Tech Republic Security

MARCH 25, 2021

As attackers increasingly target less traditional users, accounts and assets, organizations should consider such a process to tighten security, says CyberArk.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

Malware targeting Apple’s macOS is on the rise—and fast—according to an investigation by Atlas VPN, which reported 674,273 new malware samples were found in 2020, up from just 56,556 samples detected in 2019. That’s an increase of 1,092%, with malicious actors creating an average of 1,847 threats aimed at Apple’s desktop operating system every day. The post Report Finds Surge in Malware Aimed at MacOS appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Crypto scams are on the rise due to the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies and the number of people in need of financial assistance during COVID-19, says Bolster.

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We Live Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Neither traditional money nor cryptocurrency buys you happiness, or a genuine COVID-19 vaccine for that matter. The post Warning issued over scams touting fake COVID‑19 vaccines, asking for Bitcoin appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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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.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Ahead of World Backup Day, it's a good reminder for companies of all sizes to ensure they have complete, usable backups for key business apps, says Rewind.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

MARCH 25, 2021

As an avid smartphone user, do you get frustrated at not finding the app you want on the. The post The risks of downloading apps from unauthorized app stores appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

In the last decade the role of the chief information security officer (CISO) has evolved considerably. Not long ago, the CISO was considered a part of the IT team and their main focus was on building firewalls, implementing antivirus and keeping spam emails at bay. Today, however, things are very different. The huge surge in. The post How CISOs Limit Downtime Without Impacting Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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TrustArc

MARCH 25, 2021

Earlier this month, TrustArc held its third Privacy Risk Summit with over 40 thought-provoking speakers and more than 20 sessions covering numerous privacy topics. The first regulatory session of the summit, “International Data Flows post Schrems-II: What to Expect and What to Forget,” focused on the consequences of the Schrems-II decision from the EU Court […].

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 25, 2021

Backblaze has removed Facebook tracking code (also known as an advertising pixel) accidentally added to web UI pages only accessible to logged-in customers. [.].

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

What a difference an ‘s’ makes. This seemingly unimportant change could have a big—if unseen—impact. The post Chrome to Enforce HTTPS Web Protocol (Like It or Not) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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.

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The State of Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Organisations hit by ransomware attacks are finding themselves paying out more than ever before, according to a new report from Palo Alto Networks. The Unit 42 threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks teamed up with the incident response team at Crypsis to produce their latest threat report which looks at the latest trends in […]… Read More.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

The year 2020 proved disappointing to many businesses as the lockdown schedules observed across the globe incurred loss to companies in one way or the other. On the security front, a research carried out by Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that the cyber attacks on online business will bring an estimated loss of $6 trillion to companies operating across the globe by 2021 and the gaming industry is said to be impacted the most.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

As much as the web has grown, surprisingly not a lot has changed in how websites get hacked. The most important thing you can do in keeping the web – and your own sites and visitors – safe is to understand these unchanging truths and hold them close to heart. Consider the Scale of Hacked Websites. 1.2 billion sites make up today’s World Wide Web. Assuming a 3-second load time, continuous queries, and not a wink of rest, it’d take you over 160 years to just see every site that currently exists.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 25, 2021

The security services are designed to help protect data, user identities, workloads and applications across dispersed cloud and on-premises systems.

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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.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Advances in technology have dramatically influenced our online experiences throughout the digital age. In a couple of clicks, we connect with others, shop and bank. Few would disagree that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Maintaining privacy online is far from easy. We live in a data-centric society where user information is a profitable commodity, collected by any means possible.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

Editor's note: This article, originally published on March 27, 2014, has been updated to more accurately reflect recent trends. Wildfires in California. A snowstorm in Texas. Windstorms across the Midwest. Floods in Hawaii. Hurricanes in Florida and Louisiana. Russian hackers and ransomware attacks. And let’s not forget the global pandemic.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 25, 2021

Hades ransomware has been linked to the Evil Corp cybercrime gang who uses it to evade sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). [.].

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

The OpenSSL Project addresses two high-severity vulnerabilities, including one related to verifying a certificate chain and one that can trigger a DoS condition. The OpenSSL Project this week released version 1.1.1k to address two high-severity vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2021-3450 and CVE-2021-3449. The CVE-2021-3449 vulnerability could be exploited to trigger a DoS condition by sending a specially crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client.

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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.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Security researchers have discovered a new campaign distributing malware named Purple Fox. Although it has been around for a few years, the operators now use new infection vectors and they’ve enhanced the malware to ensure persistence and hide it from security solutions. Purple Fox initially targeted Windows machines and the old Internet Explorer. The new campaign, researchers have found, uses malware and tries to infect Windows machines through brute force via SMB.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

Prologue The application delivery networking space has drastically evolved over the last few years. The DNS resolution-based load balancing mechanism is now replaced with the smart Application Delivery Controllers, and they have transformed the ways of application provisioning. With DevOps practices being the new norm, application teams are getting more & more aggressive with time, […].

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 25, 2021

British fashion retailer FatFace has been hacked. Whoops! I said it. Sorry. I'm not sure they wanted anyone to talk about it, so maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 25, 2021

Facebook may be banned in China, but the company on Wednesday said it has disrupted a network of bad actors using its platform to target the Uyghur community and lure them into downloading malicious software that would allow surveillance of their devices.

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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.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 25, 2021

OpenSSL has patched two high severity vulnerabilities. These include a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability (CVE-2021-3449) and an improper CA certificate validation issue (CVE-2021-3450). [.].

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 25, 2021

You'll need more than just a key to drive this Hemi.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

As we’ve previously discussed, traditional threat detection tools and resources can’t reliably identify cyber attacks. This is partly due to how modern cyber-attacks are constantly evolving, making zero-day attacks more frequent and have proven to be the most devastating – SolarWinds and the Microsoft Exchange Server attacks are just two high-profile examples.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Facebook, the world’s number 1 social networking platform, has offered patches to two severe vulnerabilities related to WordPress Plugins, thus inducing faith into its users that it gives due respect to the privacy and security of its respective customers. Known as Official Facebook Pixel, the plugin was aimed to keep a track of user actions on the WebPages they visit.

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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?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

Many thanks to USENIX Enigma 2021 for publishing these outstanding conference videos on the YouTube USENIX Channel ; don't miss this erudite 27 video information & cybersecurity event. Permalink. The post USENIX Enigma 2021 – Hyrum Anderson’s ‘The Practical Divide Between Adversarial ML Research And Security Practice: A Red Team Perspective’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 25, 2021

PC manufacturer Acer might have received a $50 million ransom demand, a warning spreads on Facebook about a trick being used by hackers, and why are the City of London's police not happy about Sci Hub? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Alex Eckelberry.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2021

The enormous work messaging platform Slack quickly reversed course yesterday, promising to revise a brand-new direct message feature that could have been misused for harassment. Added to the company’s “Slack Connect” product—which lets enterprise users share messages with contract workers and third-party partners outside their company—the new “direct message” feature allowed paying Slack users to message anyone outside of their company or organization, so long as they had another person’s email

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2021

The Global Year in Breach 2020 has shined a light on a few things - like how multifactor authentication is a security superstar. The post Lessons Learned from the Global Year in Breach: Multifactor Authentication Beats Cybercrime appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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.