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2022 Midterm Election Cybersecurity: Are We Ready?

Lohrman on Security

As we head into the pivotal 2022 midterm elections this week, how prepared are states to ensure votes are properly counted and protected from cyber attacks? Here’s a roundup of recent developments.

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A cyberattack blocked the trains in Denmark

Security Affairs

At the end of October, a cyber attack caused the trains to stop in Denmark, the attack hit a third-party IT service provider. A cyber attack caused training the trains operated by DSB to stop in Denmark the last weekend, threat actors hit a third-party IT service provider. The attack hit the Danish company Supeo which provides enterprise asset management solutions to railway companies, transportation infrastructure operators and public passenger authorities.

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Cybersecurity’s Role in Combating Midterm Election Disinformation

Security Boulevard

Katie Teitler, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at Axonius and co-host on the popular Enterprise Security Weekly podcast, joins us to discuss the role of cybersecurity in combating midterm election disinformation. We discuss the difference is between misinformation and disinformation, how we can combat disinformation and what are some things about disinformation, private platforms, and free speech […].

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LockBit 3.0 gang claims to have stolen data from Kearney & Company

Security Affairs

The ransomware group LockBit claimed to have stolen data from consulting and IT services provider Kearney & Company. Kearney is the premier CPA firm that services across the financial management spectrum to government entities. The company provides audit, consulting and IT services to the United States government. It has helped the Federal Government improve its financial operations’ overall effectiveness and efficiency.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

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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Russian Cyberwar targeted 42 countries that support Ukraine

CyberSecurity Insiders

Russian war with Ukraine seems to be never ending and news is now out that state sponsored threat actors have targeted about 42 countries and 128 government agencies so far that were supporting Kyiv with essentials, ammunition and finances. United States along with the UK are urging Zelensky to conduct a dialog with Putin for peace, as they seem to be vexed with the threatening demands of the Volodymyr Zelenskyy to support his nation with $1 billion funding all throughout this year, at any cost.

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UK NCSC govt agency is scanning the Internet for flawed devices in the UK

Security Affairs

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) announced that is scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the UK for vulnerabilities. The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the United Kingdom for vulnerabilities. The UK agency aims at secure these devices reporting the discovered vulnerabilities to their owners. “As part of the NCSC’s mission to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online, we

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2022 Midterm Election Cybersecurity: Are We Ready?

Security Boulevard

As we head into the pivotal 2022 midterm elections this week, how prepared are states to ensure votes are properly counted and protected from cyber attacks? Here’s a roundup of recent developments. The post 2022 Midterm Election Cybersecurity: Are We Ready? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Massive Phishing Campaigns Target India Banks’ Clients

Trend Micro

We found five banking malware families targeting customers of seven banks in India to steal personal and credit card information via phishing campaigns.

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Abusing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice in phishing attacks

Security Affairs

Researchers uncovered a campaign abusing Microsoft Dynamics 365 customer voice to steal credentials from the victims. Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Customer Voice product allows organizations to gain customer feedback, it is used to conduct customer satisfaction surveys. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Avanan, uncovered a campaign abusing Microsoft Dynamics 365 customer voice to steal credentials from the victims.

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Robin Banks Phishing Service for Cybercriminals Returns with Russian Server

The Hacker News

A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform known as Robin Banks has relocated its attack infrastructure to DDoS-Guard, a Russian provider of bulletproof hosting services. The switch comes after "Cloudflare disassociated Robin Banks phishing infrastructure from its services, causing a multi-day disruption to operations," according to a report from cybersecurity company IronNet.

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Beware of Pixels & Trackers on U.S. Healthcare Websites

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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 392

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. 29 malicious PyPI packages spotted delivering the W4SP Stealer Zero-day are exploited on a massive scale in increasingly shorter timeframes RomCom RAT campaigns abuses popular brands like KeePass and SolarWinds NPM The 10th edition of the ENISA Thr

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How To Get A USA IP Address [2 Sure METHODS]

SecureBlitz

Learn how to get a USA IP address in this post. Read on! Creating an online presence for your business can be challenging when you don’t have the right tools or information. One of the most common issues business owners face is an IP address that identifies your computer with a certain country. However, a […]. The post How To Get A USA IP Address [2 Sure METHODS] appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.

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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast SVP of Cyber Strategy Tom Kellermann | 11/4

Security Boulevard

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast SVP of Cyber Strategy Tom Kellermann | 11/4. Insight #1. ". The game has changed, today's cybercrime cartels want to hijack your digital transformation and use it to launch attacks against your customers. Cybersecurity has become a brand protection imperative. It’s time for you to discuss cybersecurity with your CMO and GC.”. .

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The Have I Been Pwned API Now Has Different Rate Limits and Annual Billing

Troy Hunt

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about some big changes afoot for Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), namely the introduction of annual billing and new rate limits. Today, it's finally here! These are two of the most eagerly awaited, most requested features on HIBP's UserVoice so it's great to see them finally knocked off after years of waiting. In implementing all this, there are changes to the existing "one size fits all" model so if you're using the HIBP API, please make sure y

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

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?

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BSidesPDX 2022 – Ben Kendall’s ‘Breaking Into Infosec Or, How I Hacked My Way Out Of Poverty’

Security Boulevard

Our sincere thanks to BSidesPDX 2022 for publishing their outstanding conference videos on the organization's YouTube channel. Permalink. The post BSidesPDX 2022 – Ben Kendall’s ‘Breaking Into Infosec Or, How I Hacked My Way Out Of Poverty’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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How Identity Theft Damages More Than Just Your Credit Scores

Identity IQ

How Identity Theft Damages More Than Just Your Credit Scores. IdentityIQ. Having a good credit score can be extremely beneficial when pursuing important financial goals like opening a credit card, taking out a loan or buying a car or a home. It can even help you land certain types of jobs or rent your dream apartment. For this reason, it’s very important to protect your identity and credit score.

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LinkedIn Adds Verified Emails, Profile Creation Dates

Security Boulevard

LinkedIn Adds Verified Emails, Profile Creation Dates. For whatever reason, the majority of the phony LinkedIn profiles reviewed by this author have involved young women with profile photos that appear to be generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. We’re seeing rapid advances in AI-based synthetic image generation technology and we’ve created a deep learning model to better catch profiles made with this technology.

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BSidesPDX 2022 – Nate Norton’s ‘Live, Laugh, Lyrical Injection: Hacking Karaoke For Fun And Profit’

Security Boulevard

BSidesPDX 2022 – Nate Norton’s ‘Live, Laugh, Lyrical Injection: Hacking Karaoke For Fun And Profit’. Our sincere thanks to BSidesPDX 2022 for publishing their outstanding conference videos on the organization's YouTube channel. Permalink. The post BSidesPDX 2022 – Nate Norton’s ‘Live, Laugh, Lyrical Injection: Hacking Karaoke For Fun And Profit’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

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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Forrester Wave: Security Awareness & Training Solutions (SA&T)

Security Boulevard

Forrester Wave: Security Awareness & Training Solutions (SA&T). The most recent Forrester Wave: Security Awareness & Training (SA&T) report was released a few months ago. The report lands at the following conclusion: security awareness training market is in need of disruption. We could not agree more. The most recent Forrester Wave: Security Awareness & Training (SA&T) report was released a few months ago.