eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. Malvertising is Evolving.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to address vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices has passed in California, and is ready to be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The post California’s Controversial IoT Security Bill Passes appeared first on Adam Levin. in a released last week.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. It was designed to download payloads intended to exfiltrate XG Firewall-resident data. Sophos was informed of the attacks exploiting the zero-day issue by one of its customers on April 22.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2021

The post Great Firewall Ready to Unleash ‘Gigantic’ DDoS—so are Other Middleboxes appeared first on Security Boulevard. Researchers have disclosed a nasty new way for bad people to mess up the internet for the rest of us.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 30, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published advisory ICSA-21-119-04 about vulnerabilities found in multiple real-time operating systems (RTOS) and supporting libraries. Google Cloud IoT Device SDK, Version 1.0.2 The post IoT riddled with BadAlloc vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

Microsoft researchers are warning of major security vulnerabilities affecting OT and IoT devices and high-risks for businesses using them. Researchers from Microsoft’s Section 52 team recently uncovered several critical memory allocation flaws, collectively tracked as BadAlloc , affecting IoT and OT devices.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

That is why, for this October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month , we encourage you to Do Your Part #BeCyberSmart! Cybersecurity First at Work. Owning your role in cybersecurity can seem cumbersome when approached by someone outside the security industry. Build a Human Firewall. Cybersecurity First at Home.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2024

In an interview with SecureWorld News , Arun DeSouza shares his insights on the challenges and emerging trends in the cybersecurity sector and modern ways to adapt to the changing business landscape. What developments in the security landscape have sparked your enthusiasm, and how does it impact the future of cybersecurity?

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Exposed enterprise IoT devices can be an indicator of security issues to come, with firms sporting exposed devices having a 62% higher density of other security problems, new research shows. Is it surprising that there’s a correlation between something like IoT exposure and other security issues? Well, a lot of things went wrong.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now George Jetson’s reality is nearly our own, and Rosie the Robot is somewhat interchangeable with any number of IoT devices like Siri, Roomba, or Alexa. Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. Securing your IoT environment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

A foundational approach to cybersecurity empowers CISOs to see abnormalities and block threats before they do damage. Constantly playing catch-up seems to have become the unfortunate norm in the cybersecurity industry. The post A Reactive Cybersecurity Strategy Is No Strategy at All appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In the age of data, with organizations creating trillions of gigabytes of new information each year, it’s easy to think of cybersecurity as a mere synonym for “data protection.” But cybersecurity is so much more. The cybersecurity stakes are higher than ever and growing by the day. How big is the impact of cybercrime?

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2020

Internet of Things (IoT) devices in general have earned a reputation for poor cybersecurity, and internet-connected cameras are no exception. Case in point: unsecured webcams make up the top three out of the five most popular searches on Shodan , an IoT-centric search engine that specializes in identifying unsecure devices online.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

Companies spend a staggering amount of money on cybersecurity products to defend their networks and data from hackers, but a couple of industry pros say that money is wasted if companies don’t change their internal cybersecurity culture. In 2004, the global cybersecurity market was worth just $3.5 trillion by 2025.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2023

Working with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), five CVEs were eventually assigned. Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from business networks. These issues not only affected garage door openers, but also smart plug switches and alarms too.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2024

Greg Fitzerald, co-founder of Sevco Security , disclosed to eSecurity Planet that their recent State of the Cybersecurity Attack Surface research found “11% of all IT assets are missing endpoint protection.” IoT security protects against direct attacks on IoT devices.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2021

Though often overlooked in favor of cybersecurity, physical security is equally important. All the firewalls in the world can’t help you if an attacker removes your storage media from the storage room. Physical security is the protection of people, property, and physical assets from actions and events that could cause damage or loss.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As our digital world evolves, cybersecurity has never been more important and critical. As cybercrime continues to increase, the human element can play the most important role in cybersecurity posture and hygiene. After all, cybersecurity is a matter of proper human risk management. Armed Forces are an exemplary example.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. I’ve recently had several deep-dive discussions with cybersecurity experts at Juniper Networks, about this. The intensely competitive cybersecurity talent market is partly to blame here.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The “move to cloud” presents significant cybersecurity challenges for critical infrastructure related industries, that still put a premium on one element of the C-I-A triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability) over others, namely availability [ii]. IoT sensors and devices. Impact to “essential services”.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

This surge in TLS abuse has shifted the security community’s focus back to a venerable network security tool, the firewall. Since this exposure manifests anywhere data streams into a company’s IT systems, the answer has to involve a firewall. The essence of a firewall is that it inspects packets of data for anything that looks amiss.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s safe to say that the volume and magnitude of high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks that punctuated 2019 really kept the cybersecurity industry on its toes. We’ve analyzed the current state of the industry and packaged up our top five cybersecurity predictions for 2020. In comparison to last year, research.

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber-attacks, and often serve as a launch pad for larger threat campaigns, according to Cisco’s 2018 SMB Cybersecurity Report. Humans remain the biggest and most common cybersecurity threat to businesses of all sizes. IoT Opens Excessive Entry Points.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

Security researchers have found several serious vulnerabilities in dnsmasq, a utility used in many Linux-based systems, especially routers and other IoT devices, to provide DNS services. Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security. All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. Physical security is undoubtedly as important as cybersecurity.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 9, 2023

Category Awareness, News, Case Study As one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, telecommunication has become a highly vulnerable target for cybersecurity threats. Internet of Things (IoT) : The increasing use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the telecom sector is a double-edged sword. What can be done?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. The average cost of a breach is $3.6

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. In February, US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies published a joint security advisory about the Cyclops Blink bot that has been linked to the Russian-backed Sandworm APT group. ” concludes the report.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Most industrial equipment has no cybersecurity feature. Making cybersecurity top of mind. In the European Union, the NIS Directive classifies water utilities as critical infrastructures that must identify their cybersecurity risks, train their personnel, and build measures for response and recovery. And the list could go on.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine Cybercrime Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Organizations typically decide to outsource cybersecurity for a number of reasons: IT talent shortages make it difficult to hire and retain experienced cybersecurity professionals.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These can be mobile phones, workstations, desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, IoT devices, wearable smart devices, as well as virtual environments, among many others. Based on numbers from Statista , there will be over 40 billion connected devices by 2030, and most of these are IoT products.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. As the enterprise attack surface grows, IoT is yet another attack vector organizations aren’t fully prepared to defend.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

TLS is the glue that holds together not just routine website data exchanges, but also each of the billions of machine-to-machine handshakes occurring daily to enable DevOps, cloud computing and IoT systems. Surge of encrypted attacks The good news is that the cybersecurity community has begun to respond.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This Is What Will Change When You Sign On Growing use of AI in cybersecurity reveals new possibilities Are Software Updates Useless Against Advanced Persistent Threats?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Therefore cybersecurity innovations must take hold both deeper inside and at the leading edges of modern business networks. Containerized firewall Cleaning up traffic at the router level makes good sense. cSRX is capable of extending consistent firewall policies across physical, virtual and containerized workloads. “We’ve

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Deployed with more than 30 exploits, it has the potential of targeting millions of routers and IoT devices. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. AT&T Alien Labs™ has found new malware written in the open source programming language Golang.

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