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Welcoming the Trinidad & Tobago Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Today I'm very happy to welcome the first Caribbean government to Have I Been Pwned, Trinidad & Tobago. As of today, the Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Incident Response Team (TT-CSIRT) has full and free access to query their government domains and gain visibility into where they've impacted by data breaches. This brings the number of governments to be onboarded to HIBP to 17 and I look forward to welcoming more in the near future.

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Employers are watching remote workers and they're monitoring these activities

Tech Republic Security

While many employers are tapping technologies to monitor workflows, a new report highlights potential drawbacks and even resentment among surveilled employees.

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Ransomware Gang Frees Irish Medical Data—but Leak Threat Remains

Security Boulevard

Ireland’s Health Service Executive suffered a catastrophic ransomware attack last week. But now the gang seems to have had a change of heart. The post Ransomware Gang Frees Irish Medical Data—but Leak Threat Remains appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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FBI warns of Conti ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations

Tech Republic Security

The attacks have targeted US healthcare and first responder networks with ransom demands as high as $25 million, says the FBI.

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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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Can Web Security Tools Prevent Data Breaches?

Security Boulevard

For most, 2020 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The year that everything shut down, jobs were lost and social distancing became the ‘new normal.’ Unfortunately, it was also the year that, as Forbes put it, “broke all records when it came to data lost in breaches and sheer. The post Can Web Security Tools Prevent Data Breaches?

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Biden executive order bets big on zero trust for the future of US cybersecurity

Tech Republic Security

The United States federal government has validated, confirmed, and required zero trust. For the US government and its suppliers, this executive order represents massive change.

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The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is a (another) call for zero trust and resilience in industrial companies

Tech Republic Security

The incidents of the past month have confirmed the lack of cyber resilience in many industrial companies and is another reminder of the benefits of zero trust in mitigating the effects of ransomware.

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Bluetooth flaws allow attackers to impersonate legitimate devices

Bleeping Computer

Attackers could abuse vulnerabilities discovered in the Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile specifications to impersonate legitimate devices during the pairing process and launch man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. [.].

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How to disable the Linux login banner

Tech Republic Security

Looking to eke out as much security as you can from your Linux servers? Jack Wallen shows you how you can limit the information would-be ne'er-do-wells get by disabling the login banner.

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GDPR Three Years Later

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

GDPR Three Years Later. madhav. Tue, 05/25/2021 - 06:26. May 25, 2021, marks the third anniversary of GDPR – a landmark regulation not only for consumer privacy but for businesses processing and controlling petabytes of personal data day after day. Benefits through challenging times. Although many a business might have feared that the strict requirements of GDPR might hamper productivity and revenues, GDPR has become a driver for innovation and an enabler of transformation.

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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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Is There Hope for ICS and Supply Chain Security?

Security Boulevard

Industrial control systems (ICS) have been the target of countless cyberattacks in recent years. Some of these attacks have an extortion goal in mind, while others seem to be nothing more than a test to see if the attacker is able to access and disrupt systems. As malicious actors become more clever in their tactics, The post Is There Hope for ICS and Supply Chain Security?

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Rom?con: How romance fraud targets older people and how to avoid it

We Live Security

Online dating scams often follow the same script – here’s what senior citizens should watch out for and how their younger relatives can help them avoid falling victim. The post Rom‑con: How romance fraud targets older people and how to avoid it appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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TeamTNT Targets Kubernetes, Nearly 50,000 IPs Compromised in Worm-like Attack

Trend Micro

We have found and confirmed close to 50,000 IPs compromised by this attack perpetrated by TeamTNT across multiple clusters. Several IPs were repeatedly exploited during the timeframe of the episode, occurring between March and May.

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Audio maker Bose discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Bleeping Computer

Bose Corporation (Bose) has disclosed a data breach following a ransomware attack that hit the company's systems in early March. [.].

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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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SolarWinds, Exchange attacks revive calls for mandatory breach notification, better information sharing

CSO Magazine

On the heels of three major cybersecurity incidents over the past six months—the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange supply chain attacks and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack—government officials and some in the private sector are reviving calls for better information sharing and national breach notification requirements.

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Apple fixes three zero-days, one abused by XCSSET macOS malware

Bleeping Computer

Apple has released security updates to patch three macOS and tvOS zero-day vulnerabilities attackers exploited in the wild, with the former being abused by the XCSSET malware to bypass macOS privacy protections. [.].

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Zeppelin ransomware gang is back after a temporary pause

Security Affairs

Operators behind the Zeppelin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) have resumed their operations after a temporary interruption. Researchers from BleepingComputer reported that operators behind the Zeppelin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), aka Buran , have resumed their operations after a temporary interruption. Unlike other ransomware, Zeppelin operators do not steal data from the victims and don’t run a leak site.

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Top Threat Detections Can Identify Suspicious Activity

Security Boulevard

Here’s an understatement: the cloud has changed everything. Another one: Microsoft is a target of threat actors. So, it seems to track that 71% of users have suffered an account takeover of a legitimate user’s account, on average, seven times in the year prior, according to an ebook recently released by Vectra.ai. But the more. The post Top Threat Detections Can Identify Suspicious Activity 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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Zeppelin ransomware comes back to life with updated versions

Bleeping Computer

The developers of Zeppelin ransomware have resumed their activity after a period of relative silence that started last Fall and started to advertise new versions of the malware. [.].

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US banks are giving facial recognition a go; EU tightens regulations, FTC updates AI guidelines

Security Affairs

US banks are giving the green light to the adoption of facial recognition technology, while authorities provide regulations and updates guidelines. Many among the US biggest banks are trying their luck with facial recognition technology. The FTC issues a new set of guidelines about the use of Artificial Intelligence. The European Union’s stance on face recognition is much tougher and there is already legal precedent against it in Welsh courts of law.

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North Korean hackers behind CryptoCore multi-million dollar heists

Bleeping Computer

Security researchers piecing together evidence from multiple attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, attributed to a threat actor they named CryptoCore have established a strong connection to the North Korean state-sponsored group Lazarus. [.].

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French intel found flaws in Bluetooth Core and Mesh specs

Security Affairs

Attackers could exploit a set of Bluetooth vulnerabilities, affecting the Core and Mesh Profile specifications, to conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. Researchers at the french intelligence agency ANSSI discovered multiple flaws in the Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile specifications that could be used to impersonate legitimate devices during the pairing process and conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks while within wireless range of vulnerable devices.

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Successful Change Management with Enterprise Risk Management

Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

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FBI identifies 16 Conti ransomware attacks on US health care and first responder networks

SC Magazine

The FBI’s Cyber Division leads the nation’s efforts to investigate and prosecute internet crimes. (FBI). The FBI reported that the Conti group that recently hit the Irish health system was responsible for at least 16 ransomware attacks during the past year that targeted U.S. health care and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 911 dispatch centers, and municipalities.

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Apple? Issues Patches to Combat Ongoing 0-Day Attacks on macOS, tvOS

The Hacker News

Apple on Monday rolled out security updates for iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to fix multiple vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw in macOS Big Sur and expand patches for two previously disclosed zero-day flaws.

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Critical for who? The triumph and tragedy of CVSS as a risk rating tool

SC Magazine

Within the cybersecurity community, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, or CVSS, is the defacto standard for distilling significance of a bug. But a debate among security professionals has some questioning the practical value of the ubiquitous scores. The CVSS score – more accurately, the CVSS base score – is a useful tool to compare vulnerabilities in the abstract.

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70 Financial Institutions in Europe and South America Targeted by Banking Trojan Bizarro

Heimadal Security

An important cybersecurity company has discovered that the banking trojan Bizarre is now stealing financial data and crypto wallets from 70 banks in Europe and South Africa. The banking trojan Bizarre, a malware originating from Brazil is usually dispersed through MSI downloads in spam messages. When clicked, it activates a ZIP download from a harmful website […].

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?

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New Bluetooth Flaws Let Attackers Impersonate Legitimate Devices

The Hacker News

Adversaries could exploit newly discovered security weaknesses in Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile Specifications to masquerade as legitimate devices and carry out man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.

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Superior Integrity Monitoring: Getting Beyond Checkbox FIM

Security Boulevard

If File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) were easy, everyone would be doing it. Actually, it is pretty easy. It’s not exactly rocket science. Practically anyone with a modicum of Python, Perl or development skills can write an app or a script to gather the checksum of a file, compare it to a list or baseline, and tell you […]… Read More. The post Superior Integrity Monitoring: Getting Beyond Checkbox FIM appeared first on The State of Security.

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The new group policies coming to Windows 10 21H2

Bleeping Computer

As Microsoft continues to develop the Windows 10 21H2 feature update, we can use the preview builds to get a glimpse of the upcoming features, changes, and new group policies coming to the operating system this fall. [.].

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IT Education With Czechitas | Avast

Security Boulevard

Czechitas is an organization that helps women explore the world of information technology (IT). Their students learn to code in various programming languages, test their software, and analyze complex data. Czechitas organizes workshops and courses for various levels of expertise that focus on a particular knowledge or technology. They also host summer IT camps, requalification and evening courses.

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Cover Your SaaS: How to Overcome Security Challenges and Risks For Your Organization

Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster

So, you’ve accomplished an organization-wide SaaS adoption. It started slow, and now just a few team members might be responsible for running Salesforce, Slack, and a few others applications that boost productivity, but it’s all finished. Or is it? Through all the benefits offered by SaaS applications, it’s still a necessity to onboard providers as quickly as possible.