CSO Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Unvetted software, services, and equipment can be nightmare fuel for a security team, potentially introducing a lurking host of vulnerabilities, entry points for bad actors, and malware. In fact, it is as big a problem as ever and may even worsen.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

According to CSO, 2021 shaped up to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions in the cybersecurity industry. Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2021 | CSO Online. Companies are taking great risks in terms of their economic future when acquiring assets of a target company. It is all about risks.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Consequently, risks and vulnerabilities created by a partner potentially affect everyone in the supply chain. This means that bad code or malware residing in one organization’s network can leak into others. Today, other organizations have access to your company’s data. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2023

Seasoned CISOs/CSOs understand the importance of effectively communicating cyber risk and the need for investment in cybersecurity defense to the board of directors. One key aspect of successful communication is understanding the business objectives and risk appetite of the organization.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 27, 2023

Those issues continue to exist in ChatGPT, and both can be tricked into creating ransomware , obfuscating malware , and other exploits, they said. In the last 6 months alone, we’ve seen over 17,000 open-source packages with malicious code risk. For example, this could be to spread misinformation and develop malware.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2025

Misuse of the newly announced Microsoft OneDrive synchronization feature puts corporate security and personal privacy at serious risk in ways not likely understood by the users. Evan Schuman has written a timely article in CSO , articulating many of the risks that both users and employers should avoid.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 7, 2024

The FBI will host an event exploring agricultural cyber risks in Omaha, Nebraska amid growing concerns of cyber attacks on US agriculture as farms embrace precision agriculture. Related Stories Cyber Attack Halts Production at Ag Equipment Maker AGCO Fendt Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk China Calls Out U.S.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

As the world has moved to scalable online services for everything from video streaming to gaming to messaging, it’s really no surprise that malware has followed close behind. Specifically, threats such as botnets are evolving and scaling at such speeds that it’s more important than ever to proactively manage potential security threats.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

The agencies assert that North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors have used the malware since at least May 2021 to target healthcare and public health sector organizations. For that reason, the FBI and other agencies issuing the advisory maintain the state-sponsored actors will continue to target healthcare organizations.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2021

The team worked quickly to provide mitigations directly to the limited number of impacted customers that remediates the risk to their system. CISA has determined that this exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure products poses an unacceptable risk to Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies and requires emergency action.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

Here is what you need to know about BadUSB and mitigating the risks of this USB attack. His malware research team initially discovered the campaign in 2020 while examining a malicious thumb drive as part of a forensic investigation for a U.S. Postal Service and UPS. BadUSB definition. hospitality provider.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 11, 2021

economy, according to Dr. Alissa Abdullah, Deputy CSO at MasterCard. Related Stories Episode 214: Darkside Down: What The Colonial Attack Means For The Future of Ransomware Episode 218: Denial of Sustenance Attacks -The Cyber Risk To Agriculture Deere John: Researcher Warns Ag Giant’s Site Provides a Map to Customers, Equipment.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Hardware-enforced virtualization isolates high-risk content to protect user PCs, data, and credentials, rendering malware harmless, while IT gets actionable threat intelligence to help strengthen organizational security posture. It provides a virtual safety net for PC users, even when unknown threats slip past other defenses.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Check out invaluable cloud security insights and recommendations from the “Tenable Cloud Risk Report 2024.” 1 - Tenable: Riskiest cloud workloads present in 38% of orgs Almost 40% of global organizations have cloud workloads that put them at the highest risk of attack — an alarmingly high percentage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

This breach, like every major ransomware attack, was likely because of spear phishing, where someone either received the malware via an emailed attachment or clicked on a link that took them to a website that hosted it. The malware was place inside the code. What are the most important cybersecurity risks for 2021?

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Dark web intelligence company Searchlight Cyber has announced the launch of Stealth Browser – a new, secure virtual machine for cyber professionals to access the dark web and conduct investigations anonymously, reducing the risk to themselves and their organization.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Be On Your Guard with the Most Treacherous Insider Roles A paramount priority when addressing the threat is to distinguish the fundamental insider risks.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2022

According to the firm, Perception Point Advanced Browser Security adds managed, enterprise-grade security to native Chrome and Edge browsers allowing users to browse the web or access SaaS applications without exposing enterprise data to risk. Advanced Browser Security designed to isolate, detect and remediate web threats.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 2, 2023

In one incident, researchers have found malware code hidden inside a Python bytecode (PYC) file that can be directly executed as opposed to source code files that get interpreted by the Python runtime. "It To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Meanwhile, cybercriminals have amplified their use of malware for fake software-update attacks. That’s the main takeaway from the Center for Internet Security’s list of the 10 most prevalent malware used during the third quarter. Collectively, they accounted for 77% of the quarter’s malware infections.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

My advice for anybody that asks me which certifications they should get is this: find a certification in a subject that you wish to learn about,” Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard said. “If If you are going to study the subject anyway, you might as well get a certification out of it.”. Also read: How to Get Started in a Cybersecurity Career.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

GuardDuty is part of a broad set of AWS security services that help customers identify potential security risks. It uses machine learning and integrated threat intelligence to detect suspicious data access, potential Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) compromise, and malware.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

However, organizations should properly assess security risks CDEs can introduce and are unique to their architectures, especially since they haven't received much scrutiny from the security community. What happens when access controls are insufficient and allow cross-user or even cross-organization access to workspaces?

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 12, 2020

In a recent conversation with Michael Meyer, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at MRS BPO, SecureWorld covered the wide world of deception technology and cybersecurity. Your questions about deception technology in cybersecurity, answered. Meyer was presenting as part of the SecureWorld Virtual Conference series.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

Malware, social engineering, data leakage, and Wi-Fi interference are among the many mobile security risks organizations face, while novel technologies such as generative AI are predicted to create new opportunities for cybercriminals to target mobile devices.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Ransomware an ongoing threat to industry as crime gangs organise Malware-based cyber-attacks are the most prominent threat to industry, Europol says. A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. MORE Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Karen Worstell, CEO and Founder of W Risk Group LLC, an author, and proponent of "not putting steel doors on grass shacks," spoke on "Was Mudge Right? Karen Worstell, W Risk Group LLC. Jason Miller, CSO of Paper Excellence, tackled an interesting topic in "Physical and Digital Cyber Defense: Building Culture and Collaboration."

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It ranked the top nine threats facing citizens, organisations and cyberspace as: ransomware, malware, cryptojacking, email-related threats, threats against data and against availability and integrity, disinformation, non-malicious threats and supply-chain attacks. It said VPNs are “insufficient for the remote working and hybrid landscape”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 27, 2021

. “The past year fundamentally shifted the way we work, while simultaneously creating new security challenges for customers around the world,” said Chris Niggel, Regional CSO Americas, at Okta. ” Box Shield helps reduce risk and proactively identifies potential insider threats or compromised accounts.

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NetSpi Executives

JUNE 13, 2024

If you think about the way that you operationalize threat intelligence to drive decision-making — I have a threat actor, these are the malware samples associated with that threat actor. Without that visibility, it’s a big problem for the CISO/CSO. It’s highly inefficient and prone to error, creating risk.

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Technology CISO Marketing Penetration Testing 59

ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

She’s an amazing person who has done an amazing number of things in a short amount of time -- CMU professor, Forrester analyst, CSO at a successful startup -- and she’s not done changing the industry. VAMOSI: At least I remember her being an early evangelist for cloud container security, joining a startup as its CSO.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

VSA ‘working folders’ typically operate within a ‘trust wall,’ which means malware scanners and other security tools are instructed to ignore whatever they’re doing. The hackers were thus able to deposit the malware and run a series of commands to hide the malicious activity from the malware-scanning tools.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2024

Since the agent had not been vetted, it inflicted the same damage as malware would have. Dimitri Chichlo , CSO, BforeAI Chichlo Our networks remain fragile because of interdependence and the assumption that technology always works. Don’t make a bad situation worse. Pukar Hamal , CEO, SecurityPal Hamaly.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

In a significant signal to spyware vendors, the Biden administration issued an executive order (EO) prohibiting federal government agencies from using commercial spyware "that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States Government."

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Wiper malware has been detected abusing legitimate drivers and targeting Active Directory servers amid ongoing Russian military conflict in Ukraine. The campaign reflects a growing trend of malware use during geopolitical crises with organizations urged to mitigate risks.

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Malware DDOS Banking Ransomware 72

CSO Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

As if 2020 didn’t present enough challenges, it also brought an increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), ransomware, and malware attacks. As more and more businesses expand their reliance on network and cloud architectures, this trend also has exposed new risks from cyberattacks.

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