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FIRESIDE CHAT: Timely employee training, targeted testing needed to quell non-stop phishing

The Last Watchdog

Humans are rather easily duped. And this is the fundamental reason phishing persists as a predominant cybercriminal activity. Related: How MSSPs help secure business networks. Tricking someone into clicking to a faked landing page and typing in their personal information has become an ingrained pitfall of digital commerce. The deleterious impact on large enterprises and small businesses alike has been – and continues to be — profound.

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The most dangerous and destructive ransomware groups of 2022

Tech Republic Security

As ransomware attacks continued this year, a few key groups inflicted some of the greatest damage to their victims. The post The most dangerous and destructive ransomware groups of 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Samsung releases new privacy tool for its Galaxy phones

CyberSecurity Insiders

Samsung, the electronics giant of Korea, is all set to release a new privacy tool that will help its smart phone users to block data from being accessed by those repairing the mobile device. It is actually a maintenance tool that will help users to get relieved from anxiety fears that unsolicited resources will access their personal information. In simple terms, the tool will help hold photos, messages and contacts along with other types of data, privately secure during device maintenance.

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Secure corporate emails with intent-based BEC detection

Tech Republic Security

Business email compromise is a severe threat that might affect any company. One promising way to improve detection on this kind of cybercrime might be intent-based detection. The post Secure corporate emails with intent-based BEC detection appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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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Chinese Huawei ‘Spies’ Charged — FBI is Mad as Hell

Security Boulevard

The Chinese government sent two spies to extract information about the U.S. case against Huawei. But they didn’t expect their contact to be a double agent. The post Chinese Huawei ‘Spies’ Charged — FBI is Mad as Hell appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Get practice materials for 14 top certification exams for just $20

Tech Republic Security

Cover CompTIA, AWS and much more with The 2022 CompTIA & AWS Practice Exam E-Book Bundle. The post Get practice materials for 14 top certification exams for just $20 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Cybersecurity Risks & Stats This Spooky Season

Dark Reading

From ransomware to remote workers to cyber-extortion gangs to Fred in shipping who clicks on the wrong link, cybersecurity concerns can keep you awake this season and all seasons.

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What Is A Keylogger? Definition, Types, Examples and Prevention

Heimadal Security

A keylogger is a software or hardware component that records everything typed on your computer’s keyboard. The term ‘keylogger’ comes from ‘keystroke logging’, the act of recording (logging) the keys that are pressed on a keyboard, usually without the user knowing that their actions are being watched. But first, let’s dive into the difference between […].

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Talking IoT Security at the White House

Cisco Security

Last week, I was privileged to participate in an important national summit on IoT Security convened by Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies. . Representatives from across the US government, industry, and academia were invited to the White House to discuss a National Consumer IoT Security Labeling program.?

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FBI alerts students against loan forgiving scams

CyberSecurity Insiders

FBI has issued a warning to all students studying in different universities against the ongoing loan forgiving scam. The scam that is being circulated as email phishing and smishing is actually a fraudulent operation taken up by cyber crooks to mint critical financial details from innocent victims. According to the US Governments Student Loan Debt Relief Plan, those students within income $125k can avail a loan relief, provided they are meeting all the stipulations related to the US Department o

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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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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Have you forgotten about phishing?

Digital Shadows

Thanks for joining us for the first release in our Cyber Security Awareness Month series. Check out our other recent. The post Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Have you forgotten about phishing? first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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Emotet Botnet Drops Malware via Self-Unlocking Password-Protected RAR Files

Heimadal Security

A surge of malspam campaigns has been recently attributed to Emotet botnet. Taking advantage of password-protected archive files, the notorious trojan drops CoinMiner and Quasar RAT on the systems it takes over. In an attack chain detected by Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers, an invoice-themed ZIP file lure was found to contain a nested self-extracting (SFX) archive, with the first archive […].

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Cost-Effective Steps the Healthcare Industry Can Take To Mitigate Damaging Ransomware Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky. Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. Hospitals are also often among the first types of organizations to pay-off ransomware attacks in order to retrieve their stolen data and limit the disturbances to daily o

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Ukrainian Governmental Agencies Targeted by Ransomware Attacks

Heimadal Security

An alert has been issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) on October 21st regarding Cuba Ransomware attacks potentially targeting the country’s critical networks. CERT-UA observed a new wave of phishing emails impersonating the Press Service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which urged the recipients into accessing […].

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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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Cyber Security DE:CODED – Mental health challenges

Security Boulevard

“We see the worst, because it’s helped us to evolve to pick up on threats and dangers. But it’s not that helpful for life in the 21st century.” Show notes for series 2, episode 6 Mental health is an important but often misunderstood area, full of prejudice and technical jargon. How can we look after […]. The post Cyber Security DE:CODED – Mental health challenges appeared first on SE Labs Blog.

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After hackers threatened to target celebrities, Medibank confirmed the impact of a larger cyberattack

Hacker Combat

On Tuesday, Australian private insurer Medibank stated that a recent disclosed cyberattack affects more customers’ data than first believed. Days after hackers vowed to target celebrities, the announcement was made. The cyberattack, which was discovered on October 12, was thought to be a precursor to a ransomware incident , but it was stopped before ransomware could be used, according to Medibank.

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The Cybersecurity Trifecta: The Secret to Immunizing PII

Security Boulevard

How much personal information would you give up for a 99-cent taco? Unfortunately, consumers have become far too willing to hand over personal details in exchange for promotions, new apps or memberships, which then opens the door to cybercriminals on the hunt to steal their personal data. The Department of Homeland Security defines this data. The post The Cybersecurity Trifecta: The Secret to Immunizing PII appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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22-Year-Old Vulnerability Reported in Widely Used SQLite Database Library

The Hacker News

A high-severity vulnerability has been disclosed in the SQLite database library, which was introduced as part of a code change dating all the way back to October 2000 and could enable attackers to crash or control programs. Tracked as CVE-2022-35737 (CVSS score: 7.5), the 22-year-old issue affects SQLite versions 1.0.12 through 3.39.1, and has been addressed in version 3.39.

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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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Applying a Proactive Cybersecurity Approach

Security Boulevard

In a recent podcast interview with Zack Hack, Host of Cybercrime Magazine, Robert E. Johnson III, Cimcor CEO/President, discusses having a proactive vs. reactive mindset in terms of cybersecurity, change management, change control, and system integrity assurance. The podcast can be listened to in its entirety below. The post Applying a Proactive Cybersecurity Approach appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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WhatsApp Down: Users Can’t Send or Receive Messages

Heimadal Security

Today, October 25th, WhatsApp, the biggest messaging app in the world, suffered from an outage that shut down its services. The outage first hit group messages, with direct messaging following up shortly. The users of the messaging app started reporting the issue on social media, with the subject trending on Twitter in a matter of […]. The post WhatsApp Down: Users Can’t Send or Receive Messages appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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LockBit 3.0, Black Basta Lead Barrage of Q3 Ransomware Attacks

Security Boulevard

There were 27 ransomware variants that carried out 455 attacks during the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, a decrease of 72 attacks recorded from the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, according to an Intel 471 ransomware report. According to the study, the most prevalent ransomware variants were LockBit 3.0—responsible for 42.2% of all reported incidents, The post LockBit 3.0, Black Basta Lead Barrage of Q3 Ransomware Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Data Exfiltration: Symantec Warns of Exbyte Threat as Hive Group Leaks Tata Data

eSecurity Planet

Symantec researchers are warning that a BlackByte ransomware affiliate has begun using a custom data exfiltration tool, Infostealer.Exbyte, to steal data from victims’ networks as part of their attacks. Still, as a recent breach of an Indian power company by a different ransomware group demonstrates, the extra effort of stealing data doesn’t always pay off for the attackers — even when it leads to embarrassing data leaks for the victim.

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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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New government directives and persistent threats reinforce urgency of securing software

Security Boulevard

Get a handle on essential software development best practices to achieve compliance and risk reduction before directives take effect. The post New government directives and persistent threats reinforce urgency of securing software appeared first on Application Security Blog. The post New government directives and persistent threats reinforce urgency of securing software appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Clearview AI image-scraping face recognition service hit with €20m fine in France

Naked Security

"We told you to stop but you ignored us," said the French regulator, "so now we're coming after you again.".

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October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Part 4: Recognize and Report Phishing

Security Boulevard

Cybersecurity Awareness Month, October 2022 – Recognize and Report Phishing. The post October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Part 4: Recognize and Report Phishing first appeared on Banyan Security. The post October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Part 4: Recognize and Report Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Interpol Metaverse Was Launched to Help the Fight against Cybercrime

Heimadal Security

Last week, at the 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi, The International Criminal Police Organization launched the first global police Metaverse. The Interpol Metaverse will help law enforces understand how crime could evolve in the virtual world and get ready for it. Details about Interpol Metaverse “Fully operational, the Interpol Metaverse allows registered users […].

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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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FIRESIDE CHAT: Timely employee training, targeted testing needed to quell non-stop phishing

Security Boulevard

Humans are rather easily duped. And this is the fundamental reason phishing persists as a predominant cybercriminal activity. Related: How MSSPs help secure business networks. Tricking someone into clicking to a faked landing page and typing in their personal information … (more…). The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Timely employee training, targeted testing needed to quell non-stop phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Threat Actors Target AWS EC2 Workloads to Steal Credentials

Trend Micro

We found malicious samples attempting to steal Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Workloads' access keys and tokens via typosquatting and the abuse of legitimate tools.

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When Cyberattacks Are Acts of War, WIll Insurance Protect You?

Security Boulevard

As state-sponsored or politically motivated cyberattacks increase, companies in the domestic critical infrastructure sector may find themselves without insurance coverage to cover the costs of detection, investigation, response or rebuilding. This is because most insurance policies—including most cyberinsurance policies—expressly exclude actions that constitute an “act of war” from coverage.

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Why Employers Should Embrace Competency-Based Learning in Cybersecurity

NSTIC

There is a growing movement toward increasing the use of competency and skills-based education and hiring practices in both the public and private sectors. For example, the Executive Order on Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates calls upon the Federal Government to “ensure that the individuals most capable of performing the roles and responsibilities required of a specific position are those hired for that position”—resulting in “merit-based reforms that

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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.