The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Related: Neutralizing insider threats This pervasive problem extends beyond traditional notions of fraud, encompassing both insider threats and external risks arising from partnerships, competitors, and poor IP management. Organizations dedicate substantial resources to detecting and preventing fraudulent activity in customer accounts.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Access Management and Identity Authentication Effective access management is crucial in a cloud environment to prevent unauthorised access to data and resources. Shared Responsibility Model The shared responsibility model is a fundamental concept in cloud security, delineating the security obligations of the CSP and the customer.

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Anton on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2022

[this question is related to the fact that at Google, there is no team called “SOC” ] A: The discussion about naming the security operation center comes from the longer debate about whether SOC includes just the analysts watching the screens or the infrastructure and processes for producing the alerts, threat research, detection creation, etc.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

Proofpoint researchers observed a threat actor, tracked as TA547, targeting German organizations with an email campaign delivering the Rhadamanthys malware. In past campaigns, the group used a PowerShell script likely generated by large language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT , Gemini, CoPilot, etc. ” concludes the report.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Then, the attacker enrolls a new device to bypass MFA and gain unlimited access to an organization’s resources and data. Mike Moran, Duo data scientist, threat researcher, and co-contributor of this MITRE ATT&CK® technique wants customers to understand how important it is to be aware of and protect against this type of attack.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

It also contains actionable advice for getting started on your privacy journey without the need for threat modeling (though it is certainly advised to set a direction for your efforts eventually.) Final thoughts Preface When it comes to improving privacy, absolute novice advice often includes “creating a threat model.”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Splunk’s inability to migrate to a modern cloud-native architecture makes it difficult to take advantage of these cost-saving benefits or implement advanced data science use cases critical for threat detection. Impactful analysis A decoupled, purpose-built threat detection platform can work across distributed data lake architectures.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

Threat actors target government entities in the Middle East with a new backdoor dubbed CR4T as part of an operation tracked as DuneQuixote. The threat actors behind the DuneQuixote campaign took steps to prevent collection and analysis the implants through the implementation of practical and well-designed evasion methods.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 29, 2022

Organizations developing a Security operations center(SOC) should consider which strategy they should adopt based on available cybersecurity professional resources: offensive or defensive? Are they experienced cyber warriors or recent additions to the cybersecurity field or resources moving over from traditional IT roles?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) published a document to explain the advantages of implementing a zero-trust model. The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published a document to explain the benefits of adopting a zero-trust model, and advice to navigate the process. Assuming all devices and infrastructure may be compromised.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 7, 2022

The increased adoption of hybrid work models means security teams are increasingly challenged to keep users connected and networks secure. At the same time, employees are connecting to corporate resources with more. The post How Modern Security Teams Fight Today’s Cyber Threats appeared first on TechRepublic.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Threat intelligence sharing has come a long way since Valentine’s Day 2015. Material progress in threat intel sharing, indeed, has been made. Overcoming inertia Threat actors haven’t been exactly sitting on their laurels. The campaign was thwarted by pooling resources and jointly analyzing the attackers’ tactics.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Artificial intelligence strategies are not built on being a costing savings model. Adaptive artificial intelligence and machine learning business models combine the promise to process, automation, and respond with sheer velocity; many organizations consider this capability a cost-effective, optimized, and rationalized decision.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Government, in turn, must provide more timely and comprehensive threat information while simultaneously treating industry as a vital partner. A lot of what he wants will require reining in that particular business model. I’m not sure how he’s going to get them on board. Or the surveillance capitalists, for that matter.

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Anton on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Threat Models and Cloud Security” “EP31 Cloud Certifications, and Cloud Security with TheCertsGuy” “Beyond Compliance: Cloud Security in Europe” “Application Security in the Cloud” Resources: Our video trailer Our new audio trailer Blog with some ideas from the first 46 episodes Cloud Security Podcast by Google?

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Cloud Migration Threat Detection CISO Engineering 189

Security Boulevard

MARCH 8, 2024

Ignore This Title and HackAPrompt: Exposing Systemic Vulnerabilities of LLMs through a Global Scale Prompt Hacking Competition Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are deployed in interactive contexts with direct user engagement, such as chatbots and writing assistants.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 13, 2023

Generative AI makes use of a large language model ( LLM ) – an advanced algorithm that applies deep learning techniques to massive data sets. Every piece of information becomes a part of the model’s vast knowledge base. Threat intelligence vendor Cybersixgill for instance launched Cybersixgill IQ at Black Hat.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 26, 2023

According to a German media resource Handelsblatt, the leaked information from the Tesla Files include sensitive details related to 100,000 names of current and former employees including the social security number of Tesla CEO Elon Musk his itinerary for the next few months.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

The attack impacted the services of Schneider Electric’s Resource Advisor cloud platform causing outages. Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 8, 2023

The ultimate goal of Identity Security is to provide secure access to every identity for any resource or environment, from any location, using any device. Yet ever-evolving technology and dynamic threats can make executing a comprehensive Identity Security program a complex undertaking.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 29, 2022

The purpose of this document is to provide the reader with a high-level overview of cloud delivery models, introduce the different deployment scenarios in which cloud services can be operated in, and highlight the risks to an organization when deploying and operating a cloud environment. Primary cloud delivery models include: .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

In this blog, we will delve into the potential risks associated with AI and the importance of implementing robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard against these threats. Data Poisoning and Manipulation: AI models heavily rely on vast amounts of data for training and decision-making.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In the multi-cloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed security model that is expensive, difficult to deploy, and complex to manage. Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual provides unmatched security controls such as stateful firewalling, Snort3 IPS, URL filtering, malware defense, application visibility and control, and more.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the multicloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed security model that is expensive, difficult to deploy, and complex to manage. . Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense provides unmatched security controls such as stateful firewalling, Snort3 IPS, URL filtering, malware defense, application visibility and control, and more.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

An academic-private sector partnership reported favorable results from research exploring how machine learning models could be used to improve static malware analysis to better detect zero-day exploits and untracked malware. Other features, like the sequencing of bytes, control flow graphs and API calls can also be fed into a detection model.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2023

Searchlight Cyber researchers warn of threat actors that are offering on the dark web access to energy sector organizations. Dark web intelligence firm Searchlight Cyber published a report that analyzes how threat actors in the dark web prepare their malicious operations against energy organizations.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources. These types of security misconfigurations are a prevalent issue, often caused by human error during cloud resource setup and administration. Attackers may try to exploit these flaws to decode and access sensitive data.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Thanks to the kind folks Digital Guardian for including my threat modeling book in their list of “ The Best Resources for InfoSec Skillbuilding.” ” It’s particularly gratifying to see that the work is standing the test of time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2023

Zero trust security has become a buzzword in the cybersecurity world, emphasizing the need for a more robust and reliable security model. Building a Security-Aware Culture For any security model to work, it is crucial to create a culture where every employee understands the importance of security and their role in maintaining it.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. The researchers reported that the investments into exploit mitigations for across browsers and operating systems are impacting the offensive capabilities of threat actors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 12, 2023

Through Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AI is liberating human resources from the shackles of repetitive, rule-based tasks and directing their focus towards strategic, complex operations. For example, adversarial attacks that subtly manipulate the input data of an AI model to make it behave abnormally, all while circumventing detection.

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Risk Architecture Data privacy Encryption 106

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

How to Protect Your Machine Learning Models madhav Thu, 02/15/2024 - 07:20 Contributors: Dr. Werner Dondl and Michael Zunke Introduction In computer technology, few fields have garnered as much attention as artificial intelligence ( AI) and machine learning (ML). Let’s look at where the vulnerabilities lie and how they can be addressed.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

Invented in 2010 by Forrester Research, Zero Trust is a cybersecurity model enterprises can leverage to remove risky, implicitly trusted interactions between users, machines and data. The three main principles to follow to realize the benefits of this model were: Ensure that all resources are accessed securely, regardless of location.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It focuses on securely accessing resources regardless of network location, user, and device, enforcing rigorous access controls, and continually inspecting, monitoring, and logging network traffic. Both users and devices must be continuously authenticated and granted access to resources through disciplined verification.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

In many ways, this world is similar to our world of cybersecurity, where companies must constantly defend themselves against an array of threats to protect their assets and reputation from a range of attackers. At its core, zero trust is a security model that assumes all networks, devices, and users are potentially hostile.

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Anton on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2023

However, what she found was a lot of companies improving on the classic model, with visible elements of NOC and help desk “DNA” showing (bye-bye 1990s, hi 1980s!) Those who read the original Netflix 2018 SOCless paper would be very familiar with an engineering-led model for D&R operations ( a more recent example ).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

How to protect your machinelearning Models richard-r.stew… Tue, 02/20/2024 - 21:50 Dr. Werner Dondl and Michael Zunke In computer technology, few fields have garnered as much attention as artificial intelligence ( [KD1] [RJ2] AI) and machine learning (ML). Let’s look at where the vulnerabilities lie and how they can be addressed.

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