Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Google warns of multiple threat actors that are leveraging its Calendar service as a command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. Google warns of multiple threat actors sharing a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit, named Google Calendar RAT, that relies on Calendar service to host command-and-control (C2) infrastructure.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2023

I had the chance to get briefed about this all-new platform, which provides a means for companies to comprehensively manage their Public Key Infrastructure ( PKI ) implementations along with the associated digital certificates. I visited with Brian Trzupek, DigiCert’s senior vice president of product. Outages and attacks. Just ask SolarWinds.

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Authentication Mobile Encryption Internet 208

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2022

Related: ‘SASE’ blends connectivity and security. In response, Cato Networks today introduced network-based ransomware protection for the Cato SASE Cloud. We discussed how Secure Access Services Edge – SASE – embodies this new paradigm. LW provides consulting services to the vendors we cover.).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

After emerging from stealth mode less than a year ago, Nile has built a market-leading network-as-a-service (NaaS) solution designed to deliver a more secure wired and wireless service through the extensive use of monitoring, analytics, and automation. AI is enabling data-driven decision-making to be adopted at a rapid pace.

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Wireless Cloud Migration Marketing Engineering 186

The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Related: Centralizing control of digital certificates I had the chance to sit down with Deepika Chauhan , DigiCert’s Chief Product Officer, and Mike Cavanagh , Oracle’s Group Vice President, ISV Cloud for North America. Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010.

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Cloud Migration Digital transformation Engineering Retail 195

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

I had the chance to visit with Thomas Rosteck, Infineon’s Division President of Connected Secure Systems (CSS.) Latency build-up has become intolerable, Rosteck noted, as more and more IoT devices send larger and larger rivers of data up into the Internet cloud for processing. LW provides consulting services to the vendors we cover.)

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. “What makes this malware family so insidious is the ability to perform HTTP and DNS hijacking for connections to private IP addresses.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2022

However, VPN pipes have become less efficient with the rising use of personally-owed mobile devices increasing reliance on cloud-centric IT resources. This process was rapidly changing to cloud-based pre-pandemic, but COVID-19 kicked this transition into hyper speed with most of the world moving to work-from-home remote setups.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

As RSA Conference 2022 gets underway today in San Francisco, advanced systems to help companies comprehensively inventory their cyber assets for enhanced visibility to improve asset and cloud configurations and close security gaps will be in the spotlight. Connecting the dots and getting everyone on the same page remain daunting challenges.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

Companies are adopting multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures and relying on wide-open app development like never before. In doing so, permissions to make myriad software connections are proliferating. Taken together these man-to-machine and machine-to-machine connections result in cool new digital services.

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Cloud Migration Accountability Software Internet 214

The Last Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

Digital connections aren’t just in the mobile devices owned by 66% of the world’s population – they’re in streets, vehicles, traffic systems and in dozens of places throughout our homes. 41% of respondents believe that a connected world would make their everyday lives easier. Today it is everywhere.

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Identity Theft IoT Banking Internet 189

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2021

Related: How ‘SASE’ is disrupting cloud security. Criminal hackers recognized the golden opportunity presented by hundreds of millions employees suddenly using a company VPN to work from home and remotely connect to an array of business apps. This has long been the case. RPD presents a similar exposure.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2020

Digital commerce would fly apart if businesses could not reliably affirm the identities of all humans and all machines, that is, computing instances, that are constantly connecting to each other across the Internet. On the one hand, they’re encountering crippling friction when attempting to migrate legacy, on-premises systems to the cloud.

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Authentication Cloud Migration Accountability Digital transformation 280

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Companies have come to depend on Software as a Service – SaaS — like never before. Related: Managed security services catch on. From Office 365 to Zoom to Salesforce.com, cloud-hosted software applications have come to make up the nerve center of daily business activity. Here are the key takeaways: Shrugging off security.

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Cloud Migration CISO Technology Security Awareness 229

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. It’s a scalable and cost-effective storage solution for businesses offered through a subscription service.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 30, 2023

AWS Availability Zone (AZ) – is one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, and connectivity in an AWS Region. AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) – A transit gateway is a network transit hub that you can use to interconnect your virtual private clouds (VPCs) and on-premises networks.

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Architecture Threat Detection Technology Internet 108

CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

When asked why, 41% pointed to an evolving and dangerous threat landscape, 38% identified a growing and changing attack surface, 37% said that alert volume and complexity are driving this change, and 34% blamed growing use of public cloud computing services. There is one exception, however: The growing attack surface.

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Digital transformation Internet Internet 119

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) represents vast opportunities for the public sector. Security has often been an afterthought in the design of IoT devices, if a thought at all, and connected devices introduce new vulnerabilities and vectors for attack by the day, if not minute.

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IoT Malware Education Government 75

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I recently visited with Thomas Rosteck, Division President of Connected Secure Systems (CSS) at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor manufacturer based in Neubiberg, Germany. This ascension to the next level of connectivity is underscored by Matter 1.0 , the new home automation connectivity standard rolling out this holiday season.

Internet 189

Internet Internet Energy and Utilities IoT 189

Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2024

Both TruePeopleSearch and FastPeopleSearch allow users to search for reports by first and last name, but proceeding to order a report prompts the visitor to purchase the file from one of several established people-finder services, including BeenVerified, Intelius , and Spokeo. com was registered in June 2020 via Alibaba Cloud Beijing.

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Marketing Technology Data privacy Advertising 255

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Excising passwords as the security linchpin to digital services is long, long overdue. Password abuse at scale arose shortly after the decision got made in the 1990s to make shared secrets the basis for securing digital connections. Threat actors now routinely bypass these second-layer security gates. Our brains just won’t do it.”.

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Authentication Passwords Banking Digital transformation 342

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Adoption of cloud services, whether consumed as 3 rd party services provided by various vendors or in the form in-house developed software and/or services leveraging Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) from major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) has been steadily on the rise in critical infrastructure (CI) related industries [i].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Threat actors are actively abusing cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to deliver RATs such as Nanocore , Netwire , and AsyncRAT. Threat actors leverages cloud services like Azure and AWS because they can be easily set up with minimal efforts making it more difficult for defenders to detect and mitigate the campaigns.

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DNS Malware Cybercrime Ransomware 112

IT Security Guru

MARCH 14, 2024

Recently 23andMe , the popular DNA testing service, made a startling admission: hackers had gained unauthorised access to the personal data of 6.9 Mark Grindey, CEO, Zeus Cloud explains that one way that organisations can mitigate similar risks is by implementing on-premises and hybrid cloud solutions.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments.

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Encryption DDOS Authentication Firewall 91

Cisco Security

JULY 9, 2021

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides a wide range of cloud-computing services, workloads, and applications to organizations globally. Traditionally, firewalls scale using clustering but, in the cloud, due to abstraction of layer-2, it is not possible to implement native high-availability and native firewall clustering.

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Firewall Architecture DNS VPN 106

Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. Aqua said it gathered data from public repositories that contain code and tools for targeting cyber-aggression on both sides of the conflict. Of the public sources, about 40% of the packages were denial-of-service (DoS) activity aimed at online services.

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Cyber Attacks Technology Digital transformation DNS 138

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.

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SecureList

APRIL 22, 2024

Note that all tools described in this article are applied at the stage where the attackers have compromised high-privileged user credentials allowing them to connect to remote hosts. In most cases, the adversary connected, transferred and run all required tools with the help of PsExec or Impacket.

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VPN Passwords Encryption Malware 105

CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Other ESG research indicates that the attack surface is growing at two-thirds (67%) of organizations, driven by third-party IT connections, support for remote workers, increased public cloud usage, and adoption of SaaS applications. Chasing cloud evolution and associated software developer whims has become part of the job.

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Cisco Security

JULY 26, 2021

With cloud comes complexity. As organizations accelerate their transition to hybrid cloud, multicloud, and other dynamic environments, static security controls are no longer adequate. Ask a Question, Comment Below, and Stay Connected with Cisco Secure on social! Policy enforcement as dynamic as your environment. LinkedIn.

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Firewall Architecture Network Security 128

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

Note : an exception to this statement is if the generation of encryption keys occurs over a publicly available Internet connection (e.g., That is why it is recommended to initiate a virtual private network (VPN) connection to a trusted provider before visiting websites when using a public Internet connection).

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Encryption Internet Internet Social Engineering 102

SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

million users in Japan has been publicly available for 10 years due to " misconfiguration of the cloud environment." According to Reuters , the incident was caused by human error, which led to a cloud system being set to public instead of private.

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Education Cybersecurity Data breaches 76

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2022

But the cloud service giant responded by giving a press statement that the disruption caused on Monday this week was because of a network change and not by digital attack. Coinbase and Shopify customers that were using a different network service provider also suffered a downtime in parallel with CloudFlare.

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Cyber Attacks DDOS Media Internet 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

As the only SASE platform built on a Polyscale public cloud architecture, Bitglass leverages AWS Transit Gateway Connect to seamlessly integrate with SD-WAN solutions. This post was originally published by Amit Singh. Traffic from branch routers is seamlessly routed to Bitglass for real-time security.

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Architecture Software Cybersecurity 86

Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

This means that the DNG now enables users to access on-premises shares, without requiring a full VPN connection. It begins with a device posture check by verifying the health of key operating system services. DNG returns a “Carrier” public IP address 5. On the Client: The Duo Connect Plugin passes a SMB file request to DNG 7.

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VPN Firewall Authentication Internet 101

Cisco Security

MAY 5, 2022

They are looking for methods and tools to help launch them on their journey to cloud compliance and broaden their global market access. Announcing the Cisco Cloud Controls Framework (CCF). We are proud to announce the general availability of the Cisco Cloud Controls Framework (CCF) V1.0 for public use. .

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Marketing InfoSec Risk Technology 123