Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Although InfoSec wasn’t sure how the servers had been compromised, they did know that a phishing email with an attached malicious Microsoft Office macro was sent to several company employees not long before the ransomware attack took place. Microsoft Backs Off Internet Office Macro Ban [Update]. Related Posts. Robyn Weisman.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

This will help me later in the case I will be able to obtain a firmware that eventually is encrypted (i.e. Firmware Analysis: Passed the initial shock, I thought the data inside the dump would have been still encrypted in some way. With of course, an active anti-tamper detection mechanism that will void the encrypted content.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

I've investigated hundreds of data breaches over the years (there are 514 of them in Have I Been Pwned as I write this), and for the most part, the situation with Gab is just another day on the internet. Gab's approach. And what about the bug that caused all this havoc to begin with?

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Cisco Security

APRIL 19, 2021

Clearly, infosec professionals are in hot demand. Countless others participated in online courses on the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, Linux and other topics. Those looking for targeted education can enroll in specialized programs, including computer forensics, encryption and incident handling. Even so, 3.12 In 2020, 2.31

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

Included in Webroot’s SecureAnywhere Internet Security Plus antivirus solution is access to LastPass®, a reliable and secure password management tool. It encrypts all username, password and credit card information to help keep you safe online. LastPass is the most trusted name in secure password management.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

After all, it does demand a level of research to “hook” the target into interactions and establishing fake profiles are more work than simply finding an open relay somewhere on the internet. Techniques & Tactics. When threat actors weaponize social media, they use techniques and tactics you see in the legitimate world. Prevention.

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SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

70% of Internet user computers in the EU experienced at least one Malware-class attack. One more constellation of vulnerabilities that appeared in the infosec sky was a threesome of critical bugs in the popular SolarWinds Orion Platform – CVE-2021-25274 , CVE-2021-25275 , CVE-2021-25276. Main figures.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2022

Intelligence services aim to drag a figurative ‘net’ through the trove of data available online and pull out compromised credentials, stolen data, general intelligence/OSINT reports, payment data, and other notable items from across the internet and dark web. Recommended Reading. For More: [link]. For More: [link].

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Conti infrastructure was shut down in late June, but some in the infosec community believe that Conti members are either just rebranding or have split up and joined other ransomware teams, including Hive, AvosLocker and BlackCat. While some ransomware groups are drifting into oblivion, others seem to be making a comeback. Local threats.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Mashable: Move over Heartbleed and welcome to shell shock, the latest security threat to hit the internet. used vulnerabilities in sendmail and the fingerd protocol to construct unintentionally what would become the first internet worm. Really, never roll your own encryption. And it's a doozy program. What’s a worm?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Mashable: Move over Heartbleed and welcome to shell shock, the latest security threat to hit the internet. used vulnerabilities in sendmail and the fingerd protocol to construct unintentionally what would become the first internet worm. Really, never roll your own encryption. And it's a doozy program. What’s a worm?

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 31, 2021

This means that all proper authentication protocols need to be employed, and encryption systems and extra layers of defense, like adaptive authentication, are needed to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. Every month one of HG’s experts will provide advice and insights based on their extensive experience in the infosec industry.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

If the victim organization is slow to pay up, even though its files are encrypted and some of its confidential data has been stolen, the attackers additionally threaten to carry out a DDoS attack. On average, 7.67% of Internet user computers worldwide experienced at least one Malware-class attack. Local threats.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In case you want more privacy while injecting payloads… I recommend to use the slightly more expensive C-U0012 which has encryption enabled. For LIGHTSPEED, throughput is higher than a normal Unifying firmware, and most importantly the covert channel is Encrypted. Therefore LOGITacker needs to know its encryption key.

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Notice Bored

JULY 17, 2022

Cryptography is the primary control, coupled with appropriate use of authentication and encryption processes in both hardware and software (e.g.'microcode' microcode' physically built-in to the TPM chip's crypto-processor), plus other inscrutable controls (e.g. That's what ISO/IEC 27070:2021 addresses. At least, I think so. My head hurts.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Domain The team knew how much BackTrack was growing in popularity, and as they did not switch the project name when using Ubuntu, it was time to create its own place on the Internet. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version. At times, they would break their setup in the process.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others? Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others? Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2019

These sensitive data are protected using PK11 encryption from Mozilla Network Security Services, so the malware is weaponized with all the necessary functions decrypt them. It abuses a vulnerability of the “ pkgmgr.exe” Windows tool; many resources related to this exploit are publicly available on the internet. Conclusion.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Further evolution of cyberthreats as a response to infosec tools and measures. Known vulnerabilities in internet-facing hardware are also sure to remain a popular penetration vector. So the damage in some cases may not be limited to encryption of IT systems and data theft in the office network. Threats to OT.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Vamosi: For this episode I also want to weigh in on a very controversial topic within infosec today. Now, if you’ve been around infosec for any length of time, you are probably thinking about Diffie-Hellman, RSA, Elliptical Curve, even SHA. That’s also why you occasionally hear about depricated encryption schemes.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2021

Vamosi: Burnout is a major concern in the InfoSec world. I've met people that have library skills, and you would wonder well how is that going to apply to hacking and then they get a job in an InfoSec role, you know, keeping all of the compliance documentation together whatever right, wherever your skills are you can probably apply them here.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

It's a process of protecting critical information through encryption and being aware of the potential for eavesdropping on conversations. Vamosi: Within InfoSec there's an informal use of AppSec as well. However, on the internet, nothing is truly deleted. But I view internet privacy differently. And he found some.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of it all -- you know, the classic CIA triad in infosec. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of it all -- you know, the classic CIA triad in infosec. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Whether it’s designing or just playing CTFs, John Hammond knows a lot about the gamification of infosec. In the moment you’ll meet someone who’s been gamifying infosec for years. Included with that question was an encrypted text file which John downloaded then wrote a simple python script to decrypt it.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Whether it’s designing or just playing CTFs, John Hammond knows a lot about the gamification of infosec. In the moment you’ll meet someone who’s been gamifying infosec for years. Included with that question was an encrypted text file which John downloaded then wrote a simple python script to decrypt it.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of it all -- you know, the classic CIA triad in infosec. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

From behavioral analytics and machine learning to in-browser data encryption and an anti-bot mobile SDK, F5 offers industry-leading features. A web application firewall is a specialized firewall designed to filter and control HTTP traffic in internet traffic between web clients and application servers. What is a WAF? OWASP Top Ten.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

There’s an online war in Ukraine, one that you haven’t heard much about because that country is holding its own with an army of infosec volunteers worldwide. RSAC also attracts some of the top researchers in infosec. The Internet is where elections are won and lost. The internet is how you control your people.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The advent of 5G presents an opportunity for us to think the exploding number of IoT devices and how we securely connect to the digital world.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

He also talks about the future generation of hacking, what motivates young people today to think outside the box in a world where infosec is increasingly becoming vocational and expected. Vamosi: There’s also a list of words commonly used in infosec that are being challenged. Vamosi: Hackers. And it's, no it's this short video.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

So most of our apps are mostly upside tests over the internet. They're basically entirely encrypted. I joined a Discord server called InfoSec prep. I discuss this in greater detail in EP 44, where the SAN Institute is deliberately looking to hire people without CS degrees into the infosec world. People like me.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This can happen when the tokens are generated with insufficient entropy or derived from user information using weak encryption or hashing algorithms. The API server will respond with the entire corresponding user object: { "id": 6253282, "username": "vickieli7", "screen_name": "Vickie", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "bio": "Infosec nerd.

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