Schneier on Security
JUNE 22, 2022
Interesting : What makes Symbiote different from other Linux malware that we usually come across, is that it needs to infect other running processes to inflict damage on infected machines. Instead of being a standalone executable file that is run to infect a machine, it is a shared object (SO) library that is loaded into all running processes using LD_PRELOAD (T1574.006), and parasitically infects the machine.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 22, 2022
Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. While the coordinated action did not name the Russian hackers allegedly behind RSOCKS, KrebsOnSecurity has identified its owner as a 35-year-old Russian man living abroad w
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Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2022
The cybersecurity company went into great detail on some of the sweeping cybersecurity changes anticipated over the next four years. The post Gartner reveals 8 cybersecurity predictions for the next 4 years appeared first on TechRepublic.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 22, 2022
During the first two decades of this century, virtual private networks —VPNs—served as a cornerstone of network security. Related: Deploying human sensors. VPNs encrypt data streams and protect endpoints from unauthorized access, essentially by requiring all network communications to flow over a secured pipe. This worked extremely well for users accessing network resources remotely via their company-issued laptops and immobile home computers.
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?
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2022
Most organizations surveyed by Banyan Security consider zero trust a priority, but many see it as difficult and expensive to implement. The post Why organizations are keen on zero trust but are slow to adopt it appeared first on TechRepublic.
Jane Frankland
JUNE 22, 2022
At The Source, my new venture for women in cyber and businesses who value them, we have a saying, “Be you in the workplace.” And although that should be easy to do, sometimes it’s not. Unfortunately, it’s an open secret that cyber can be a hostile industry for women, from trolling on social media platforms and forums, to harassment at events, and the inner circles that leaders and influencers move in.
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The Hacker News
JUNE 22, 2022
A new piece of research from academics at ETH Zurich has identified a number of critical security issues in the MEGA cloud storage service that could be leveraged to break the confidentiality and integrity of user data.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2022
The company found that Google-related URLs were the most frequently abused last year. The post Proofpoint dispels commonly held threat actor assumptions in new report appeared first on TechRepublic.
Dark Reading
JUNE 22, 2022
A voicemail-themed phishing campaign is hitting specific industry verticals across the country, bent on scavenging credentials that can be used for a range of nefarious purposes.
Security Affairs
JUNE 22, 2022
Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting government resources and critical infrastructure in Lithuania after the ban of Russian railway goods. Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting Lithuanian government resources and critical infrastructure – the recent ban on Russian railway goods has caused a new spike of hacktivist activity on the Dark Web. Today the group has announced multiple targets for coordinated DDoS attacks – the resources to be attacked are distributed between so-called “units” who are based on members and
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.
Malwarebytes
JUNE 22, 2022
MEGA, the cloud storage provider and file hosting service, is very proud of its end-to-end encryption. It says it couldn’t decrypt your stored files , even if it wanted to. “All your data on MEGA is encrypted with a key derived from your password; in other words, your password is your main encryption key. MEGA does not have access to your password or your data.
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 22, 2022
The National Security Agency (NSA) and cybersecurity partner agencies issued an advisory today recommending system administrators to use PowerShell to prevent and detect malicious activity on Windows machines. [.].
CSO Magazine
JUNE 22, 2022
Addressing security concerns associated with the growing momentum for edge computing , Microsoft is making its Edge Secured-core program for Windows-based IoT devices generally available. Added as a new certification under the Azure Certified Device program, Edge Secured-core is for IoT devices running a full operating system, such as Windows 10 IoT or Linux.
Security Boulevard
JUNE 22, 2022
There are approximately 250 known ransomware families, and these families are directly related to the rise of ransomware-as-a-service, according to Bitdefender. “Ransomware infection is just the final step; these modern attacks take some time to prepare and threat actors will try to thoroughly prepare before launching an attack,” Martin Zugec, technical solutions director at Bitdefender, The post Machine Learning Tackles Ransomware Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Speaker: Dr. Karen Hardy, CEO and Chief Risk Officer of Strategic Leadership Advisors LLC
Communication is a core component of a resilient organization's risk management framework. However, risk communication involves more than just reporting information and populating dashboards, and we may be limiting our skillset. Storytelling is the ability to express ideas and convey messages to others, including stakeholders. When done effectively, it can help interpret complex risk environments for leaders and inform their decision-making.
Malwarebytes
JUNE 22, 2022
One of the most popular zip programs around, 7-Zip, now offers support for “Mark of the Web” (MOTW), which gives users better protection from malicious files. This is good news. But what does that actually mean? In the bad old days, opening up a downloaded document could be a fraught exercise. Malicious files would often have full permission from the system to do whatever they wanted.
The Hacker News
JUNE 22, 2022
A newly discovered Magecart skimming campaign has its roots in a previous attack activity going all the way back to November 2021. To that end, it has come to light that two malware domains identified as hosting credit card skimmer code — "scanalytic[.]org" and "js.staticounter[.
Dark Reading
JUNE 22, 2022
Researchers have spotted the threat group, also known as Fancy Bear and Sofacy, using the Windows MSDT vulnerability to distribute information stealers to users in Ukraine.
Malwarebytes
JUNE 22, 2022
A phishing campaign is using voicemail notification messages to go after victims’ Office 365 credentials. According to researchers at ZScaler , the campaign uses spoofed emails with an HTML attachment that contains encoded javascript. The email claims that you have a new voicemail and that you can listen to the message by clicking on the attachment.
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.
Dark Reading
JUNE 22, 2022
The cybersecurity community is buzzing with concerns of multichannel phishing attacks, particularly on smishing and business text compromise, as hackers turn to mobile to launch attacks.
CSO Magazine
JUNE 22, 2022
A new research project has uncovered 56 vulnerabilities in operational technology (OT) devices from 10 different vendors, all of which stem from insecurely designed or implemented functionality rather than programming errors. This highlights that despite the increased attention this type of critical devices have received over the past decade from both security researchers and malicious attackers, the industry is still not following fundamental secure-by-design principles.
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 22, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign attributed to the Chinese "Tropic Trooper" hacking group, which employs a novel loader called Nimbda and a new variant of the Yahoyah trojan. [.].
Identity IQ
JUNE 22, 2022
Home Title Theft: Warning Signs and Prevention Tips. IdentityIQ. Home title theft is a kind of crime that involves stealing the legal right to a property, such as your home. This can happen when someone steals your identity and uses it to fraudulently take over the title on your property. It’s a growing problem that can have devastating effects on homeowners and their financial well-being.
Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy
Cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) - what are they and why should you care? With 20% of Americans owning cryptocurrencies, speaking "fluent crypto" in the financial sector ensures you are prepared to discuss growth and risk management strategies when the topic arises. Join this exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny to learn: Cryptocurrency asset market trends How to manage risk and compliance to serve customers safely Best practices for identifying crypto transactions and companies Rev
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 22, 2022
Brave Search, the browser developer's privacy-centric Internet search engine, is celebrating its first anniversary after surpassing 2.5 billion queries and seeing almost 5,000% growth in a year. [.].
The Hacker News
JUNE 22, 2022
Europol on Tuesday announced the dismantling of an organized crime group that dabbled in phishing, fraud, scams, and money laundering activities. The cross-border operation, which involved law enforcement authorities from Belgium and the Netherlands, saw the arrests of nine individuals in the Dutch nation.
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 22, 2022
QNAP has warned customers today that many of its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are vulnerable to attacks that would exploit a three-year-old critical PHP vulnerability allowing remote code execution. [.].
Security Affairs
JUNE 22, 2022
Researchers from Malwarebytes warns that the Magecart skimming campaign is active, but the attacks are more covert. Magecart threat actors have switched most of their operations server-side to avoid detection of security firms. However, Malwarebytes researchers warn that the Client-side Magecart attacks are still targeting organizations, but are more covert.
Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP
Did you know that 2021 was a record-breaking year for ransomware? The days of a “once in a while” attack against businesses and organizations are over. Cyberthreats have become a serious issue. With 495.1 million attacks, the threat marked a 148% increase compared to 2020 and was the most expensive year on record! As a result, data protection needs to be a concern for most banks, businesses, and information technology specialists.
Dark Reading
JUNE 22, 2022
We as industry leaders should be building on what individual platforms like GitHub are doing in two critical ways: demanding third parties improve security and creating more interoperable architectures.
eSecurity Planet
JUNE 22, 2022
Next-gen AI systems are now baked into just about every category of software—but Gartner believes we can automate even further. For the last few years, Gartner has predicted that hyperautomation would become a global, if not necessary, business trend. And in cybersecurity, hyperautomation could be the thing that makes the constant onslaught of alerts and cyber incidents manageable.
Dark Reading
JUNE 22, 2022
New Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Google Cloud study shows many enterprises struggle to measure and manage risk in their cloud workloads.
CyberSecurity Insiders
JUNE 22, 2022
On Sunday last week, many cities in Israel buzzed with false alarms about rocket attacks, creating panic among the populace. The alarms were intensive and were triggering once in every 3 hours, making authorities and citizens in cities like Katamon, Hakerem, and Beit worrisome. The Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) launched a detailed inquiry and confirmed the alarms rose in the cities of Jerusalem and Eilat were completely false and might have been triggered after a group of hackers took
Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM
Global economic conditions are soft at best. From a budget standpoint, US banks are feeling the pinch. Many US banks are bracing for increased defaults and lower demand for mortgages and other loans as interest rates have increased. The largest banks have increased reserves to protect against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions?
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