Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The term “influencer” gets thrown around a lot these days, but what does it actually mean? This was a question I was asked by journalists and analysts when I was engaged as an “influencer” for a huge vendor conference recently. In short, an influencer is someone who has the ability to affect the purchasing decisions of others because of their authority, knowledge, position, or relationship with their audience. They have sway over others and can get them to act.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Criminals using Google search ads to deliver malware isn’t new, but Ars Technica declared that the problem has become much worse recently. The surge is coming from numerous malware families, including AuroraStealer, IcedID, Meta Stealer, RedLine Stealer, Vidar, Formbook, and XLoader.

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Lohrman on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A lot has happened in the past 12 months regarding human microchip implants. Here’s your roundup of recent developments

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France.

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Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

This exclusive webinar with William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services, will explore the foundational elements you need to start or validate your ERM program. He will also dive into topic definitions, governance structures, and framework components for success.

Risk

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

I think I've pretty much captured it all in the title of this post but as of about a day ago, Pwned Passwords now has full parity between the SHA-1 hashes that have been there since day 1 and NTLM hashes.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The field of machine learning (ML) security—and corresponding adversarial ML—is rapidly advancing as researchers develop sophisticated techniques to perturb, disrupt, or steal the ML model or data.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity will likely have a decent amount of screen time in an upcoming Hulu documentary series about the 2015 megabreach at marital infidelity site Ashley Madison.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Throughout 2022, we saw hackers become far more sophisticated with their email-based cyber attacks. Using legitimate services and compromised corporate email addresses became a norm and is likely to continue in 2023 and beyond. Related: Deploying human sensors Additionally, with tools like ChatGPT, almost anyone can create new malware and become a threat actor.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The tax code isn’t software. It doesn’t run on a computer. But it’s still code. It’s a series of algorithms that takes an input—financial information for the year—and produces an output: the amount of tax owed.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ransomware was down last year, though LockBit led threat actors and employees opened a third of the toxic emails in the last six months of 2022. The post New cybersecurity data reveals persistent social engineering vulnerabilities appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Speaker: Dr. Karen Hardy, CEO and Chief Risk Officer of Strategic Leadership Advisors LLC

Join this exclusive webinar with Dr. Karen Hardy, where she will explore the power of storytelling in risk communication as a core component of a resilient organization's management framework!

Risk

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Did I really need to get a connected BBQ?

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This is a neat piece of historical research.

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Encryption 210

Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

These ransomware infections on VMware ESXi software are due to a vulnerability that has existed since 2021. Find out the most targeted countries and how to secure your organization.

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Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy

This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Implementing modern cryptography standards on tiny IoT devices is hard. They’re underpowered, need to sip battery charge and something like AES is often overkill. The post Amazing Fast Crypto for IoT — US NIST Fingers ASCON appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Cyber threats have already plagued January of 2023, causing organizations to invest more than ever in protective measures. The average cost of a data breach in 2022 was $4.35 million, and ransomware attacks cost organizations an average of $4.84

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Tuesday was the official publication date of A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back. It broke into the 2000s on the Amazon best-seller list. Reviews in the New York Times , Cory Doctorow’s blog , Science , and the Associated Press. I wrote essays related to the book for CNN and John Scalzi’s blog. Two podcast interviews: Keen On and Lawfare. And a written interview for the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With more companies investing in Web 3.0 this year, including blockchain, gaming and the metaverse, the cat and mouse game will continue, but with more dimensions. The post Metaverse adds new dimensions to Web 3.0 cybersecurity appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

The largest banks have increased reserves for protection against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? In this webinar, Alex Jiménez will walk us through that question and examine the prudent course of action.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Police in the Netherlands broke open alleged drugs gangs by hacking an encrypted messenger service, Exclu. Lives were saved and alleged perps arrested. The post Dutch Cops Bust ‘Exclu’ Messaging Service, Arrest 42 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A broken access control vulnerability could have led to dangerous follow-on attacks for users of the money-management app

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The decision by the House of Representatives to ban TikTok from federal devices is noteworthy, especially as the Chinese spy balloon crisis unfolds. Related: The Golden Age of cyber espionage On December 23, 2022, Congress, in a bipartisan spending bill, banned TikTok from all government devices. The White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, and the State Department have already banned the social media app, as have more than a dozen other states.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There’s a new, more secure way to encrypt files in Windows 11, but it’s only an option for building secure applications, not a replacement for BitLocker. The post Personal data encryption in Windows 11 appeared first on TechRepublic. Microsoft Security cipher encryption windows

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Encryption 158

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

In this session, Elizabeth “Paige” Baumann will cover the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act. She'll take a deep dive into the catalysts that brought on the act, the current implications of the act, and what impacts the act has on the future of banking and finance.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Considering the effectiveness of an endpoint security solution when a firewall is already in place is a valid concern for any organization looking to run lean. On the surface, they can look like two solutions doing very much the same thing.

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Biden’s speech proves that protecting personal info is no longer a fringe issue. Now, Congress just needs to do something about it. Security Security / Privacy

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A new Linux version of Royal ransomware is targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. Learn more about this security threat and how to protect from it. The post Royal ransomware spreads to Linux and VMware ESXi appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

Join us as we discuss the various tangents of data and the change management process that will help you make better risk-based business decisions to save time and money for your organization.

Risk

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Today’s cybersecurity landscape is riskier, costlier and more complicated than ever before, with bad actors capitalizing on global disruption and vulnerability with destructive third-party breaches, allowing them to compromise multiple victims in one fell swoop.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Cisco is honored to be this year’s winner of the Best Next Generation Firewall Award in the SE Labs 2023 Annual Report. This industry recognition validates Cisco’s continuous push towards harmonizing network, workload, and application security across hybrid and multicloud environments.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For the past few days, Microsoft funded OpenAI developed ChatGPT is trending on news headlines for different reasons. While one news channel or resource focuses more on its positives, the other tries to figure out the cons that the AI model will draw towards the humans.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As cybersecurity threats increase in complexity and volume, the Department of Defense is turning to new technologies for help. The post New virtual data fabric to support DoD cyber testing appeared first on TechRepublic. Security artificial intelligence big data cyber testing cybersecurity

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Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster

In this webinar, Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert, will outline the relationship between SaaS apps and IT & security teams, along with several actionable solutions to overcome the new difficulties facing your organization.

Cybersecurity