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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just detected a new cyber threat from North Korea. According to the new CISA report , Blindingcan is a new malware strain used by malicious North Korean cyber actors. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests.

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Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

Cyber threats from rival nation states and rogue actors are very plausible and are also becoming increasingly common owing to the geopolitics of the current era. Overreliance on perimeter firewalls and industrial IDS tools. Additionally, perimeter firewalls are heavily relied upon with little importance to lateral firewalls.

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EPA Issues Urgent Alert for Water Utilities to Enhance Cyber Defenses

SecureWorld News

In a new Enforcement Alert , the agency is calling on water utilities to immediately enhance their digital defenses to protect public health and safety. Due to cybersecurity threats that could impact a CWS's ability to ensure the continued safety of drinking water, there is an imminent need for decisive action," the Enforcement Alert states.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

It is a feed and community that is entirely built on collaboration, with a small team of volunteers handling daily threat monitoring and documentation. Beyond these daily handlers, ISC benefits from other users who willingly share performance data from their firewalls and intrusion detection systems.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

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AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report: Securing the Edge – Available today

CyberSecurity Insiders

Focuses on common edge use cases in six vertical industries – healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing, energy, and U.S. 40% energy and utilities are in the mature stage. Respondents simply stated that the following were the most cost effective: Firewall at network edge. Intrusion/threat detection.