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Digital nomads and risk associated with the threat of infiltred employees

Security Affairs

About the author: Salvatore Lombardo ( X @Slvlombardo ) Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security. He is also the author of the book La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione.

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Author’s Q&A: It’s high time for CISOs to start leading strategically — or risk being scapegoated

The Last Watchdog

Related: How real people are really using GenAI Todays Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) operate in a pressure cooker: responsible for protecting critical assets, expected to show up in the boardroom with fluency, yet rarely granted the authority, resources or organizational alignment to succeed. Its not a people problem.

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Change Healthcare data breach impacted over 100 million people

Security Affairs

According to the Associated Press, UnitedHealth booked $1.1 billion in total costs from the cyberattack in the second quarter. In early March, the Alphv/BlackCat ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack and added the company to its Tor leak site.

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Xerox VersaLink C7025 Multifunction printer flaws may expose Windows Active Directory credentials to attackers

Security Affairs

Pass-back attack via users address book – SMB / FTP CVE-2024-12511 (CVSS score: 7.6) – An attacker can modify the user address book configuration to redirect SMB or FTP scans to a host they control, capturing authentication credentials.

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Tanya Janca on Secure Coding, AI in Cybersecurity, and Her New Book

Security Boulevard

Join us for an insightful episode of the Shared Security Podcast as Tanya Janca returns for her fifth appearance. Discover the latest on her new book about secure coding, exciting updates in Application Security, and the use of AI in security.

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New LightSpy spyware version targets iPhones with destructive capabilities

Security Affairs

Destructive plugin: can delete specified contacts from the address book DeleteKernelFile 1.0.0 Can send SMS messages by the command Bootdestroy 1.0.0 Destructive plugin: can prevent the device to boot up Browser 2.0.0 Browser history exfiltration plugin BrowserDelete 1.0.0 Destructive plugin: can wipe browser history cameramodule 1.0.0

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Change Healthcare data breach exposed the private data of over half the U.S.

Security Affairs

According to the Associated Press, UnitedHealth booked $1.1 billion in total costs from the cyberattack in the second quarter. In early March, the Alphv/BlackCat ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack and added the company to its Tor leak site.