Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 10, 2023

Cyber Security Expert, Joseph Steinberg, who joined Newsweek’s Expert Forum in 2021, will continue serving as a member of the premier news organization’s council in 2023. Steinberg brings important insights about cybersecurity, privacy, and artificial intelligence to this community.”.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also issued the Emergency Directive 21-02 in response to the disclosure of zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Cybersecurity buzzwords and buzz phrases are a dime a dozen. Used to simplify complex terminology or boost sales and marketing campaigns, buzzwords are an inescapable reality for an innovative and fast-paced industry like information security. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. To read this article in full, please click here

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 4, 2022

Cyber Security Expert, Joseph Steinberg, who joined Newsweek’s Expert Forum last year, will continue serving as a member throughout 2022. Steinberg brings important insights about cybersecurity, privacy, and artificial intelligence to this community.”. He amassed millions of readers as a regular columnist for Forbes and Inc.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2021

Researcher published an exploit code for a high-severity privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2021-3490) in Linux kernel eBPF on Ubuntu machines. I do root cause analysis and exploit CVE-2021-3490 for LPE with PoC included. link] — chompie (@chompie1337) July 29, 2021. Here's the LPE PoC exploit for CVE-2021-3490.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

. “According to the SEC’s orders, Unisys, Avaya, and Check Point learned in 2020, and Mimecast learned in 2021, that the threat actor likely behind the SolarWinds Orion hack had accessed their systems without authorization, but each negligently minimized its cybersecurity incident in its public disclosures.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Since April 2021, Russian state-sponsored hackers have exploited vulnerabilities, including Zimbra’s CVE-2022-27924 for injecting commands to access credentials and emails, and JetBrains TeamCity’s CVE-2023-42793 for arbitrary code execution through an authentication bypass.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

0patch released free unofficial patches for Windows local privilege escalation zero-day ( CVE-2021-24084 ) in Windows 10, version 1809 and later. 0patch released free unofficial patches for Windows local privilege escalation zero-day (CVE-2021-24084) in Windows 10, version 1809 and later. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090 ) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090 , impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Trend Micro disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation issue, tracked as CVE-2021-30724 , that impacts macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Trend Micro researchers disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-30724 , that impacts macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. and iPadOS 14.6.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

SOC analysts, vital to cybersecurity, face burnout due to exhausting workloads, risking their well-being and the effectiveness of organizational defenses. Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst burnout is a very real problem. What we do know, however, is that effective cybersecurity relies on these analysts being happy and healthy.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

Compromised data includes full names, contact details, ID numbers, banking information, drivers license numbers, medical records and passport details. “Cell C is aware that data compromised in the recent cybersecurity incident has been unlawfully disclosed by RansomHouse, the threat actor claiming responsibility.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2021

Japanese researchers spotted an Olympics-themed wiper targeting Japanese users ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo Olympics could be a great opportunity for cybercriminals and malware authors, the US FBI warned p rivate US companies of cyberattacks that might attempt to disrupt the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

The Apache Software Foundation urges organizations to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-31805, affecting Struts versions ranging 2.0.0 The post CVE-2021-31805 RCE bug in Apache Struts was finally patched appeared first on Security Affairs. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our thanks to Security BSides London for publishing their tremendous videos from the Security BSides London 2021 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel. The post Security BSides London 2021 -James Gibbins’ ‘MITRE D3FEND’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

MITRE and CISA announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list. MITRE and the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2022

Our thanks to Security BSides London for publishing their tremendous videos from the Security BSides London 2021 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel. The post Security BSides London 2021 – Ben Caller’s ‘Big Data Lake, Big Data Leak appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the polkit auth system service, tracked as CVE-2021-3560 , which is used on most Linux distros can allow an unprivileged attacker to get a root shell. ” reads the description published by the security advisory. “A flaw was found in polkit. No Ubuntu 20.04 Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Profile of participants and applications We collected the data from a sample of the application security assessment projects our team completed in 2021–2023. Recommendations provided in these rankings are general in nature and based on information security best practices standards and guidelines, such as OWASP and NIST.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Congratulations to security advocate Wouter Hindriks of Avit Group! Cybersecurity defenders have had an extra challenging job to do over the past year and a half. While critical, securing our digital world can sometimes be a thankless and exhausting endeavor, especially under these unprecedented circumstances. They are: .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

DirtyMoe is a Windows botnet that is rapidly growing, it passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021. The post DirtyMoe botnet infected 100,000+ Windows systems in H1 2021 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

CVE-2021-40847 flaw in Netgear SOHO routers could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. Security experts from consulting firm GRIMM have discovered a vulnerability in Small Offices/Home Offices (SOHO) Netgear routers that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

With the largest concentration of cybersecurity expertise –– the “oil” — in the world, Maryland is fast changing from the Old Line State into “Cybersecurity Valley.” The foundation of Silicon Valley was set, and today comparable technology development pieces are being laid in Maryland on the cybersecurity front.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 29, 2022

Our sincere thanks to Security BSides Dublin for publishing their tremendous videos from the Security BSides Dublin 2021 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel. The post Security BSides Dublin 2021 – Juan Aray’s ‘Introduction To Fileless Malware’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

DLP is key in cybersecurity; a risk assessment identifies data risks, helping turn findings into real-world security improvements. Data loss prevention (DLP) is a cornerstone of any effective cybersecurity strategy. Protecting sensitive data is what cybersecurity is all about.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The agency has notified law enforcement and is investigating the security breach with the assistance of cybersecurity experts. These teams are working diligently to determine if any information has been compromised.” The ransomware attack caused significant service disruptions to local transportation in Pittsburgh.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2024

Multiple cybersecurity agencies released a joint advisory warning about a China-linked group APT40 ‘s capability to rapidly exploit disclosed security flaws. Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K., “ In July 2021, the U.S. and the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2022

Our thanks to Security BSides London for publishing their tremendous videos from the Security BSides London 2021 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The threat actors attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in DVRs, including CVE-2017-7921, CVE-2018-9995 , CVE-2020-25078, CVE-2021-33044 , and CVE-2021-36260. The FBI recommends limiting or isolating vulnerable devices, monitoring networks, and following cybersecurity best practices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2025

French law enforcement and cybersecurity firm Sekoia.io According to court documents , threat actors used the malware to target European shipping firms (2024), European governments (2021-2023), Chinese dissident groups, and Indo-Pacific governments, including Taiwan and Japan. European, and Asian entities.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The impact of her actions has since resonated outward beyond the athletic world to every realm of society—including cybersecurity. According to a 2021 report covered by ITProPortal , for instance, 80% of cybersecurity personnel said they’re dealing with more stress in the wake of the pandemic than before it.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

government is urging software makers to adopt secure application-development practices that help prevent buffer overflow attacks. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called buffer overflow vulnerabilities unforgivable defects that put national and economic security at risk.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Intelligence and cybersecurity experts warn that Chinese nation-state actors have shifted from stealing secrets to infiltrate critical U.S. Below is the list of previous incidents suffered by T-Mobile: In August 2021, a security breach impacted 54 million customers. and around the globe.”

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Jane Frankland

MARCH 1, 2023

Is it really something worth celebrating in cybersecurity? Women still remain significantly underrepresented According to (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study (2021), women made up just 24% of the global security workforce in 2019 and in 2021. Let’s be honest. Here’s why. #1.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2020

Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. Observes Salvi: “We’ve gone to a stage where the Chief Information Security Officer has become a well-defined, mainstream role. Related: Why U.S.

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Daniel Miessler

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

I think there are four main trends that will play out in the field of information security in the next 20 years. 2021-2030) A Surge in Demand for InfoSec people will result in many more professionals being trained and placed within companies, likely using more of a trade/certification model than a 4-year university model.

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