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FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine

Security Affairs

The FBI believes HelloKitty exploited a vulnerability in our third-party firewall, enabling the hackers to gain entry to the network.” CVE-2021-20016 , CVE-2021-20021 , CVE-2021-20022 , CVE-2021-2002 ) or using compromised credentials. ” The HelloKitty gang has been active since January 2021 and it is still active.

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New TunnelVision technique can bypass the VPN encapsulation

Security Affairs

The researchers speculate that the vulnerability existed in DHCP since 2002, when option 121 was implemented. The experts provided other mitigations, including using Firewall Rules, Ignoring Option 121, using a Hot Spot or VM, and avoiding use untrusted networks.

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Grandson of FISMA: Why We Desperately Need New Cybsersecurity Legislation from the 117th Congress

Cisco Security

The 47-page report provided significant detail to support the conclusion that “According to agency inspectors general, the average grade of the agencies’ overall information security maturity is C-.”. The Risk Management Framework doesn’t take into account that the human is the new perimeter of the enterprise.

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Each of these regulations addresses different aspects of cybersecurity and data protection, making it essential for businesses and organizations to stay informed and proactive. Tools such as intrusion detection systems (IDS), firewalls, and encryption technologies are critical in safeguarding data and ensuring compliance with regulations.

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How customers can improve product security (just ask)

SC Magazine

Today’s columnist, Rohit Sethi of Security Compass, says security teams need to focus more on standards that deal with secure software development, such as NIST’s 800-160 publication. When the general public thinks of cybersecurity, they often focus on firewalls, encryption and ransomware.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

So he invites me to go to a book that, you know, one of those first black hats and Doug Song was set doing his thing on checkpoint firewall bypass, and I'm sitting there, and a guy named Jeff Nathan. VAMOSI: Here’s former US Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2002. I was living in Alameda off of the Navy base there.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Threat Modeling

ForAllSecure

Having a common framework around vulnerabilities, around threats , helps us understand the information security landscape better. Literally, how the rebellion fighting the Empire has echoes in how we approach and mitigate information security threats. But in information security, it's not always true.