Schneier on Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of the children!” rhetoric we’re seeing in this current wave of the crypto wars. The technical eavesdropping mechanisms have shifted to client-side scanning, which won’t actually help — but since that’s not really the point, it’s not argued on its merits.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 18, 2022

After a gloomy start with its first three breach intensive quarters, 2021 has finally ended, and on a positive note. Related: Cybersecurity experts reflect on 2021. This conclusion is derived from an analysis of data taken from our data breach detection tool, Surfshark Alert , which comprises publicly available breached data sets to inform our users of potential threats.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

As more companies focus on digital adoption goals in 2022, finding security tools to detect malicious activity is top-of-mind for executives.

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Cybersecurity 211

We Live Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

ESET researchers take a deep look into recent attacks carried out by Donot Team throughout 2020 and 2021, targeting government and military entities in several South Asian countries. The post DoNot Go! Do not respawn! 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

JANUARY 18, 2022

For the final quarter of 2021, DHL surpassed Microsoft as the brand most spoofed in phishing campaigns, says Check Point Research.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Italian luxury fashion giant Moncler confirmed that they suffered a data breach after files were stolen by the AlphV/BlackCat ransomware operation in December and published today on the dark web. [.].

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

A good security strategy helps businesses reduce the chance of falling victim to data theft while also ensuring shared data is kept secure. The post What is Cybersecurity and Why It’s Important appeared first on Radware Blog. The post What is Cybersecurity and Why It’s Important appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Winter Olympics 2022 that are scheduled to be held in Beijing from next month i.e. in between February 4th to February 22nd, 2022 is in news for wrong reasons. The MY2022 app that needs to be installed by all the participants attending the event is reported to be filled with several security vulnerabilities, allowing hackers to intercept the data loaded and stored on the app any time.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

As we move into 2022, we’re finding that many of the cybersecurity challenges that emerged with the pandemic still remain. Some have been directly related to the ongoing pandemic while others have evolved independently. The good news is that today’s organizations are increasingly focused on building a strong cybersecurity culture. With a strong commitment from.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 18, 2022

A new ransomware family called 'White Rabbit' appeared in the wild recently, and according to recent research findings, could be a side-operation of the FIN8 hacking group. [.].

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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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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post A Cyber Attack Can Ruin Your Business – Are You Really Prepared? appeared first on PeoplActive. The post A Cyber Attack Can Ruin Your Business – Are You Really Prepared? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Every company, regardless of size, should have an insider risk management playbook in place to address the insider threat. The human factor is always in play, mistakes will happen that inadvertently place the company at risk. The other side of the human factor are the malevolent individuals who opt to break trust and willingly push aside their NDAs and in-place IT data handling processes and procedures to knowingly abscond with sensitive data.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Law enforcement authorities from 10 countries took down VPNLab.net, a VPN service provider used by ransomware operators and malware actors. [.].

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post Which Sector Is Most Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks? appeared first on PeoplActive. The post Which Sector Is Most Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks? 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.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 18, 2022

VirusTotal can be used to collect large amounts of credentials without infecting an organization or buying them online, researchers found.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

A close look at cyberattack statistics in 2021 and how to better protect your business against phishing, ransomware & data breaches moving forward. The post Cyberattacks 2021: Phishing, Ransomware & Data Breach Statistics From the Last Year appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Security exec Chad Kliewer had heard the initial reports of the SolarWinds attack as news about it broke in December 2020, sympathetic to those companies first named as victims of the hack.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2022 outlined what they believe are the greatest worldwide threats and risks to economic development. In some ways, it reads like an Exodusian litany of plagues and threats—COVID-19, climate change, migration, international crime, nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction. Fun bedtime reading for the insomniacs.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

In March 2021, Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced that it is purchasing security firm McAfee Enterprise for $4 billion. And in June last year, the investment firm declared it will merge the company with FireEye acquired for $1.2 billion, leading to a bigger company in assets, customer count and market value. Now, in January 2022, STG made it official that the acquisition and merger of the two companies was concluded at the end of last year and both will now be termed as a single entity ho

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Hoping to foster improved security of open-source software, the White House hosted a meeting last week with some of the largest public and private users and maintainers of open-source software. Widely used open-source software “brings unique value, and has unique security challenges, because of its breadth of use and the number of volunteers responsible for its ongoing security maintenance,” the White House said.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post Why Cloud is The Booster Shot For Fintech? appeared first on PeoplActive. The post Why Cloud is The Booster Shot For Fintech? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Naked Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

There's a tiny data leakage bug in the WebKit browser engine. but it could act as a "supercookie" identifier for your browsing.

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Engineering 141

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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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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

The greatest dark web marketplace for stolen credit cards known under the name of UniCC has made an announcement that its team is retiring. UniCC Shuts Down Its Business According to a report published by Elliptic analysts, UniCC is retiring from business after they earned $358 million since 2013 in purchases. They used cryptos such […]. The post Stolen Credit Cards Biggest Dark Web Marketplace Closes Down appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post Your guide to hiring an AWS cloud engineer in 2022 appeared first on PeoplActive. The post Your guide to hiring an AWS cloud engineer in 2022 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

Phishing is a harmful technique based on deception that is used to steal sensitive information from consumers (credit card information, usernames and passwords, and so on). The attackers pose as a trustworthy entity (typically by imitating the look and feel of a well-known brand) in order to deceive the victims into disclosing sensitive information.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band (OOB) update for Windows Server 2019 that fixes numerous critical bugs introduced during the January 2022 Patch Tuesday. [.].

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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

JANUARY 18, 2022

Not unlike the rest of the Internet Technology universe, the Insider Risk solutions landscape is cluttered with an alphabet of acronyms representing government agencies and technologies. As such, it’s not uncommon to be confused. As the great Austin Powers said, “Whoopty do, what does it all mean Basil?” What it all means is that at … Continued. The post Understanding the Insider Risk Solution Landscape—An Alphabet Soup of Agencies, Technologies, and Vendors appeared first on DTEX Systems Inc.

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Providing public Wi-Fi is a great service to offer your customers as it becomes more and more standard in today's society. I like the fact that I do not have to worry about accessing the Internet while I am away, or spending a lot of money on an international connection, or just staying offline while I am away.

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InfoWorld on Security

JANUARY 18, 2022

Suse has open sourced the code for the NeuVector container runtime security platform under an Apache 2.0 license on GitHub , less than three months after acquiring the company. Container runtime security is an emerging model where developers aim to secure their ephemeral cloud-native workloads continuously, from hardening a Kubernetes cluster to constantly scanning for unexpected behaviors within a container after it goes into production.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 18, 2022

UniCC, the largest site on the dark web that sells credit card and debit card information, will close up shop for good, taking its affiliate site, LuxSocks, with it, too. According to Elliptic , a company that offers risk solutions for cryptoassets, the unknown UniCC administrators have made an estimated $358M USD in cryptocurrency for selling stolen credit card details.

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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.