Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2021

That intrusion involved malicious code being surreptitiously inserted into updates shipped by SolarWinds for some 18,000 users of its Orion network management software as far back as March 2020. “Due to the nature of the attacks, the review of this matter and its impact is ongoing.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. There are multiple examples of ransomware groups doing just that after security researchers crowed about finding vulnerabilities in their ransomware code.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2022

Vulnerability management, or VM, has long been an essential, if decidedly mundane, component of network security. It supplies a unified vulnerability and risk management solution that automates vulnerability management processes and workflows. Historically, this has been what VM was all about.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Related: Taking a risk-assessment approach to vulnerabilities. But there’s something you can do to get better at striking it: build that balance into your network testing and policy management. Today, users could be working anywhere, accessing applications and data from any number of potential vulnerable public and private clouds.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Today, we are reviewing the Frontline Vulnerability Manager by Digital Defense (a HelpSystems company). The Frontline Vulnerability Manager (Frontline VM) is a cloud-based vulnerability management solution that finds, investigates, prioritizes and monitors cybersecurity deficiencies in networks and business-critical resources.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 8, 2024

Securing organizations against today’s most advanced threats continues to be challenging, with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)playing an increasingly central and vulnerable role, especially as digital transformation marches on. What's Different in NIST CSF 2.0? The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (CSF)

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Adam Levin

JUNE 30, 2020

It doesn’t matter how big your company is. In fact, what may matter more is how easy you are to hack. What can CEOs do? With customers pointing the finger at business leadership, CEOs face a new layer to what was already an extinction-level threat. 1-99-employee companies are a target.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 15, 2023

Once those AI-powered products and services start to appear we’re going to have an entirely new species of vulnerability to deal with. AI Assistants are the agents that will soon manage our lives. At the time of writing, GPT-4 has only been out for a couple of months, and ChatGPT for only 6 months. So things are very early.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

IT administrators and operations managers are responsible for overseeing much of any given organization's incumbent security practices. Software, as we know, is increasingly prone to bugs and vulnerabilities, and must be kept in good working order to maintain worker and organizational productivity. What does patch management involve?

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Joseph Steinberg

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Or the impact on national security of a hacker exploiting cyber-vulnerabilities to access driver-license systems and create phony IDs. Wastewater management is certainly not a function of government that most people think about on a regular basis – and it is certainly not the primary focus of most discussions about crippling cyberattacks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2022

The content on the final page will be determined based on what was learned about the user and tailored as much as possible to their possible interests. The right tools and tracking can help the team better and more effectively manage those assets. Related: Business logic hacks plague websites. Automating defenses.

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NopSec

MARCH 11, 2024

Security Data Analysis is Hindering Vulnerability Management Program Effectiveness Vulnerability management is a vital process for any organization that wants to proactively protect their IT assets and systems from cyber attacks. Many organizations struggle to oversee their Vulnerability Management program effectively.

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Daniel Miessler

APRIL 20, 2021

threat actor = someone who wants to punch you in the face threat = the punch being thrown vulnerability = your inability to defend against the punch risk = the likelihood of getting punched in the face — cje (@caseyjohnellis) April 19, 2021. The Vulnerability is that you can’t currently move because you are being blindsided.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 27, 2023

Management makes decisions that favor safety over other priorities such as cost, speed, and flexibility. Managers ensure that employees are involved and committed by building safety into everyday routines and guarding against cynicism and noncompliance. Until a decade ago few organizations needed a cyber security culture.

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NetSpi Executives

MAY 1, 2024

Today we’re introducing The NetSPI Platform , the proactive security solution used to discover, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities of the highest importance. The cybersecurity industry is at a pivotal moment. NetSPI has been tackling these issues head on and is prepared to lead the path forward with proactive security.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 13, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for June 2023 addresses 78 vulnerabilities, a significant increase from last month’s total of 37. The six critical vulnerabilities are as follows: CVE-2023-24897 , a remote code execution vulnerability in.NET,NET Framework, and Visual Studio, with a CVSS score of 7.8

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

After all, cybersecurity is a matter of proper human risk management. After all, cybersecurity is a matter of proper human risk management. Instead, what they need to do is to manage human risk. As our digital world evolves, cybersecurity has never been more important and critical. Train humans’ awareness.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Year after year, important initiatives get deprioritized for other business initiatives, pushing out the adoption of important technologies or funding of headcount to manage critical processes. What an organization chooses to pay attention naturally grows. Asset management. Asset management is at the core of every program.

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NopSec

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Choosing a risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) solution can be daunting. What features are available, and what are the real potential benefits in the context of your organization? Why it matters: The number of security tools available for teams to choose from can seem overwhelming. Where do you begin?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Wiz Research Team disclosed technical details about the discovery of the ChaosDB vulnerability in Azure Cosmos DB database solution. This vulnerability was so severe that we didn’t want to share the full extent of it until enough time had passed to properly mitigate it. This, however, was not the full story of ChaosDB.

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NopSec

MARCH 6, 2023

NopSec has been in the risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) game for 10 years now. While all of this has happened, one fact has remained constant: when it comes to remediating vulnerabilities and minimizing risk exposure, organizations that put prioritization first win out in the long run. It’s just not possible.

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Centraleyes

MAY 5, 2024

Murphy’s Law in Modern Risk Management Murphy’s Law is a timeless reminder of life’s unpredictability. In today’s digital age, where cyber attacks are a matter of when rather than if, assessing potential risks and their likelihood of occurrence is only getting more critical.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 19, 2021

Vulnerabilities in enterprise IT are everywhere. The sheer number of vulnerable software versions in an enterprise environment can be overwhelming, making it challenging to address them. A more efficient process is required to view, prioritize, and manage software vulnerabilities—and lower the security risk to the entire organization.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Artificial Intelligence was clearly advancing rapidly, but – with the exception of cutting edge industries like high tech and finance – its actual applications in everyday life (and business) were still matters of conjecture. The post Episode 256: Recursive Pollution? Read the whole entry. » For Hacking.

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Notice Bored

APRIL 22, 2021

After all, an ISO27k ISMS is, essentially, simply a structured, systematic approach for information risk management, isn't it? Types and significances of risks – different threats, vulnerabilities and impacts, different potential incidents of concern; Understandings of ‘information’, ‘risk’ and ‘management’ etc.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The rise of specialist cyber security consultants and managed cyber security service providers (MSSPs) is underpinned by organisations that appreciate the lower investment cost and greater experience these companies can offer. 2: Be pragmatic and detect what matters. 1: Augment people with technology.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Vulnerability scanners help scan known assets, but what about the assets you don’t know exist? Attack surface sprawl is a growing challenge with 76% of organizations experiencing some type of cyberattack that started through the exploit of an unknown, unmanaged, or poorly managed internet-facing asset.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

These updates fix a variety of security vulnerabilities, but and one of them is particularly nasty. That would be CVE-2021-22005 , a critical file upload vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 Organizations that practice change management using the ITIL definitions of change types would consider this an “emergency change.”.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Then the conversation carried on with Mitchell Schneider , a prominent Gartner analyst covering Threat and Vulnerability Management. We were debating about what we should call this new category. Is it Cyber Exposure Management? Threat Exposure Management? Or maybe, Cyber Threat Exposure Management?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Overview Security vulnerabilities enable attackers to compromise a resource or data. Vulnerabilities occur through product defects, misconfigurations, or gaps in security and IT systems. Vulnerabilities consist of two categories: unplanned and planned. Vulnerabilities consist of two categories: unplanned and planned.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 19, 2021

Derek Tournear, the director of Space Development Agency (SDA) said that in the next two years, both the adversaries of North America are planning to take down the space crafts of United States used for communication and critical infrastructure management. But what if the supply chain of components is laced with espionage filled malware…?

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

Within the cybersecurity community, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, or CVSS, is the defacto standard for distilling significance of a bug. The CVSS score – more accurately, the CVSS base score – is a useful tool to compare vulnerabilities in the abstract. percent of vulnerabilities are ever seen in the wild.

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NopSec

MAY 4, 2022

With all this speed and the increasing reliance on communications and data-sharing both internally and externally comes the danger of inadequate accounting for and management of cyber risks. To manage what feels like chaos requires breaking down the dangers in categories and managing accordingly. What are Vulnerabilities?

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 14, 2023

What is DORA? It signaled a significant shift in the approach to digital risk management for financial entities and select ICT service providers. It places the ultimate responsibility for managing ICT risk squarely on the shoulders of the management body within DORA finance entities.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 6, 2022

What is ERP Security (and Why Does it Matter?). However, in the last two years, 64% of ERP systems have been breached in the last two years and over the past five years, there have been six US-CERT alerts on malicious cyber activity or vulnerabilities in SAP. maaya.alagappan. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 16:38.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2022

The question ‘what is workforce management ?’ Just three years ago, workforce management would have involved physical meetings, in-office observation, face-to-face conversation, and so on. Now, it involves tools like project management apps, video-conferencing, remote productivity trackers, and so on.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 24, 2024

And armed with ill intent, malefactors look for every crack or vulnerability to slither through, threatening the very fabric of digital trust. And armed with ill intent, malefactors look for every crack or vulnerability to slither through, threatening the very fabric of digital trust.

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