Tech Republic Security

JULY 28, 2021

The average cost of a data breach among companies surveyed for IBM Security reached $4.24 million per incident, the highest in 17 years.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 28, 2021

What is D3FEND? D3FEND is a new schema released by Mitre last month to establish a common language to help cyber defenders share strategies and methods. It is a companion project to the company’s ATT&CK framework. While complementary, the two projects are very different. [ Review the best Mitre D3FEND advice to harden Windows networks. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 28, 2021

The number of ads selling access to corporate networks has continued to increase from 2019 to 2020 and into 2021, says Positive Technologies.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 28, 2021

Technical details are now available for a vulnerability that affects Hyper-V, Microsoft's native hypervisor for creating virtual machines on Windows systems and in Azure cloud computing environment. [.].

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 28, 2021

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made it official that it has been tracking over 100 active ransomware groups that are busy attacking American Businesses, schools, and other organizations. Bryan Vorndran, the Assistant Director to the cyber division of FBI, disclosed the above stated news through a media statement issued on Tuesday, i.e.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

Accelerate Open Banking Innovation with These 7 Data Capabilities. michelle. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:34. The inability to automate data impedes time to market with open APIs and banking features at over half of Europe’s banks, according to new research. Kobi Korsah. Jul 28, 2021. Sixty years before Elon Musk launched a Tesla Roadster into space, Luna 1 was the first-ever spacecraft to achieve “escape velocity.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

The ‘Cost of a Data Breach’ report commissioned by IBM Security states that the cost of a data breach exceeded $4.2 million during the COVID19 pandemic. IBM Security presented today the annual study “Cost of Data Breach,” conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored and analyzed by IBM, which is based on data related to data breaches suffered by over 500 organizations between May 2020 and March 2021.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

Enterprise digital transformations are being seriously impeded by ineffective, difficult-to-secure remote working environments. Remote DevOps teams, for example, are affected by the quality of the remote access experience. Organizational security is impacted by the decisions DevOps teams make in terms of how they choose to solve for providing teams remote access to hosts, servers, services, The post A New Remote Zero-Trust Platform is Needed appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

A joint report published by US, UK, and Australian cyber security agencies warns of the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities in 2020. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory that provides details on the top 30 vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors in 2020.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 28, 2021

More applications and devices are using password repositories to check on password reuse. When you log into your iPhone for example, it now alerts you that passwords you saved in your iCloud keychain may have been reused in other places. In January, Microsoft released a new tool in its Edge browser that checks on the status of reused passwords. It will flag and alert you when a password stored in the browser has been exposed in an online breach.

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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 Hacker News

JULY 28, 2021

A Chinese cyberespionage group known for targeting Southeast Asia leveraged flaws in the Microsoft Exchange Server that came to light earlier this March to deploy a previously undocumented variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) on compromised systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 28, 2021

US President Joe Biden felt that pretty soon a shooting war can erupt between nations and the reason behind it could be a cyber attack. Mr. Biden expressed his mind after a series of sophisticated attacks on SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline, JBS meat and Kaseya software. Some nations (Russia and China) were trying to intimidate United States through their acts and they will not be tolerated anymore, added Biden in a 30 minute speech given while visiting the Office of the Director of National Intell

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 28, 2021

Northern Ireland's Department of Health (DoH) has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine certification web service and mobile apps following a data exposure incident. [.].

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We Live Security

JULY 28, 2021

Twitter’s transparency report revealed that users aren’t quick to adopt 2FA and once they do enable it, they choose the least secure option. The post Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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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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Bleeping Computer

JULY 28, 2021

Northern Ireland's Department of Health (DoH) has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine certification web service and mobile apps following a data exposure incident. [.].

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

There’s a new ransomware gang in town—and, frankly, we’re not at all surprised. After DarkSide disappeared—coincidentally, immediately after Colonial Pipeline gave in to the group’s ransom demand of roughly $5M USD worth in Bitcoin—a new ransomware group who calls themselves BlackMatter surfaced on the dark web, kicking off their operations sometime this week.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

How is Cloud Infrastructure Security Important for an Organization? Embracing new technologies lead to qualitative growth but simultaneously holds high chances of quantitative data breaches. While adopting cloud technology, it is important to see the security of cloud infrastructure as one of the crucial responsibilities. There are various organizations out there that are still unsure […].

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Heimadal Security

JULY 28, 2021

The LockBit ransomware was launched in September 2019 as a ransomware-as-a-service. The RaaS concept is similar to SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) concepts since the malicious actors do not need to create malware kits from scratch, as they can rent or purchase them from a RaaS provider. This type […]. The post LockBit Ransomware Is Now Encrypting Windows Domains appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

BlackMatter ransomware gang, a new threat actor appears in the threat landscape and claims to combine TTPs of Darkside and REvil. BlackMatter is a new ransomware gang that started its activity this week, the cybercriminals group claims to be the successor of Darkside and REvil groups. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak site where it will publish data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 28, 2021

On Tuesday, UC San Diego Health confirmed it had fallen victim to a data breach involving “unauthorized access to some employee email accounts.” What Happened? In a notice released yesterday, the health group outlined the details of the breach: UC San Diego Health recently identified and responded to a security matter involving unauthorized access to […].

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Threatpost

JULY 28, 2021

They’re either new or old REvil & DarkSide wine in new bottles. Both have a taste for deep-pocketed targets and DarkSide-esque virtue-signaling.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 28, 2021

President Joe Biden warned that cyberattacks leading to severe security breaches could lead to a "real shooting war" with another major world power. [.].

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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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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

Researchers at RandoriSec have found serious vulnerabilities in the firmware provided by UDP Technology to Geutebrück and many other IP camera vendors. According to the researchers the firmware supplier UDP Technology fails to respond to their reports despite numerous mails and LinkedIn messages. Because of this unwillingness of UDP Technology to respond, RandoriSec worked with Geutebrück, one of the camera vendors, to correct the 11 authenticated RCE vulnerabilities and a complete authenticatio

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 28, 2021

Google has announced today more details regarding their upcoming Google Play 'Safety section' feature that provides users information about the data collected and used by an Android app. [.].

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

The long gas lines, panic buying and price spikes are fading into memory. But the ransomware attack in early May 2021 on the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. must continue to drive urgent action by the industry and policymakers to protect the nation’s key infrastructure. The assault on Colonial Pipeline by a Russia-linked hacker. The post Colonial Pipeline Hinted at Critical Infrastructure Threat appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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We Live Security

JULY 28, 2021

With vacations in full swing, cybercriminals will be looking to scam vacationers looking for that perfect accommodation. The post Booking your next holiday? Watch out for these Airbnb scams appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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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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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one step which everyone should be taking to add an extra layer of security to account logins. The post Why You Need to Get Serious About Multi-Factor Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

A China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked as PKPLUG, employed a previously undocumented strain of a RAT dubbed THOR in recent attacks. A China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as PKPLUG (aka Mustang Panda and HoneyMyte), which is known for targeting Southeast Asia, exploited vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange Server to deploy a previously undocumented variant of PlugX on compromised systems.

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The Hacker News

JULY 28, 2021

An Iranian cyberespionage group masqueraded as an aerobics instructor on Facebook in an attempt to infect the machine of an employee of an aerospace defense contractor with malware as part of a years-long social engineering and targeted malware campaign.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 28, 2021

Microsoft Teams has added on new Defender “Safe Links” phishing protection to keep users safe against potentially malicious URL-based phishing attacks. With the new feature, users can worry less about cybercriminals stealing their sensitive information with look-alike links and web pages. What Is Safe Links? Safe Links is a feature in Defender for Office 365 that provides […].

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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.