Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For infosec professionals, that same spectrum of reactions may come into play when detecting a hijack on your domain name system (DNS). The post DNS Hijacking: What You Need to Know appeared first on Security Boulevard. The word “hijacking” inspires a host of emotions, few of which are favorable. By the time.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

An infosec researcher was hacked by North Korea. The post US Hacker ‘P4x’ Gets Back at Pyongyang (but We Smell a Rat) appeared first on Security Boulevard. law enforcement did nothing, so he took matters into his own hands.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 8, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 1st, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you are the CEO, CFO or CXO of a major corporation, you are probably aware of Log4j, and perhaps perplexed by the unprecedented impact it has had on your infosec and IT teams. The post Log4j Memo to the CEO, CFO and other CXOs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Perhaps you are waiting for your CISO to provide ….

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Infosec folks are in for a busy holiday season ahead. The post Curating Log4j and Log4shell Memes appeared first on Security Boulevard. A lot of us will not be able to get any downtime thanks to Log4shell. For a quick refresher on Log4shell and Log4j, check out this blog for an executive summary.)

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2021

Our world is one where IT infrastructure, attacker trends, and workspace norms continue to shift, so it’s an increasingly difficult challenge to build a resilient infosec program backed by tested best practices. The post Webinar: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) – Past, Present and Future appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 7, 2023

Justice Department’s new Civil-Cyber Fraud Initiative announced its first settlement last month in a novel action that brought false claims allegations over infosec failures against, notably, a sole proprietor.

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Webroot

AUGUST 18, 2021

The infosec researcher Matt Tait, who spoke at this year’s Black Hat on the topic of supply chain attacks, called the Codecov compromise an instance of high-volume disruption based on indiscriminate targeting. But after the initial compromise, network security can block communication with known-malicious IP addresses to limit damage.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Chris Calvert of Respond Software (now part of FireEye) outlines the challenges that reduce the efficacy of network security sensors.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In a boilerplate statement to BleepingComputer , the 49ers revealed that the attack has caused temporary disruption to its IT network. The San Francisco 49ers recently became aware of a network security incident that resulted in temporary disruption to certain systems on our corporate IT network. Smart marketing tbh.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

The website leverages GitHub application programming interfaces (APIs) to make “finding open-source security projects easier for everyone.” ” Anyone can go to the site to discover “the most popular and fastest-growing open-source security (OSS) projects.”

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

If or when more attacks are uncovered, end-user organizations will need to apply the lessons learned from SolarWinds and prepare to take swift and decisive action, infosec experts agreed in a series of interviews with SC Media.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

“You can really make sure that you use this product across multiple things – RDP, VPN, email – all that are constantly being attacked,” said Sanders, noting that ABCWUA’s solution from Cisco and Duo Security processes over 12,000 authorizations per month. So far, “it’s been going really well,” she said.

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Herjavec Group

APRIL 26, 2021

Before the pandemic, the typical network security perimeter made it easy to differentiate between our teams and external groups. Without a mature security program, this can lead to some messy and sometimes catastrophic situations. Your board and leadership team will thank you! To Your Success , .

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NopSec

MARCH 18, 2016

It also affords minimal compliance for companies subject to less stringent security rules, contributing to a false sense of security and system safety. Beyond scanning, you need to be able to use the information your scanner provides to remediate the risks and keep your network secure.

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SC Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Are there particular lessons you hope infosec people will come away with? And considering the Florida Oldsmar water hack, we’re going to be doing a demonstration of how that works and what that looks like. So we’ll be doing it with actual physical equipment, simulating a water plant.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Managing third-party identities along with your internal end-users is key to gaining comprehensive visibility and security for your enterprise. Before the pandemic, the typical network security perimeter made it easy to differentiate between our internal teams and third parties.

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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. This particular string has been elected as common malware name by many researchers of the InfoSec community. Research of the installed email client software.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And what parallels might infosec learn from COVID-19? In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. If you’ve been in the infosec world as long as I have, you have probably encountered Mike Amadhi. Especially in the world of security standards.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And what parallels might infosec learn from COVID-19? In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. If you’ve been in the infosec world as long as I have, you have probably encountered Mike Amadhi. Especially in the world of security standards.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

Should infosec now be considered vocational training just like becoming an electrician or a plumber? How else should we address the skills gap in infosec? My boss at the time didn't know much about infosec. My arc represents about 15 to 20 years of consistent work in infosec. Then I got one of my first jobs at ZDNet.

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SecureList

APRIL 19, 2021

With steganography they are trying to fool the network security systems like IDS/IPS: bitmaps are not too suspicious for them. I keep hearing sales pitches about how it will revolutionize the infosec industry and I do not want to dismiss them outright. Would it help to automate the reverse engineering work?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

His contributions include founding Security BSides, serving as Strategist for Tenable, speaking at conferences, and co-hosting the podcast Security Voices. How to screen for natural infosec talent: Ask for a worst case scenario for any common situation. Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Machines that don’t sit on the network perimeter are often treated differently. Because they are, in theory, only reachable by trusted machines on the internal network, security is often less of a consideration.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 20, 2023

InfoSec and SOC teams are often under-resourced and new to SAP systems. This means organizations are often relying on manual log reviews, which are time-consuming and require extensive internal expertise to keep up with the evolving threat landscape. How do you analyze each activity so you know what to prioritize?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Since 1991, SonicWall has offered the newest network security solutions, and the Network Security appliance (NS a ) remains an advanced option fit for mid-sized networks. We round out our top twelve WAF vendors with a returning pick and a vendor with broad appeal among SMB and SME organizations. OWASP Top Ten.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2024

The post Zero-Trust Network Access: Why so Many Teams Get it Wrong appeared first on Security Boulevard. Zero-trust encompasses a variety of technologies, from strong identity systems to microsegmentation. Why are so many organizations getting it wrong?

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

There is already a well-established sub-field within information security (infosec) known as " Behavioral Information Security." However, I did find a reference to "behavioral security" dating back to May 2004 (see "Behavioral network security: Is it right for your company?" ).

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Double extortion is one of the most prevalent ransomware tactics today. The attackers first exfiltrate sensitive information from their target before launching the ransomware encryption routine.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Marcus Hutchins, who stopped the global WannaCry ransomware attack, tweeted details about how widespread this vulnerability is, and how simple it is to take advantage of it: Other cybersecurity professionals warned the community about what they were seeing threat actors do: #log4j jokes and memes: tweets as infosec therapy. December 10, 2021.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 22, 2022

Our sincere thanks to BSides Prishtina for publishing their Presenter’s BSides Prishtina 2022 Information Security Conference videos on the organization’s’ YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Transparency Market Research team predicted that this market will increase at a CAGR of about 21% in the next decade, reported Help Net Security. The post XDR: The Next Step in Threat Detection and Response appeared first on Security Boulevard. The global EDR market (Endpoint Detection and Response) is growing rapidly.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 20, 2021

The post Popular Myths about VPNs appeared first on The Shared Security Show. In this sponsored episode from our friends at ClearVPN, Artem Risukhin Content Marketing Manager at ClearVPN, joins co-host Tom Eston to discuss the most popular myths about VPNs.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

House Oversight and Homeland Security committees last week, SolarWinds’s former and current CEOs blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub – an act which may or may not have contributed to a supply chain hack that impacted users of the tech firm’s Orion IT performance monitoring platform.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The post DEF CON 29 Adversary Village – Carlos Polop’s ‘New Generation Of PEAS’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Our thanks to DEFCON for publishing their outstanding DEFCON 29 Adversary Village videos on the Conferences’ YouTube channel.

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Notice Bored

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Physical and environmental security : ignore these aspects at your peril! Networking security : risks associated with data and social networks. Information security incident management : unique or general? Asset management : using templates/models to develop your policies.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The post Malicious Life Podcast: The Tesla Hack appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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