CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2022

The 2022 RSA Security Conference is just weeks away, and the security diaspora is boosted and ready to meet in person at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. While we’ve certainly accomplished a lot working remotely over the past 2 years, cybersecurity remains in a precarious position in 2022, so an industry huddle is in order.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2023

With its Alphabet origins and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt as chairman, SandboxAQ landed a $500 million funding round earlier this year, the biggest cybersecurity round of 2023 thus far, with an A-list of investors that includes Schmidt, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, T.

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Encryption Cybersecurity Security Defenses Banking 77

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ponemon chairman and founder Larry Ponemon said in a statement that “Most of the IT and security professionals regard their organizations as vulnerable to these attacks,” and that growing adoption of technologies such as cloud, mobile , big data , and the Internet of Things (IoT) are adding to that risk.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile, security teams are also concerned about recent cybersecurity issues including MS Exchange vulnerabilities and the SolarWinds hack. As a result, organizations are further assessing security posture management processes, examining vendor risk management requirements, and testing security more frequently.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

Daniel Kelley, a reformed black hat hacker and researcher at cybersecurity firm SlashNext, posed as a potential buyer and contacted the individual – “CanadianKingpin12” – who’s been promoting FraudGPT. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

This experiment underscores the significant threat posed by generative AI technologies like WormGPT, even in the hands of novice cybercriminals.” The accessibility of generative AI technology empowers attackers to execute sophisticated BEC attacks even with limited skills. Promotion of jailbreaks for AI platforms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

And as per the notification issued on an official note, experienced analogue workers will be available to help security, defense, development and foreign policy sectors on 24×7 basis to boost resiliency of UK’s critical digital infrastructure from September 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices 3 Real Examples of DLP Best Practices in Action How to Implement a Data Loss Prevention Strategy in 5 Steps Bottom Line: Secure Your Operations with Data Loss Prevention Best Practices When Should You Incorporate a DLP Strategy? Proofpoint’s 2024 data loss landscape report reveals 84.7%

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering. How Volt Typhoon Attacks The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed the complexities of Volt Typhoon’s cyberattacks, listing their typical activities into four steps: reconnaissance, initial access, lateral movement, and potential impact.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Unearths Vulnerabilities, Misconfigurations, and Security Weaknesses. Using diverse tools, techniques, and technology, the vulnerability assessment process helps unearth all the security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, weaknesses, and gaps in the IT infrastructure. appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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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. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

To protect your team’s remote communications, your security team must understand the weaknesses of remote access protocols and why securing them is so important. How Secure Remote Access Works Remote access technology uses protocols to make one computer’s content available to another one.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned cloud expert or just starting out, understanding IaaS security is critical for a resilient and secure cloud architecture. What Is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Security? Firewalls Firewalls play an essential role in enhancing the security of your system.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 11, 2024

According to the National Instutite of Standards and Technology, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox in ESXi, but in Workstation and Fusion, the vulnerability could lead to code execution on machines where the products are installed. This issue affects VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. LTS) 8.5.5 (LTS)

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

And these vendors and partners often cannot tell when their own employees are compromised and used to send phishing or invoice fraud attacks,” said Roman Tobe, cybersecurity strategist at Abnormal Security, in an interview with SC Media. “The targeted company works with thousands of third-party vendors and supplychain partners.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Most organizations seek to eliminate these risks by outsourcing specific projects or even their full IT or cybersecurity needs. IT technology (Cisco Live, Palo Alto Ignite, etc.) or cybersecurity-focused trade shows (RSA Conference, Black Hat, etc.) The advantage of industry-focused trade shows (legal, construction, etc.)

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ransomware Defense Integration Cloud storage combats ransomware threats with integrated protection mechanisms and extensive methods recommended by cybersecurity experts. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 60% of organizations will require integrated ransomware defense strategies on storage devices, up from 10% in 2022.

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Risk Backups Encryption DDOS 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. The top three brands impersonated in phishing attacks are Microsoft, PayPal, and Amazon.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

The problem: The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced a vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint that allows a threat actor to escalate their privileges on the network. Follow this page for updates on patches.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security acts as something of a virtual barrier, preventing unauthorized access to data and assets beyond the traditional network perimeter. The technologies for secure remote access can range from VPNs and multi-factor authentication to more advanced access and zero trust controls.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

However, unconfirmed reports indicate that the impact of the latest ransomware attack on Foxconn’s operational technology system is still unknown. After a severe ransomware assault has hit them, they devote the necessary time and money to strengthening their cyber security defenses. How to Recognize a Ransomware Attack.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 25, 2021

Zero trust architecture is an emerging technology in cybersecurity that offers an alternative to the traditional castle-and-moat approach to security. ” Zero trust is a critical tool in the security defense arsenal, especially as more companies shift to a fully remote or hybrid work environment.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Public accessibility: Because cloud resources are by default public, limited access to sensitive data is required, highlighting the significance of secure setups for data security. Configuration management technologies give audit trails, allowing for change monitoring and accountability for configuration changes.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Cyber attackers frequently use legacy technology as part of their attack strategies, targeting organizations that have yet to implement mitigations or upgrade obsolete components. Because of increasing cybersecurity threats and Active Directory being the primary target for attackers, it is recommended that domain controllers disable SMB 1.0

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In a more rapidly changing environment without a packet-inspection requirement, use SD-WAN technology to centralize and automate network segmentation faster and more efficiently. Circuit-Level Gateways vs SD-WAN Some admins will use CLGs to create network segments segregated and hidden from discovery from the rest of the network.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Attack surface management (ASM) is a relatively new cybersecurity technology that combines elements of vulnerability management and asset discovery with the automation capabilities of breach and attack simulation (BAS) and applies them to an organization’s entire IT environment, from networks to the cloud.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. A slew of new cloud-security frameworks have gained traction since the Capital One hack. Posture management provides a baseline,” Simzer says.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Address Compliance Requirements Ensure that the firewall policy complies with relevant cybersecurity and privacy requirements. Specify the circumstances in which the policy must be reviewed and revised, such as adapting to an advancement in firewall technology.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The fix: Apply Roundcube security update 1.6.4 , 1.5.5 ESET Research reported the vulnerability and recommends installing email security and endpoint protection technology to automatically block loading of JavaScript payloads in emails and to detect the exfiltration of emails to defend against future zero-day attacks.

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Authentication Mobile Accountability Software 89

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In cybersecurity, steganography mainly consists of hiding malicious payloads or secret information inside seemingly harmless files such as images, PDFs, audios, videos, and many other document types. This technology removes malware automatically. What’s the Point of Digital Steganography?

Artificial Intelligence 119

Artificial Intelligence Malware Encryption Security Defenses 119

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There are crucial changes that depict the shift in priorities organizations should consider as they come up with their cybersecurity strategies. It is now regarded as the most serious web application security risk based on the data contributed to OWASP’s threat intelligence, which shows that 3.81 Broken Access Control topping the list.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The past week has been a busy one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, with 34 vulnerable Windows drivers and four Microsoft Exchange flaws heading a long list of security concerns. A more proactive approach to system security might result from increased awareness.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Use Cases for Stateful Inspection Check Point Technologies developed stateful inspection to advance network firewalls and provide more sophisticated defense against common attacks. Attackers send unsolicited answers (DNS spoofing) with incorrect information such as an unsolicited response with the IP address for URHacked.ru

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

The numbers in the report come from cybersecurity vendor SonicWall. the latest version of the ransomware, according to a report this week by cybersecurity vendor TrendMicro. There were 304.7 million ransomware attacks in the first six months of 2021, compared with 121.5 million during the same period last year. This year, 227.3

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McAfee

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Working Even Harder To End the Cybersecurity Talent Shortage. The term “skills gap” is all too familiar to those in the cybersecurity industry. The Release of The Cybersecurity Playbook. 12 th Annual MPOWER Cybersecurity Summit. A Strong Presence at RSA.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

That investment requires shifting attitudes from general awareness of security, which most workers already have, to genuinely caring about it and seeing themselves as a true part of their company’s security defenses. With cybersecurity, notions of privacy can be understood with different nuances in different cultures.

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