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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. Here are five notable historical events that influenced cybersecurity assessment and transformed it into what it is today: The Battle of Midway (1942).

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How to Land a Cybersecurity Internship?

Duo's Security Blog

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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Applying Heuristics in Cybersecurity

Approachable Cyber Threats

So what do heuristics look like in cybersecurity?” When we ask an expert to provide a risk estimate – for example, “How much would a data breach involving this server cost us?”, Data analysts aren’t immune to the ill effects of the recognition heuristic either. So when should I avoid heuristics in cybersecurity?”

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Importance of having a Threat Intelligence Platform

CyberSecurity Insiders

However, as manual track down of threats is impossible, due to sheer volumes of data, analysts use an automated form of software that assists them in collecting, analyzing and sharing information with the teams to ensure identity and prevention of harm from attacks.

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Learnings from 2022 Breaches: Reassessing Access Controls and Data Security Strategies

CyberSecurity Insiders

The main benefit of PBAC is that it makes authorization more manageable for everyone, including business owners and data analysts. The post Learnings from 2022 Breaches: Reassessing Access Controls and Data Security Strategies appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Misconfigured Registries: Security Researchers Find 250 Million Artifacts Exposed

eSecurity Planet

The registries and repositories belonged to a wide range of companies, including 10 members of the Fortune 500 and two leading cybersecurity providers. “There will then be a risk to your data, intellectual property, and customer information, as it might end up on the dark web.

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Indicators of compromise (IOCs): how we collect and use them

SecureList

This in effect offers knowledge, enables anticipation, and supports three main global goals in an ever-growing threats landscape: Strategic level: helping organizations decide how many of their resources they should invest in cybersecurity. By searching for any previously known IOC (e.g.,