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Mishing Is the New Phishing — And It’s More Dangerous

eSecurity Planet

As businesses rely more on mobile devices for authentication and communication, these evolving threats are slipping past conventional security defenses, putting corporate networks at greater risk. Quishing: A newer method that uses QR codes to direct users to fraudulent websites, often bypassing traditional security filters.

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Akira ransomware gang used an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR

Security Affairs

They found unsecured IoT devices, including webcams and a fingerprint scanner, using them to bypass security defenses and successfully deploy the ransomware. Realizing EDR was active, they pivoted by scanning the network for vulnerable devices.

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Towards native security defenses for the web ecosystem

Google Security

Posted by Artur Janc and Lukas Weichselbaum, Information Security Engineers With the recent launch of Chrome 83, and the upcoming release of Mozilla Firefox 79, web developers are gaining powerful new security mechanisms to protect their applications from common web vulnerabilities.

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How to choose the best SIEM software

CSO Magazine

To protect your enterprise against security threats, you need maximum visibility. That’s the fundamental notion behind SIEM (security information and event management) software, which is essential to the security defenses of most large and many medium enterprises.

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Why Do Chief Security Officers Leave Jobs So Often?

Security Boulevard

Everyone knows that cybersecurity is a red-hot career field, and chief security officers (or chief information security officers in many organizations) are the ones leading the online security defense. Is it time to look elsewhere?

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Cisco to offer Webex air-gapped cloud system for security, defense work

CSO Magazine

An air gap is a security measure that involves isolating a computer or network and preventing it from establishing an external connection. For example, an air-gapped computer is unable to connect to the internet or any other communications networks so as to have complete security with the information that resides within it.

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Cybersecurity in Manufacturing: Key Threats and Risks

Security Boulevard

Arguably, security defenses and awareness still lag behind the pace of digital transformation in manufacturing, where informational and operational. Read More The post Cybersecurity in Manufacturing: Key Threats and Risks appeared first on Nuspire.