Sat.Oct 19, 2024 - Fri.Oct 25, 2024

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Can Security Experts Leverage Generative AI Without Prompt Engineering Skills?

Tech Republic Security

A study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presented at ISC2 Security Congress compared ChatGPT-written training prompted by security experts and prompt engineers.

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ISC2 Security Congress 2024: The Landscape of Nation-State Cyber Attacks

Tech Republic Security

CISA advisor Nicole Perlroth closed out ISC2 Security Congress’ keynotes with a wake-up call for security teams to watch for nation-state-sponsored attacks.

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IBM Addresses AI, Quantum Security Risks with New Platform

Security Boulevard

IBM is rolling out Guardian Data Security Center, a framework designed to give enterprises the tools they need to address the emerging cyberthreats that come the ongoing development of generative AI and quantum computing. The post IBM Addresses AI, Quantum Security Risks with New Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Threat Actors Are Exploiting Vulnerabilities Faster Than Ever

Tech Republic Security

It only takes five days on average for attackers to exploit a vulnerability, according to a new report by cybersecurity company Mandiant.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls In Automation: Keep Humans In the Loop

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.

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Cybersecurity Action Month: When Awareness Must Lead to Action

IT Security Guru

October is widely regarded as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. While awareness is crucial in our increasingly perilous cyber landscape – where threats to both organisations and individuals are growing in scale and sophistication – action is now paramount. Recent research indicates that 95% of IT leaders believe cyber attacks are more advanced than ever, largely due to the accessibility of AI technologies.

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No, The Chinese Have Not Broken Modern Encryption Systems with a Quantum Computer

Schneier on Security

The headline is pretty scary: “ China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.” No, it’s not true. This debunking saved me the trouble of writing one. It all seems to have come from this news article , which wasn’t bad but was taken widely out of proportion.

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U.S. CISA adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the ScienceLogic SL1 flaw CVE-2024-9537 (CVSS v4 score: 9.3) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. ScienceLogic SL1 contains a vulnerability related to a third-party component.

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Fortinet Warns of Actively Exploited Flaw in FortiManager: CVE-2024-47575 (CVSS 9.8)

Penetration Testing

Fortinet has issued a security advisory for its FortiManager platform, addressing a critical vulnerability—CVE-2024-47575—which has been actively exploited in the wild. This vulnerability, rated at CVSS 9.8, arises from a... The post Fortinet Warns of Actively Exploited Flaw in FortiManager: CVE-2024-47575 (CVSS 9.8) appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Watermark for LLM-Generated Text

Schneier on Security

Researchers at Google have developed a watermark for LLM-generated text. The basics are pretty obvious: the LLM chooses between tokens partly based on a cryptographic key, and someone with knowledge of the key can detect those choices. What makes this hard is (1) how much text is required for the watermark to work, and (2) how robust the watermark is to post-generation editing.

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The Crypto Game of Lazarus APT: Investors vs. Zero-days

SecureList

Introduction Lazarus APT and its BlueNoroff subgroup are a highly sophisticated and multifaceted Korean-speaking threat actor. We closely monitor their activities and quite often see them using their signature malware in their attacks — a full-feature backdoor called Manuscrypt. According to our research, Lazarus has been employing this malware since at least 2013 and we’ve documented its usage in 50+ unique campaigns targeting governments, diplomatic entities, financial institutions, mili

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Why Giant Content Libraries Do Nothing for Your Employees’ Cyber Resilience

Many cybersecurity awareness platforms offer massive content libraries, yet they fail to enhance employees’ cyber resilience. Without structured, engaging, and personalized training, employees struggle to retain and apply key cybersecurity principles. Phished.io explains why organizations should focus on interactive, scenario-based learning rather than overwhelming employees with excessive content.

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Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment

Security Affairs

Cisco confirms that data published by IntelBroker on a cybercrime forum was taken from the company DevHub environment. Cisco confirms that the data posted by IntelBroker on a cybercrime forum was stolen from its DevHub environment. IntelBroker claimed to have gained access to Github projects, Gitlab Projects, SonarQube projects, Source code, hard coded credentials, Certificates, Customer SRCs, Cisco Confidential Documents, Jira tickets, API tokens, AWS Private buckets, Cisco Technology SRCs, Doc

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Microsoft Windows Flaw: CVE-2024-30090 PoC Exploit Published, Posing SYSTEM Privilege Threat

Penetration Testing

Security researcher Angelboy (@scwuaptx) with DEVCORE has identified a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s Kernel Streaming service. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-30090 and assigned a CVSS score of 7.0, could... The post Microsoft Windows Flaw: CVE-2024-30090 PoC Exploit Published, Posing SYSTEM Privilege Threat appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Deceptive Google Meet Invites Lures Users Into Malware Scams

eSecurity Planet

The reliance on virtual meetings has skyrocketed after the pandemic, making platforms like Google Meet and Zoom integral to our daily personal and professional communication. However, this surge in usage has also opened the door to a growing array of cybersecurity threats. One of the most concerning tactics currently on the rise is the ClickFix campaign — a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting unsuspecting Google Meet users.

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Shifting from Business Continuity to Continuous Business in Cyber

Jane Frankland

As cybersecurity matures, the concept of resilience has taken on new dimensions, at least according to Commvault’s CEO, Sanjay Mirchandani. Attending their annual global event series, SHIFT , in London recently, he redefined the future of business resilience in his keynote address and positioned the concept of continuous business—a ground-breaking state of perpetual availability and robustness which revolves around four pivotal elements: 1.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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F5 fixed a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in BIG-IP

Security Affairs

Technology firm F5 patches a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in BIG-IP and a medium-severity flaw in BIG-IQ. F5 addressed two vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ enterprise products, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-45844 and CVE-2024-47139. An authenticated attacker, with Manager role privileges or higher, could exploit the vulnerability CVE-2024-45844 to elevate privileges and compromise the BIG-IP system. “This vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker with M

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Internet Archive attackers email support users: “Your data is now in the hands of some random guy”

Malwarebytes

Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven’t gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting replies to the tickets from the hackers themselves. Internet Archive, most known for its Wayback Machine, is a digital library that allows users to look at website snapshots from the past. It is often used for academic research and data analysis.

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Blending Traditional and Emerging Cybersecurity Practices for a Holistic Approach

Security Boulevard

Security leaders must leverage the best of both to truly protect an organization in today's complex digital environment — blending the old with the new. The post Blending Traditional and Emerging Cybersecurity Practices for a Holistic Approach appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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New Threat Group UNC5820 Targets FortiManager Zero-Day CVE-2024-47575 in Global Cyberattack

Penetration Testing

In October 2024, Mandiant, in collaboration with Fortinet, uncovered the mass exploitation of FortiManager appliances across multiple industries. This zero-day vulnerability, designated as CVE-2024-47575, allows malicious actors to execute arbitrary... The post New Threat Group UNC5820 Targets FortiManager Zero-Day CVE-2024-47575 in Global Cyberattack appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Experts warn of a new wave of Bumblebee malware attacks

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a new wave of attacks involving the Bumblebee malware, months after Europol’s ‘ Operation Endgame ‘ that disrupted its operations in May. The Bumblebee malware loader has resurfaced in new attacks, four months after Europol disrupted it during “ Operation Endgame ” in May. Bumblebee has been active since March 2022 when it was spotted by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), experts noticed that cybercriminal groups that were previously using the

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SEC Fines Four Companies $7M for Misleading Cybersecurity Disclosures

SecureWorld News

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it has fined four companies $7 million for misleading statements about their cybersecurity incidents, particularly concerning the high-profile 2019 SolarWinds hack. Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., and Mimecast Limited were found to have downplayed the severity of their data breaches in public disclosures, obscuring the full scope of the incidents from investors and the public.

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100 MILLION Americans in UnitedHealth PII Breach

Security Boulevard

Not cute: $UNH’s Change Healthcare unit paid a big ransom—its IT was as weak as a kitten. The post 100 MILLION Americans in UnitedHealth PII Breach appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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100 million US citizens officially impacted by Change Healthcare data breach

Malwarebytes

In April, we reported that a “substantial proportion” of Americans may have had their health and personal data stolen in the Change Healthcare breach. That was based on a report provided by the UnitedHealth Group after the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The attack on Change Healthcare, which processes about 50% of US medical claims, was one of the worst ransomware attacks against American healthcare and caused widespread disruption in payments to doctors and health fac

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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape

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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Samsung zero-day flaw actively exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers warn of a Samsung zero-day vulnerability that is exploited in the wild. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a Samsung zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44068 (CVSS score of 8.1), which is exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is a use-after-free issue, attackers could exploit the flaw to escalate privileges on a vulnerable Android device.

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Stealer here, stealer there, stealers everywhere!

SecureList

Introduction Information stealers, which are used to collect credentials to then sell them on the dark web or use in subsequent cyberattacks, are actively distributed by cybercriminals. Some of them are available through a monthly subscription model, thus attracting novice cybercriminals. According to Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence, almost 10 million devices, both personal and corporate, were attacked by information stealers in 2023.

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CISOs Should Be Directing IAM Strategy — Here’s Why 

Security Boulevard

By placing IAM strategy and enforcement under the CISO’s purview, enterprises can ensure that it is treated as a critical component of the overall security strategy. The post CISOs Should Be Directing IAM Strategy — Here’s Why appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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North Korean Cyber Espionage Group Tenacious Pungsan Compromises Open-Source Repositories with Backdoored npm Packages

Penetration Testing

In a recent report, the Datadog Security Research Team exposed the latest nefarious activities of the Tenacious Pungsan group, a North Korean cyber-espionage threat actor. Known for its persistence, the... The post North Korean Cyber Espionage Group Tenacious Pungsan Compromises Open-Source Repositories with Backdoored npm Packages appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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From Risk Assessment to Action: Improving Your DLP Response

Security Affairs

DLP is key in cybersecurity; a risk assessment identifies data risks, helping turn findings into real-world security improvements. Data loss prevention (DLP) is a cornerstone of any effective cybersecurity strategy. Protecting sensitive data is what cybersecurity is all about. So, how can you conduct a DLP risk assessment? And how can you translate those findings into real-world improvements?

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NotLockBit: ransomware discovery serves as wake-up call for Mac users

Graham Cluley

Historically, Mac users haven't had to worry about malware as much as their Windows-using cousins. But that doesn't mean that Mac users should be complacent. And the recent discovery of a new malware strain emphasises that the threat - even if much smaller than on Windows - remains real. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Majority of SaaS Applications, AI Tools Unmanaged

Security Boulevard

Unmanaged software as a service (SaaS) applications and AI tools within organizations are posing a growing security risk as vulnerabilities increase, according to a report from Grip Security. The post Majority of SaaS Applications, AI Tools Unmanaged appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Chrome Patches Multi Vulnerabilities in Latest Stable Release

Penetration Testing

Google has rolled out a crucial update to its Chrome browser, addressing three high-severity security flaws that could be exploited by attackers. The update, versions 130.0.6723.69/.70 for Windows and Mac,... The post Chrome Patches Multi Vulnerabilities in Latest Stable Release appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!