Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Corporate users are more aware of phishing attacks in their mailboxes. Yet they are not used to being targeted via other systems like Microsoft Teams. Learn how to protect yourself. The post Cyberattack threat: Corporate users infected via Microsoft Teams appeared first on TechRepublic.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
A lot of talk these days centers around companies leaving money on the table by not maximizing cost savings, but more egregious in today’s risk-filled environment is leaving security on the table. That’s just what organizations are doing by not properly offboarding former employees; giving them plenty of opportunities to breach defenses and conduct malicious.
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Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Get to know the ins and outs of cyber threat intelligence and how your company's security can be can be strengthened by putting threat intelligence into place. The post Cyber threat intelligence is a great way for a company to improve its security appeared first on TechRepublic.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Today’s decentralized, global workplace has broadened IT’s role within the enterprise. The role of the IT admin now includes direct responsibility for bolstering a company’s security posture. IT admins have become a core part of the security organization, with 34% of Fortune 500 companies rolling the IT department into the CISO’s purview in 2021. In startups.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Learn how to securely store notes along with your account credentials with iCloud Keychain and sync them to all of your Apple devices. The post How to add notes to iCloud passwords in macOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4 appeared first on TechRepublic.
CyberSecurity Insiders
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Cybersecurity firms in UK have witnessed an increase in revenue by 14% says a survey that involved respondents from the tech sector of Britain. And stats are in that the year 2021 witnessed a 14% increase in the annual revenue earned by the security firms operating in and around United Kingdom taking the tally to £10 Billion. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) report released recently for the cyber security says the year 2018 witnessed revenue generation of £4 billion
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Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
WordPress has taken the rare step of force-updating the UpdraftPlus plugin on all sites to fix a high-severity vulnerability allowing website subscribers to download the latest database backups, which often contain credentials and PII. [.].
Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
A password generator can help when you need a strong and complex password to protect an account. The post How to generate secure passwords for your accounts appeared first on TechRepublic.
CSO Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
I’ve been writing recently about security hygiene and posture management. In January, I declared that security hygiene and posture management would become a priority in 2022. Earlier this month, I wrote about attack surface management challenges. Why focus on security hygiene and posture management? Because every IT widget represents a potential entry point for cyber-adversaries.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Wicked Good Development is dedicated to the future of open source. This space is to learn about the latest in the developer community and talk shop with open source software innovators and experts in the industry. The post Wicked Good Development – Episode 2 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Advertiser: Revenera
In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
An Iranian-aligned hacking group tracked as TunnelVision was spotted exploiting Log4j on VMware Horizon servers to breach corporate networks in the Middle East and the United States. [.].
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Qualys experts found a new Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44731, in Canonical’s Snap Package Manager. Canonical’s Snap software packaging and deployment system are affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2021-44731 (CVSS score 7.8). Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel.
CSO Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Researchers found an easy-to-exploit vulnerability in Snap, a universal application packaging and distribution system developed for Ubuntu but available on multiple Linux distributions. The flaw allows a low-privileged user to execute malicious code as root, the highest administrative account on Linux. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44731, is part of a series of flaws that researchers from security firm Qualys found in various Linux components while investigating the security of Snap.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Do we need a "Chief Identity Officer"? What might drive the need for this and can existing business operating models satisfy the need for identity centric metrics? The post Do We Need a Chief Identity Officer? appeared first on The Cyber Hut. The post Do We Need a Chief Identity Officer? appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
Cisco Security
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
More and more organizations today are moving towards dynamic infrastructure deployments in cloud environments or using microservices. In such environments, instances and services are created and decommissioned as per need and that can be very frequent. Keeping track of updates to such components in a fast-changing environment is becoming a challenge for SecOps teams and an agile, scalable, automated solution has become a vital requirement.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Breaches, infiltration, exfiltration, compromised privileges, and interrupted access to critical systems are all parts of a well-written espionage movie, or. The post Put your trust in the stack appeared first on Entrust Blog. The post Put your trust in the stack appeared first on Security Boulevard.
CyberSecurity Insiders
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
A high alert raised by FBI, NSA and CISA on a joint note says that some government backed hackers are busy stealing confidential information from defense contractors and the campaign to steal intelligence is going from January 2020. Surprisingly, the stolen information also includes details about weaponry, sophistication in missile development, Warcraft designs, logistics, data analytics received from simulation centers, and also details related to the new communication infrastructure and inform
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
An FBI warning about BEC attacks, Russian-backed hackers have been targeting and compromising U.S.-cleared defense contractors for two years, hackers strike Europe's largest car dealer, and phishing attacks impersonating emails from LinkedIn have grown 232% since February 1. The post Cybersecurity News Round-Up: Week of February 14, 2022 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Iran-linked TunnelVision APT group is actively exploiting the Log4j vulnerability to deploy ransomware on unpatched VMware Horizon servers. Researchers from SentinelOne have observed the potentially destructive Iran-linked APT group TunnelVision is actively exploiting the Log4j vulnerability to deploy ransomware on unpatched VMware Horizon servers. TunnelVision’s TTPs overlap with the ones associated with Iran-linked nation-state actors Phosphorus , Charming Kitten and Nemesis Kitten.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
We exchange value every day without thinking about it. The key to unlocking the power of the value exchange is understanding the value of your time and engaging with intention. For many, value is elusive and they use it as an excuse to avoid exploring if they are giving or receiving value. At the core, […]. The post When everything is urgent, use the value exchange to find the true priority appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
After four years of activity and numerous takedown attempts, the death knell of TrickBot has sounded as its top members move under new management, the Conti ransomware syndicate, who plan to replace it with the stealthier BazarBackdoor malware. [.].
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Avast One Essential and Avast Free Antivirus both achieved the top spot in a phishing detection comparison test. Avast One Essential is our comprehensive protection service that includes antivirus, VPN, data breach monitoring, and device cleanup tools that help users stay private and safe. To make sure we’re offering the best protection on the market, we asked independent third-party AV-Comparatives to conduct an impartial test pitting our anti-phishing security against the other leading brands.
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The losses companies suffered in 2023 ransomware attacks increased by 74% compared to those of the previous year, according to new data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The true figure is likely to be even higher, though, as many identity theft and phishing attacks go unreported. Ransomware attackers can potentially paralyze not just private sector organizations but also healthcare facilities, schools, and entire police departments.
Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits is serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. Element Vape has a presence across the U.S. and Canada and sells products in both retail outlets and on their online store. [.].
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
TechSpective Podcast Episode 085 The Winter Olympics are taking place right now in Beijing, China. It puts the teams and athletes in a sensitive and precarious situation because China is an economic and geopolitical adversary to most of the participating nations, and expectations are high that China will do everything it can to intercept communications [.].
Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Google Drive was seen flagging '.DS_Store' files generated by macOS file systems as a violation of its copyright infringement policy. '.DS_Store' is a metadata file commonly seen by Apple users when they transfer their folders and archives from a macOS to a non-Apple operating system, like Windows. [.].
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe , resident at XKCD ! Permalink. The post XKCD ‘Data Trap’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
CyberSecurity Insiders
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
According to a research conducted by Proofpoint, cybersecurity researchers have been targeting the servers operating in aerospace and defense sector with a Trojan malware and the hacking group behind the incident has been dubbed as TA2541. Interestingly, the malware campaign has been active since 2017 and compromised over 1100 organizations operating across North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits is serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. Element Vape has a presence across the U.S. and Canada and sells products in both retail outlets and on their online store. [.].
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
In a recent discussion with a client concerning a digital workplace initiative, they related that some of the data they were migrating to SharePoint Online hadn’t been edited since the early 1990s. I wrote this off as a fluke until another client recounted the same story just a few weeks later. No one who collaborated. The post How to Create a Digital Workplace Governance Program appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Bleeping Computer
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
A new Golang-based botnet under active development has been ensnaring hundreds of Windows devices each time its operators deploy a new command and control (C2) server. [.].
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
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