Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Time-triggered Ethernet (TTE) is used in spacecraft, basically to use the same hardware to process traffic with different timing and criticality. Researchers have defeated it : On Tuesday, researchers published findings that, for the first time, break TTE’s isolation guarantees. The result is PCspooF, an attack that allows a single non-critical device connected to a single plane to disrupt synchronization and communication between TTE devices on all planes.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cyber security implies protecting the confidentiality, availability and integrity of computer systems and networks. Often security researchers and security teams focus on threats to software and the risks associated with authenticating and managing users. However, computing systems are built upon a tall stack of computing resources. . Each layer within the stack is exposed to specific threats which need to be considered as part of a cyber security strategy.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Kirkus reviews A Hacker’s Mind : A cybersecurity expert examines how the powerful game whatever system is put before them, leaving it to others to cover the cost. Schneier, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School and author of such books as Data and Goliath and Click Here To Kill Everybody , regularly challenges his students to write down the first 100 digits of pi, a nearly impossible task­—but not if they cheat, concerning which he admonishes, “Don’t get caught.” No

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We Live Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Both Tor and a VPN can greatly help you keep prying eyes away from your online life, but they’re also two very different beasts. Which is better for you? The post Tor vs. VPN: Which should you choose? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Speaker: Erroll Amacker

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

John Jay Ray III is one of the world’s top bankruptcy lawyers. He has worked on cases like Enron and Nortel. But his latest gig appears to be the most challenging. On November 11, he took the helm at FTX, a massive crypto platform, which has plunged into insolvency. His Chapter 11 filing reads more like a Netflix script. In it, he notes : “Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Kaspersky, a security firm having roots in Russia, has released a prediction filled report stating email servers and satellites becoming key cyber attack targets in the year 2023. The threat will come majorly from APTs and the forecast was made after tracking and analyzing over 900 APTs on a global note. Strangely, the Eugene Kaspersky led the firm revealed something astonishing in its report.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Facebook parent Meta has disciplined or fired at least 25 workers for allegedly hacking into user accounts. The post Oops! Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Non-mobile statistics. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Mobile statistics. These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures. According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2022: A total of 5,623,670 mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks were blocked.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The latest research from The Bank of England has revealed that 74% of financial institutions declared that a cyberattack was amongst the top risks they thought would have the greatest impact on the UK financial system if they were to…. The post Cyberattacks Are the Most Cited Risk to the UK Financial System appeared first on LogRhythm. The post Cyberattacks Are the Most Cited Risk to the UK Financial System appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Non-mobile statistics. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks. CosmicStrand: discovery of a sophisticated UEFI rootkit. In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What Is Encryption Key Management? brooke.crothers. Fri, 11/18/2022 - 18:19. 3 views. Why Is Key Management Important? Data is only good if it can be trusted. Imagine a criminal intercepting sensitive information as it travels through your API? To keep data safe, it is encrypted and decrypted using encryption keys. Key management is important because it helps you keep track of the myriad number of keys floating around your environment.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Malicious Python packages have been used in an ongoing supply chain attack to spread the W4SP Stealer virus, which has so far infected over a hundred people. Checkmarx researcher Jossef Harush declared in a technical write-up that the threat actor is still active and releasing more malicious packages. The attacker claims that the tools are […].

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There is an ongoing cybersecurity battle to keep pace with the persistent evolution of more sophisticated malware and relentless malicious actors. As quickly as preventive measures are deployed, cybercriminals find new vulnerabilities and stealthy workarounds. The need for more comprehensive protections has spawned a modern approach to cyberdefense in the form of endpoint detection and.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A developing threat activity cluster has been found using Google Ads in one of its campaigns to distribute various post-compromise payloads, including the recently discovered Royal ransomware. Microsoft, which spotted the updated malware delivery method in late October 2022, is tracking the group under the name DEV-0569.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Vanuatu, a Republican Country comprising about 80 islands and stretching over 1300 kms, is in news for becoming a target to a sophisticated cyber-attack. The country that is in the South Pacific Ocean was targeted by cyber criminals almost 12 days ago, paralyzing the digital life of the citizens entirely. Vanuatu Cyber Attack has so far disrupted website-based operations of Pacific Island’s Police Control Room, Prime Minister Office and Parliament taking down whole of their email and intranet sy

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Indian federal government on Friday published a new draft of data privacy laws that would allow personal data transfer to other nations under certain conditions, and impose fines for breaches of data-transfer and data-collection regulations. The proposed legislation has been in the works for about four years. Up until now, the Reserve Bank of India has enacted regulations that make businesses keep transaction data within the country.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

CRQ (Cyber Risk Quantification) is the latest acronym doing the rounds in the cyber security industry. Many security professionals regularly use this acronym but few actually understand what CRQ is and even fewer know how to implement it. In this blog, I will attempt to demystify the concept of CRQ, express why a robust CRQ …. Read More. The post Cyber Risk Quantification – The What, The Why and The How!

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A notorious advanced persistent threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to a spate of spear-phishing attacks targeting government, education, and research sectors across the world.

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Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Forty-seven percent of consumers have stopped doing business with a company after losing trust in that company’s digital security, according to new research from certificate authority and cybersecurity vendor DigiCert. The findings, which have been compiled in the company’s 2022 State of Digital Trust Survey , also revealed that 84% of customers would consider switching if they were to lose trust in a company, with 57% saying switching would be likely.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Palo Alto Networks this week delivered a Nova update to the PAN-OS operating system it embeds across its cybersecurity portfolio. The update added capabilities to thwart evasive malware and zero-day injection attacks. Jesse Ralson, senior vice president of cloud-delivered security services for Palo Alto Networks, said PAN-OS 11.0 Nova makes it possible to deliver an.

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released online for two actively exploited and high-severity vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, collectively known as ProxyNotShell. [.].

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On one of our Techstrong email lists, Mike Vizard, our chief content officer made the comment that security spending is recession-proof, and he had some data from Red Hat’s Global Tech Outlook (reg required) to back up the assertion. Not surprisingly, security remains the top funding priority with network and cloud security leading in buyer. The post Should Security Budgets be Recession-Proof?

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In today’s business world, data security is more important than ever. With the rise of data breaches and cyberattacks, companies are looking for ways to protect their data and systems. One way to do this is through patch management. But what to do if you don’t have the time, workforce, or knowledge to deal with […]. The post What Is Patch Management as a Service?

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The GitGuardian Internal Monitoring platform will now include Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning to help organizations protect their infrastructure at the source. The post Introducing Infrastructure as Code Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The first one is a report released by the FBI stating the earning details of Hive Ransomware Group. FBI issued a joint advisory along with CISA that the said hacking group extorted more than $100m in this financial year by infecting over 1300 victims in 15 months starting from June’21.Victims list include government organizations, communication sector companies, IT businesses and businesses involved in healthcare sector.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Atlassian addressed this week two critical vulnerabilities impacting its Crowd and Bitbucket products. Atlassian announced the release of security updates to address critical-severity vulnerabilities in its identity management platform, Crowd Server and Data Center , and in the Bitbucket Server and Data Center , a self-managed solution that provides source code collaboration for professional teams.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Copenhagen, November 18, 2022 — Heimdal® announced today that Heimdal® Threat Prevention has been recently recognized as a Top Cybersecurity Software in Software Advice’s latest FrontRunners report. This report evaluates verified end-user reviews, positioning the top-scoring products based on their usability and customer satisfaction ratings for small businesses.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A threat actor tracked as WASP is behind an ongoing supply chain attack targeting Python developers with the WASP Stealer. Checkmarx researchers uncovered an ongoing supply chain attack conducted by a threat actor they tracked as WASP that is targeting Python developers. The attackers are using Python packages to distribute a polymorphic malware called W4SP Stealer.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Over 60% of the world’s population relies on technology to navigate their daily lives — that’s over 5 billion people ! Unfortunately, with such a large audience online, bad actors have turned to technology to deploy scams and make a profit. Scammers use an array of channels to target people with p. The post Lookout Study Identifies an Ongoing Consumer Scam Surge | Lookout appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hive ransomware operators have extorted over $100 million in ransom payments from over 1,300 companies worldwide as of November 2022. The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware -as-a-service (RaaS) have extorted $100 million in ransom payments from over 1,300 companies worldwide as of November 2022, reported the U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence authorities. “As of November 2022, Hive ransomware actors have victimized over 1,300 companies worldwide, receiving approximately US$100 milli

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