eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Before co-founding Cyolo, Almog Apirion was a CISO for 15 years. “I With my co-founders, we formed a team to build the tool I always wanted while I was a CISO. What sets Cyolo apart is that we are security realists and understand the day-to-day reality of cybersecurity.”. “For Arctic Wolf.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

“All of this means cyber risk continues to escalate and that CISOs need to be just as nimble and methodical as the adversary.”. Software supply chain issues like the SolarWinds attack and the Log4j vulnerability have made supply chain security and software dependencies major issues in recent years. . Manky concurs. .

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Spinone

JULY 29, 2020

Some of the typical responsibilities and tasks include: Configuring technical security controls Conducting an app risk assessment Whitelisting/blacklisting apps Performing penetration testing For app security engineers, it’s vital to control SaaS apps and the risks related to them.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2020

Sherry brought to Princeton his 25 years of technology experience, 12 of which was in higher education as the former CISO at Brown University. In many ways, leading a security mission out of a university is like securing a city. A recent risk assessment began to expand, and we started a publicity blitz….

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. In Michigan’s Cyber Partners Program , for example, local communities receive services from a CISO-level consultant. Network monitoring.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2021

And this requires securing our networks for the new normal of IT infrastructures. Surprisingly, a large portion of cyberattacks can be best prevented by reducing the risks to a remote workforce created by human error. Lack of employee knowledge, distraction, and neglect all can leave remote networks vulnerable.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

No wonder this threat keeps our client’s CISO and security teams up at night. Network Security: Firewall A firewall is your first line of defense or your computer network gatekeepers. A firewall detects all possible exploits in your network and shields them.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The post ‘Incompetent’ FCC Fiddles With Data Breach Rules appeared first on Security Boulevard. FCC FAIL: While Rome burns, Federal Communications Commission is once again behind the curve.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

US DoD Server Had no Password — 3TB of Sensitive Data Leaked appeared first on Security Boulevard. Sensitive military data found on unprotected Microsoft Azure server. Defense Department email store left insecure for at least 11 days. The post Surprise!

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The post GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years appeared first on Security Boulevard. GoDaddy’s web hosting service breached yet again. This time, the perps were redirecting legit websites to malware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

The post ‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate appeared first on Security Boulevard. Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action?

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users appeared first on Security Boulevard. Facebook parent Meta has disciplined or fired at least 25 workers for allegedly hacking into user accounts. The post Oops!

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The post NSA’s Plea: Stop Using C and C++ (Because You’re Idiots) appeared first on Security Boulevard. The C and C++ languages are unsafe. Instead, the NSA would like devs to use memory-safe languages—such as Rust.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The post ‘This is Appalling’ — Tax-Prep Sites Leak PII to Facebook appeared first on Security Boulevard. Some incredibly personal details are being sent to Facebook, without your consent, using the “Meta Pixel.”.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Either businesses or individuals, we are all in the same boat when it comes to the risk of data loss. The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. To pursue a career in the cybersecurity field and find a course to get started.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Group appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hackers Play in Sony’s World: If true, Sony might have to push the RESET button (again). The post ‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2023

The post Contec SolarView: Critical Bug Unpatched After 14 MONTHS appeared first on Security Boulevard. PV OT: VPN PDQ! CVSS known since May 2022—but still exploitable on 400+ net-connected OT/ICS/SCADA systems.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The post Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States appeared first on Security Boulevard. There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

and UK Ban More Chinese Kit as Xi’s Grip Weakens appeared first on Security Boulevard. Two key members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have made further moves to stop Chinese equipment imports. The post U.S.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Patreon, the notorious membership monetization platform, laid off its entire security team yesterday. The post Patreon Fires its Security Team — and the Internet Freaks Out appeared first on Security Boulevard. Just like that.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 17, 2023

The post OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo appeared first on Security Boulevard. MX Mixup: Russian-allied government can intercept “highly sensitive information”—because there’s no “I” in.ML

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Recent ransomware attacks have dominated the headlines this year. Predictions estimate that the financial impact caused by ransomware could reach $265 billion globally by 2031.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Korean Job Scams Push Trojans via LinkedIn appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hey, hey, DPRK, how many people will you scam today? The post Warning: N.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The post Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix appeared first on Security Boulevard. Reddit got hacked with a “sophisticated” spear phishing attack. The individual victim was an employee who clicked the wrong email link.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The cybersecurity world remains dynamic. On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) posted an update to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) initiative, announcing program changes dubbed CMMC 2.0.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if you had enough confidence in your information security program that if a criminal gang attacked you, you would be able to defend yourself, keep your business going and notify the appropriate legal authorities and any vendor partners that might be impacted? With a mature information security program, you are able.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Says it’s Microsoft’s Fault appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft has issued another of its “look how clever we are” writeups of detecting APT29 hackers. But the U.S. government sees it differently. The post New Russian Hacks Revealed—but U.S.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 16, 2022

The Open Source Security Foundation and Linux Foundation have a plan to fix our broken software supply chains. The post Do You Want Secure Supply Chains? SHOW ME THE MONEY appeared first on Security Boulevard. Benjamins needed.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 24, 2021

Organizations’ increasing use of contractors, freelancers and other third-party workers is weakening consumers’ trust in their data security, according to a study by SecZetta. The survey of more than 2,000 U.S.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The United States and the European Union announced plans to join the Paris Call, an international effort to combat cyberthreats endangering citizens and infrastructure.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In my previous post, I talked about the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). Some of you, I am sure, Googled “NIST CSF” after reading it and found tons of information from NIST on the framework. Then, as you looked at the details, you might have felt intimidated by the five functions (identify, protect, detect, respond and.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

must Stop Secret Gag Orders appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft president and CLO Brad Smith says secretly subpoenaing data from cloud providers—blocking them from telling customers—must stop. The post Microsoft’s Legal Head: U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 9, 2021

The unexpected global pandemic left the world scrambling to maintain their daily activities and work as best they could.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As companies grapple with pandemic-inspired economic uncertainty, operational disruption and business transformation, cybersecurity has increasingly coalesced with these priorities. Several high-profile cybersecurity incidents drove news cycles, prompting leaders to reassess their defensive postures.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

“The latest developments in relation to the SolarWinds intern’s poor password choice highlight’s how bad password hygiene is getting and how important it is for organizations to prioritize password management,” said Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at Thycotic.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

Greg McCarthy, CISO of Boston. To properly address these issues and determine what to prioritize, you first must become intimately familiar with your business operations, pinpoint key sources of identity-based risk, and then form a governance structure around that. “It’s

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

We should not be focused so much on the organization’s Return on investment or Return on asset around security spending; we should consider for a moment that with every significant security awareness training, every adaptive control, and every security policy only makes the task “of being hacked” even more expensive for the cybercriminals.

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