Lohrman on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

For more than a decade there have been calls to merge physical and cybersecurity in global organizations. Is this the right time? What are the benefits?

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

For the last few years, I've been welcome national governments to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and granting them full and free access to domain-level searches via a dedicated API. Today, I'm very happy to welcome the Czech Republic's National Cyber and Information Security Agency who can now query their government domains along with the 26 other nations that have come before them.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Microsoft Corp. warns that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a malicious document or visit a booby-trapped website. There is currently no official patch for the flaw, but Microsoft has released recommendations for mitigating the threat.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Normal-looking cables (USB-C, Lightning, and so on) that exfiltrate data over a wireless network. I blogged about a previous prototype here.

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Speaker: Erroll Amacker

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

IT teams are experiencing employee pushback due to remote work policies and many feel like cybersecurity is a "thankless task" and that they're the "bad guys" for implementing these rules.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

An early one today as I made space in the schedule to get out on the water 😎 I'm really liking the new Apple AirTags, I'm disliking some of the international media coverage about Australia's COVID situation, another gov onto HIBP and a blog post I've wanted to write for a long time on biometrics. That last one in particularly I felt was really important as time and time again, I hear these irrational statements from people about the perceived "risks" of biomet

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

After being compelled by a Swiss court to monitor IP logs for a particular user, ProtonMail no longer claims that “we do not keep any IP logs.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Cyberattacks have surged during the coronavirus pandemic as criminals rake in bountiful ransomware payouts. Malicious office docs have been on the rise for months, per a new report.

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Trend Micro

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Microsoft has disclosed the existence of a new zero-day vulnerability that affects multiple versions of Windows. This vulnerability (designated as CVE-2021-40444) is currently delivered via malicious Office 365 documents and requires user input to open the file to trigger.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity briefly profiled “ The Manipulaters ,” the name chosen by a prolific cybercrime group based in Pakistan that was very publicly selling spam tools and a range of services for crafting, hosting and deploying malicious email. Six years later, a review of the social media postings from this group shows they are prospering, while rather poorly hiding their activities behind a software development firm in Lahore that has secretly enabled an entire generation of

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We knew the basics of this story , but it’s good to have more detail. Here’s me in 2015 about this Juniper hack. Here’s me in 2007 on the NSA backdoor.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Only 33% of users surveyed by NordPass changed the default passwords on their IoT devices, leaving the rest susceptible to attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The massive DDoS attack that has been targeting the internet giant Yandex was powered b a completely new botnet tracked as M?ris. The Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an internet shutdown.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A threat actor has leaked a list of almost 500,000 Fortinet VPN login names and passwords that were allegedly scraped from exploitable devices last summer. [.].

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Isracard used a single cell phone to communicate with credit card clients, and receive documents via WhatsApp. An employee stole the phone. He reformatted the SIM, which was oddly the best possible outcome, given the circumstances. Using the data to steal money would have been much worse. Here’s a link to an archived version.

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Risk 331

Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Supervised and unsupervised machine learning are good ways to detect threats. But what's the difference?

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Cybersecurity 218

CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

COVID-19 has changed the face of security forever. The perimeter defense model, which had been slowly crumbling, has now been shattered. Employees are working from home, many of them permanently. Applications are shifting to the cloud at an accelerating pace. Enterprise security today is all about secure remote access and protecting cloud-based assets.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

There are plenty of pop culture references to rogue AI and robots, and appliances turning on their human masters. It is the stuff of science fiction, fun, and fantasy, but with IoT and connected devices becoming more prevalent in our homes, we need more discussion around cybersecurity and safety.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Yet another article on the privacy risks of static MAC addresses and always-on Bluetooth connections. This one is about wireless headphones. The good news is that product vendors are fixing this: Several of the headphones which could be tracked over time are for sale in electronics stores, but according to two of the manufacturers NRK have spoken to, these models are being phased out. “The products in your line-up, Elite Active 65t, Elite 65e and Evolve 75e, will be going out of production

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Some of these phrasings are standard day-to-day subject lines, but as one expert explained, "the attacker wants you to be moving too fast to stop and question if it's legitimate.

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Phishing 218

Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Cisco Secure Firewall provides industry-leading firewall capabilities for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)and resources deployed inside. Customers use these firewalls to protect north-south and east-west traffic. Typically, we provide north-south traffic inspection in AWS infrastructure by deploying a load balancer and adding firewalls behind it. Another approach uses Amazon VPC Ingress Routing to steer traffic to Cisco Secure Firewalls.

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Firewall 145

The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The U.S. Cyber Command on Friday warned of ongoing mass exploitation attempts in the wild targeting a now-patched critical security vulnerability affecting Atlassian Confluence deployments that could be abused by unauthenticated attackers to take control of a vulnerable system.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users’ data with Facebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million for the lack of transparency on how it shares European Union users’ data with Facebook companies. The instant messaging company violated the actual General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). “The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced a conclusion to a

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Technology is not the only answer: An expert suggests improving the human cyber capacity of a company's workforce plus cybersecurity technology offers a better chance of being safe.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

ug in the McDonald's Monopoly VIP game in the United Kingdom caused the login names and passwords for the game's database to be sent to all winners. [.].

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Passwords 144

We Live Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The university suffered a ransomware attack, however there is no evidence so far of data being accessed or stolen. The post Howard University suffers cyberattack, suspends online classes in aftermath appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

A Russian man accused of being a member of the infamous TrickBot gang was arrested while trying to leave South Korea. A Russian man accused of being a member of the TrickBot gang was arrested last week at the Seoul international airport. The man has remained stuck in the Asian country since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the local government and the cancelation of international travel.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Making predictions about data is the next frontier in terms of identifying risk in your infrastructure, expert says. But is it right for your organization?

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Incident responders and blue teams have a new tool called Chainsaw that speeds up searching through Windows event log records to identify threats. [.].

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Zero Day

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

An investigation into what ransomware groups want has painted the picture of the perfect target.

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Ransomware 143

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