishing in 2022

The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption in the wild

The Weakest Link: Managing Supply Chain Risk

The Case for Multi-Vendor Security Integrations

DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

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