IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The cybersecurity landscape is always changing, and women are increasingly being given a platform to break down barriers and advance in an area that has traditionally been dominated by men. Founded in March 2022, CyberWomen@Warwick is a dynamic and vibrant community of women who share a passion for cybersecurity.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 6, 2023

This alarming development has raised concerns among parents, educators, and cybersecurity experts worldwide. In a disturbing trend, ransomware gangs have escalated their malicious activities by targeting schools and subsequently dumping students’ private files online.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 10, 2023

The need for hiring cybersecurity professionals is ever growing. Often, when considering this, people immediately turn their attention to educators of Computer Science at schools, colleges, and universities. Educate the Educators If you’ve read IN Security, you may remember chapter six, Educate the Educators.

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Anton on Security

JULY 7, 2022

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our third Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blog for #2 ). cloud ransomware isn’t really ‘a ware’, but a RansomOp where humans?—?not

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

It’s no secret that cybersecurity roles are in high demand. Today there are more than 500,000 open cybersecurity roles in the U.S., These individuals have many transferable skills that would make cybersecurity a prosperous civilian career. This experience can also be helpful when training cybersecurity talent.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Founded in London in 1951, the British Council is a British organization that promotes worldwide cultural and educational opportunities. A cybersecurity company uncovered […]. The post More than 100,000 Files Containing Student Records Exposed appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. What Happened?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

In a recent survey of US-based CEOs, talent shortages and cybersecurity were listed as two of the top five business concerns in 2022. The bottom line: organizations with unfilled cybersecurity roles are leaving themselves vulnerable to the growing number of cyber threats. Today, there are more paths into cybersecurity than ever.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

For both businesses and consumers, this trend emphasizes the need for increased vigilance and cybersecurity awareness. Educate yourself on common phishing tactics and train employees to recognize fraudulent emails. Consumers should also take measures like frequently backing up their data to an external drive or cloud solution.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 2, 2018

This October marks the 15 th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) – an initiative to raise awareness around the importance of cybersecurity. Since its inception, NCSAM has grown exponentially, reaching consumers, small and medium-sized business, corporations, educational institutions and young people across the nation.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 26, 2022

Copenhagen, April 26, 2022 – To discuss what the war in Ukraine will bring to the cybersecurity industry, Heimdal™ CEO Morten Kjærsgaard sat down with CyberNews, a leading research-based online publication that educates and protects consumers around the world from complex security risks.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

Educational institutions own many sensitive data, such as personnel and financial information, as well as intellectual property. Unfortunately, many schools lack adequate cybersecurity measures, making them easy targets for fraudsters. Cybercriminals use these weaknesses to break into school networks and compromise critical data.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Related: The case for augmented reality training Because of this, cybersecurity investments and regulatory oversight are increasing at an astounding rate , especially for those in the financial services industry, bringing an overwhelming feeling to chief compliance officers without dedicated security teams.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Related: The security case for AR, VR AI chatbots use natural language processing, which enables them to understand and respond to human language and machine learning algorithms. This helps them improve their performance over time by gaining data from interactions. In 2022, 88% of users relied on chatbots when interacting with businesses.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Cybersecurity training has steadily gained traction in corporate settings over the past decade, and rightfully so. Cybersecurity education for kids is therefore a smart investment. We know that we will need many more experts in cybersecurity than we are currently grooming. Investing in the future. Stop smoking?

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 8, 2023

Verizon published Tuesday, June 6th, the 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), one of the most highly regarded reports in cybersecurity. The report reveals details about the actors, actions, and patterns and is an important starting point for any organization`s cybersecurity defense and education strategy.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Cybersecurity specialists here at Digital Forensics have built up a store of knowledge tracking criminal patterns while deploying countermeasures on behalf of our clients. Cybersecurity has similarly developed as a necessary countermeasure to prevent scammers from rampaging the privacies of citizens.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Educational institutions are reaping the many benefits and new possibilities offered by online learning, but these new methods of educational instruction come with serious cyber security concerns. Read full post.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) Erin: So, let’s get started.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 2, 2023

But as we get smarter and more educated in blocking their efforts, new types of attacks are constantly invented. Clone phishing is a more sophisticated type of cybersecurity […] The post What Is Clone Phishing? Definition, Examples, and Prevention Measures appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

On Monday, the White House unveiled a series of new initiatives and federal resources designed to address cybersecurity concerns in the nation’s K-12 education system. This comes as a response to the increasing wave of cyberattacks that have targeted schools in the past few years.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The post Heimdal™ and the “New Normal” of Cybersecurity: An Exclusive Interview with CyberNews appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. For more insight on […]. For more insight on […].

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you’re a small business looking for the secret sauce to cybersecurity, the secret is out: start with a cybersecurity policy and make the commitment to security a business-wide priority. The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45 The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45 Stay educated.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

Cybersecurity vendor Sophos addressed three vulnerabilities in Sophos Web Appliance, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-1671 (CVSS score of 9.8), that can lead to code execution. Sophos addressed three vulnerabilities in Sophos Web Appliance, including a critical flaw that can lead to code execution.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The issue resides in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure.

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NSTIC

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This blog will officially wrap up our 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series — today we have a special interview from Marian Merritt, deputy director, lead for industry engagement for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)! This week’s Cybersecurity Awareness

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In this blog post, I’ll discuss: Our current perimeter defense; The need to shift to a data-centric security approach; and, The need to educate the public to strengthen our critical infrastructure security posture. The nation’s critical infrastructure provides the essential services that underpin American society.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The second vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20865 (CVSSv3 base score of 7.2), is a command injection issue that can be exploited by an attacker with administrative privileges in Aria Operations for Logs to execute arbitrary commands as root. The flaw was reported to the company by Y4er & MoonBack of 埃文科技.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

The vulnerability CVE-2023-20869 is a stack-based buffer-overflow issue that resides in Bluetooth device-sharing functionality. A local attacker can exploit the flaw to execute code as the virtual machine’s VMX process running on the host.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Android and Novi Survey flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Experts recommend also private organizations review the Catalog and address the vulnerabilities in their infrastructure. CISA orders federal agencies to fix this flaw by May 4, 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

The insurer immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts to determine the ext The organization notified law enforcement and regulators, and it is currently working to recover the operations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain of our systems on or around January 13, 2023. ” The company investigated the security breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts, to identify the scope of the incident. . On January 13, 2023, Yum! At this time, Yum!

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Recently, while co-hosting a webinar that kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a panelist commented that cybersecurity and privacy are team sports on a campus, much like our athletic teams. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Chrome and macOS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The CVE-2019-8526 flaw has been exploited by the DazzleSpy backdoor in watering hole attacks aimed at politically active individuals in Hong Kong.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

CISA and FBI warned of attacks conducted by the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang against the education sector in the country. The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory warning that the Bl00dy Ransomware group is actively targeting the education sector by exploiting the PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability CVE-2023-27350.

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Webroot

MARCH 12, 2023

Together, we aim to educate Girl Scouts through lessons that focus on simulations of existing and emerging cyber threats, how to safely preserve important files and memories and what to look out for when browsing online. We shared cybersecurity and safe online practices with the girls before they kicked-off their cookie season.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision addressed a critical vulnerability in its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products. Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision addressed an access control vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28808, affecting its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products. On April 10, Hikvision released version 2.3.8-8

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NSTIC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This week’s blog post highlighting Cybersecurity Awareness Month is from NIST’s Marian Merritt, Deputy Director and Lead for Industry Engagement for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). In this post, Marian discusses ways to minimize cybersecurity risks for small businesses.

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