Schneier on Security
APRIL 20, 2022
Beanstalk Farms is a decentralized finance project that has a majority stake governance system: basically people have proportiona votes based on the amount of currency they own. A clever hacker used a “flash loan” feature of another decentralized finance project to borrow enough of the currency to give himself a controlling stake, and then approved a $182 million transfer to his own wallet.
Joseph Steinberg
APRIL 21, 2022
It is no secret that cybersecurity professionals universally recommend that people, businesses, and governments employ strong encryption as one of several methods of protecting sensitive information. Data that must remain private simply cannot be readable by unauthorized parties – and that rule applies both when the relevant information is at rest on an internal server, in the cloud, or on some backup media, as well as when it is in transit over any form of network or other means of communicatio
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Tech Republic Security
APRIL 20, 2022
Identity and access management software helps you maintain control of your environment by allowing authorized users to access company resources. Learn 10 of the top IAM tools to see which might be the best fit for your business. The post Top IAM tools 2022: Compare identity and access management solutions appeared first on TechRepublic.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 21, 2022
Cisco has released security updates to address a high severity vulnerability in the Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance (VA), allowing unauthenticated attackers to steal admin credentials remotely. [.].
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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.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 21, 2022
Ronan Farrow has a long article in The New Yorker on NSO Group, which includes the news that someone — probably Spain — used the software to spy on domestic Catalonian sepratists.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 18, 2022
The digital age has created several opportunities for us, and at the same time, we’ve been exposed to a whole new level of cyberthreats. There’s no denying that cybersecurity is now an integral part of every business that wants to avoid being a victim of identity theft, data breaches, and other cyber risks. Cybercriminals are […]. The post The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity appeared first on EasyDMARC.
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We Live Security
APRIL 19, 2022
ESET researchers discover multiple vulnerabilities in various Lenovo laptop models that allow an attacker with admin privileges to expose the user to firmware-level malware. The post When “secure” isn’t secure at all: High‑impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 22, 2022
Interesting implementation mistake : The vulnerability, which Oracle patched on Tuesday , affects the company’s implementation of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm in Java versions 15 and above. ECDSA is an algorithm that uses the principles of elliptic curve cryptography to authenticate messages digitally. […]. ECDSA signatures rely on a pseudo-random number, typically notated as K, that’s used to derive two additional numbers, R and S.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 20, 2022
Cloud security encompasses the controls, policies, practices and technologies that protect applications, data and infrastructure from internal and external threats. Cloud security is critical for organizations to successfully implement digital transformation plans and integrate cloud-based solutions and services into their existing operating structures.
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 21, 2022
Attackers are impersonating local credit unions to capture personal information and extract money, says Avanan. The post How phishing attacks are spoofing credit unions to steal money and account credentials appeared first on TechRepublic.
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.
SecureList
APRIL 18, 2022
Yanluowang is a type of targeted ransomware discovered by the Symantec Threat Hunter team as they were investigating an incident on a large corporate network. Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. Yanluowang description.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 16, 2022
Russian software developers are reporting that their GitHub accounts are being suspended without warning if they work for or previously worked for companies under US sanctions. [.].
Malwarebytes
APRIL 21, 2022
Twitter philanthropists are a controversial emergence on the social media platform. In essence, Twitter-based philanthropy is about incredibly rich people helping out those who need it. The help is random, and often focused around performing a task like listening to a podcast or simply retweeting something. Of course, not everyone can “win” and many, many people miss out.
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 18, 2022
International law firm RPC found the rate of ransomware attacks are spiking, leading to more sensitive information being jeopardized. The post Over 42 million people in the UK had financial data compromised appeared first on TechRepublic.
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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.
CyberSecurity Insiders
APRIL 17, 2022
Source. Keeping information secure from any theft activities in the digital world is necessary. But unfortunately, with everything going online, the digital world seems to be just as dangerous as the real world, especially when storing your personal information. . These issues will often arise when a company fails to ensure proper security measures and when companies don’t process sensitive data properly.
Dark Reading
APRIL 19, 2022
Three flaws present in consumer laptops can give attackers a way to drop highly persistent malware capable of evading methods to remove it, security vendor says.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 20, 2022
Oracle has issued a Critical Patch Update which contains 520 new security patches across various product families. A few of these updates may need your urgent attention if you are a user of the affected product. Publicly disclosed computer security flaws are listed in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database. Its goal is to make it easier to share data across separate vulnerability capabilities (tools, databases, and services).
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 18, 2022
A recently discovered set of malicious tools allows state-sponsored attackers to target critical infrastructures in the US. See what you should do to protect yourself from this new threat. The post US critical infrastructures targeted by complex malware appeared first on TechRepublic.
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?
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 19, 2022
Lenovo has published a security advisory on vulnerabilities that impact its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) loaded on at least 100 of its laptop models. [.].
CyberSecurity Insiders
APRIL 18, 2022
A malware dubbed MyloBot malware is seen sending extortion emails to victims and demanding a payment of $2,732 in digital currency. Interestingly, this malicious software has the potential to stay concealed for 14 days and then contacts the command-and-control server to execute malevolent binaries directly from memory. This malware that was first detected in 2018 has anti-debugging capabilities and the potential to remove other malware already installed in the system or network.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 21, 2022
Web scraping—the automated extraction of data from websites—has been around for a long time. Simultaneously cursed and praised, with nobody being able to quite land the decisive blow about whether it should be allowed, one way or another. This may have changed, thanks to a recent US appeals court ruling. A tangled web of scraped content. LinkedIn (and, by extension, Microsoft ) is not impressed with people or organisations scraping publicly available data from its site.
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 19, 2022
Phishing attacks aimed at stealing LinkedIn account credentials surged during the first quarter of 2022, says Check Point Research. The post LinkedIn was the most exploited brand in phishing attacks last quarter appeared first on TechRepublic.
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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.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 21, 2022
Pwn2Own Miami 2022 has ended with competitors earning $400,000 for 26 zero-day exploits (and several bug collisions) targeting ICS and SCADA products demoed during the contest between April 19 and April 21. [.].
Security Boulevard
APRIL 18, 2022
Reflection, future plans, and a large set of updates to the original cybersecurity ecosystem mapping. The post Cybersecurity Ecosystem Mapping Updates: April 2022 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Dark Reading
APRIL 21, 2022
Ransomware and other financially motivated threat actors joined nation-state-backed groups in leveraging unpatched flaws in attack campaigns, new data shows.
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 18, 2022
Some 75% of SMBs polled in a CyberCatch survey said they’d be able to survive only three to seven days following a ransomware attack. The post Report: Many SMBs wouldn’t survive a ransomware attack appeared first on TechRepublic.
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.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 18, 2022
Information gathering is often the starting point of a cyberattack. For many hackers, before attempting anything they want to know who they’re dealing with, what vulnerabilities they might exploit, and whether they can operate stealthily or not. During such reconnaissance operations, attackers collect relevant data about their victims, but it’s not without risks for them.
Security Affairs
APRIL 18, 2022
US CISA adds a VMware privilege escalation flaw and a Google Chrome type confusion issue to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a VMware privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2022-22960) and a Google Chrome type confusion issue (CVE-2022-1364) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 18, 2022
It is important to realize that uploading certain files to VirusTotal may result in leaking confidential data, which could result in a breach of confidentiality, or worse. We have warned against uploading personal information, as does VirusTotal itself on their home page. But apparently some organizations have automated the uploading of email attachments without really thinking through the possible consequences.
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 18, 2022
Samsung and Oxford Economics study explores how BYOD vs EPD policies can impact SMBs. The post How businesses are reassessing their mobile strategies appeared first on TechRepublic.
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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