Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When it comes to cybersecurity internships, there isn’t a one size fits all approach to landing a role. While I may not have all the answers to your career questions, I do have some tools that can help guide you on your quest for a cybersecurity internship. First things first, what the heck is a cybersecurity internship?

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But while you won’t find yourself in the dark web by accident, it’s important to know what it is and how you can protect yourself from it. Once a criminal learns the location, they anonymously gain access to sell stolen information and buy illicit items like illegally obtained credit cards. The dark web explained.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

Vendor consolidation is gaining momentum in the IT space. CIO magazine reported that 95% of IT executives polled plan to consolidate software solutions due to “architecture consolidation” and “cost.” After all, it could decrease spending and reduce silos in infrastructure, so what could go wrong?

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SecureList

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As the fast-growing technology evolves, it has become a matter of policy making and regulation. The United Nations, underscoring its commitment, has established the High-Level Advisory Body on AI to navigate the intricate landscape of ethical considerations. Across the channel in the UK, this figure rises to a substantial 65%.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Negative Outcomes of Using Security Functionality From IT Tools Instead of Dedicated Security Controls Vendor consolidation is gaining momentum in the IT space. CIO magazine reported that 95% of IT executives polled plan to consolidate software solutions due to “architecture consolidation” and “cost.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2023

Days after Meta achieved victory after suing the NSO Group for Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges, Meta filed a lawsuit against surveillance company Voyager Labs for violations of its Terms and Policies and California law. Court documents show that no later than July 2022, Voyager began using its thousands of fake accounts to scrape data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

It seems as though the adversaries are always a step ahead, and all we can do is try our best to contain the breaches. In this blog, we’ll look at the root causes of concern for today's CISO and share some practical strategies to deter cybercriminals. Web apps, the big attack opportunity for cybercriminals.

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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. What are supply chain attacks?

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

But for cybersecurity professionals, internet-connected medical devices are more likely to be top-of-mind. I tell them no, and here’s why,” said Matthew Clapham , a veteran product cybersecurity specialist. “In The vendor’s technicians signed off on it. When people ask me, ’Should I be worried?’

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 15, 2022

It will be able to help companies who value women in cyber attract and retain more women by diagnosing where their efforts are falling short. It will be able to help companies who value women in cyber attract and retain more women by diagnosing where their efforts are falling short. How do you plead? Jane: Not guilty, your honour.

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Cisco Security

MAY 28, 2021

Today’s incident response teams operate like hospital emergency rooms (ERs). a specialist is called in for diagnosis and remediation. In cybersecurity, as in healthcare, good preventive care can improve outcomes and reduce costs. Here’s our current thinking on what’s needed. Take Cisco IT, for instance.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. million ransom the company would pay.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

Microsoft this week issued an advisory about three vulnerabilities referred to collectively as ProxyShell days after security researchers at a federal government cybersecurity agency warned that cybercriminals were actively trying to exploit them. The three vulnerabilities are CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523 and CVE-2021-31207.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Tune into our upcoming webinar, “ Don’t Bet on Passwords, Use MFA to Insure Your Protection ,” to hear from Wolfgang Goerlich, an advisory CISO at Cisco Secure Access by Duo, an Matt Brooks, a Duo Product Marketing specialist. Using Duo for MFA For years, Duo has been a cornerstone for MFA in the cybersecurity industry.

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Herjavec Group

JANUARY 31, 2022

Information Technology (IT) primarily refers to hardware, software, and communications technologies like networking equipment and modems that are used to store, recover, transmit, manipulate, and protect data. . In the past, IT and OT security have generally had very different priorities.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It is a great time to be a woman in cybersecurity! If you’re curious about technology enjoy problem-solving, want to save the world from cyberattacks and effectively collaborate with people who might think differently but are on the same mission as you, you can enjoy an amazing career in cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

When Einstein was asked what a war will look like in the future, he couldn’t have predicted the importance of digital technology for modern societies. Even if businesses invest in cybersecurity protections, as they increasingly do, security controls are not impenetrable. Ransom demands continue to increase.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And yet that is the precise position where most find themselves today while trying to battle cybersecurity issues across their supply chain. It’s not as though enterprises rely on their partners any more today than they did ten years ago. Consider, for example, Costco creating its own gigantic chicken farm.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The United States has experienced the most cybersecurity breaches in the world and the Equifax Breach was one of the first to be considered a “mega breach.”. In fact, recent research reveals that about 60% of information security stakeholders have an IT background, but about the same amount lack formal technical training[1].

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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The sample reviewed in this post showed indication that it came from an attack that exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability via Apache in VMware Horizon. js’ extension, likely to remain hidden during reconnaissance. Threat actors have been observed dropping malicious Java Class files during Log4Shell exploitation. Attack Overview.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

You might have heard it called Health Check, Account Review, Quarterly Business Review, Report Card, or something else. Customer Success teams at different SaaS companies have called these meetings any number of things - but what do the meetings actually entail? What is an executive business review?

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This migration, or “adaptation”, brings a series of challenges, according to the Gartner Peers Community, these are the responses to a question about cloud adoption: “What, according to you, is the most common challenge faced with cloud adoption?” Assuming It’s an IT (Only) Strategy Cloud computing isn’t only about technology.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is fair to say that since last year’s predictions , the world has dramatically changed. No matter where they are, people around the world should be prepared for cybersecurity incidents. What we predicted in 2022. But first, let’s examine how they fared with the predictions for 2022.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The cybersecurity industry and end-of-year predictions go together like Fall and football or champagne and the New Year. But on the heels of an unprecedented year, where a viral outbreak changed the landscape of the global workforce practically overnight, portending what’s in store for the year ahead is even trickier than usual.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Top Cybersecurity Experts to Follow on Twitter. Binni Shah | @binitamshah.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 4, 2021

It’s an opportunity to honor the political, social, economic and cultural achievements of women everywhere in every walk of life. That includes in the field of cybersecurity. According to the 2019 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study , higher percentages of women have reached senior positions in cybersecurity than men.

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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. What are supply chain attacks?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

Cyber Packs: How They're Key to Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity. In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. It’s not always that easy, however. What Are Cyber Packs? Cloud Security.

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Herjavec Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A strong Vulnerability Management program is essential to a comprehensive and proactive cybersecurity program. It allows organizations to identify potential security gaps including access points that threat actors can leverage to gain entry into corporate networks and then prioritize these vulnerabilities for remediation.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

This is an excerpt from a chilling ransom note Baltimore IT officials received from hackers who managed to lock up most of the city’s servers in May. Its core attraction for criminals is that it is about as direct a channel to illicitly-garnered cash as any conman could dream up – few middlemen required.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

How has cybersecurity changed in the four months since the White House mandate and where are we going? When the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Executive Order) was released in May 2021, it came with some very short deadlines for agencies. Photo by David Everett Strickler on Unsplash.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2022

No matter how airtight a university’s cybersecurity system is when operating in a vacuum, the best-laid plans begin to crumble as soon as third parties less concerned with maintaining that security get involved. Many found out what was happening from a third-party cybersecurity firm via Twitter. Whitworth University compromised.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have published and discussed in greater detail in our private APT reports. We have reported it several times in the past and also more recently, as it plays an important role in Lazarus’s activity.

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Lenny Zeltser

JUNE 2, 2018

If you’re in the business of safeguarding data and the systems that process it, what do you call your profession? Are you in cybersecurity? If we examine the factors that influence our desire to use one security title over the other, we’ll better understand the nature of the industry and its driving forces.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ransomware is one of the most destructive cybersecurity threats that can unexpectedly disrupt the work of your team at any time. But what is ransomware, and how to protect yourself from this cybersecurity threat? What is Ransomware: Full Information What is ransomware? You have likely heard of some of them.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? Would you use it? In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? Would you use it? In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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