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Average losses from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000 a year

SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Average total annual financial loss for companies from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000, according to new research. Average total annual financial loss for companies from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000, according to new research. . Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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BrandPost: The Zero-Trust Pillars of Security

CSO Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) zero-trust security framework presents a new way of solving an age-old problem of securing networks and information, and organizations of all sizes are rethinking their security architecture, processes, and procedures to adopt zero-trust principles.

Architecture

Architecture Accountability Cybersecurity

ConnectWise Quietly Patches Flaw That Helps Phishers

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While modern Microsoft Windows operating systems by default will ask users whether they want to run a downloaded executable file, many systems set up for remote administration by MSPs disable that user account control feature for this particular application. build and the then-canary 22.9

Phishing

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USENIX Security ’23 – ‘“It’s The Equivalent of Feeling Like You’re In Jail”: Lessons From Firsthand & Secondhand Accounts Of IoT-Enabled Intimate Partner Abuse’

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Full Presenter List: Sophie Stephenson, Majed Almansoori, Pardis Emami-Naeini, Rahul Chatterjee Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.

IoT

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BrandPost: How to Improve Security with a Zero Trust Approach

CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) zero-trust security framework presents a new way of solving an age-old problem of securing networks and information, and organizations of all sizes are rethinking their security architecture, processes, and procedures to adopt zero-trust principles.

Architecture

Architecture Accountability Technology Cybersecurity

Zero Trust Network Architecture vs Zero Trust: What Is the Difference?

Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 4, 2023

But, even those who have a decent grasp on the meaning of Zero Trust seem to frequently confuse the term with Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA). Zero Trust Network Architecture is an architecture of systems, data, and workflow that implements a Zero Trust model. In short, Zero Trust is an approach.

Architecture

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Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. Unlike past variants, the Rust version of the Agenda ransomware is able to terminate the Windows AppInfo process and disable User Account Control (UAC).

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Multiple Brocade SANnav SAN Management SW flaws allow device compromise

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to log in to a vulnerable device using the root account and execute arbitrary commands. then) and confirmed that all the previously rejected vulnerabilities were still present in the version 2.2.2 Brocade SANnav OVA before v2.3.1,

Firewall

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Ransomware Taxonomy: Four Scenarios Companies Should Safeguard Against

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As companies interact more digitally with customers and end-users, their attack surface increases, presenting more opportunities for would-be attackers. Design and align to consistent, secure core reference architectures easily managed and scaled to meet business requirements.

Ransomware

Ransomware Architecture Engineering Threat Detection

Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The “move to cloud” presents significant cybersecurity challenges for critical infrastructure related industries, that still put a premium on one element of the C-I-A triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability) over others, namely availability [ii]. Using Purdue model for segmentation as a gold standard.

IoT

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Google’s reward criteria for reporting bugs in AI products

Google Security

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Prompt injections that are invisible to victims and change the state of the victim's account or or any of their assets. In Scope Prompt or preamble extraction in which a user is able to extract the initial prompt used to prime the model only when sensitive information is present in the extracted preamble.

Architecture

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture. Compared to Broken Access Control, Sensitive Data Exposure contained a greater number of low-risk vulnerabilities, but high-risk ones were present as well. Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) The popularity of the cloud and microservice architectures is on the rise.

Passwords

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GUEST ESSAY: Pentagon’s security flaws highlighted in GAO audit — and recent data breach

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Government Accountability Office audit last week found that the defense department is playing catch up when it comes to securing weapons systems from cyberattacks. However, over time, an adversary was smart enough to look and see if the vendor relied on lesser cyber protection, thereby presenting a softer target.

Data breaches

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Talos wars of customizations of the open-source info stealer SapphireStealer

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

IP address, hostname, screen resolution, OS version, CPU architecture, ProcessorId, and GPU information), and steal various browser credential databases and files that may contain sensitive user information. The FUD-Loader malware downloader was also published by the same GitHub account. ” continues the report.

Malware

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Security Advisory for FreeBSD Ping Stack-Based Overflow CVE-2022-23093

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As part of processing a response ping has to reconstruct the IP header, the ICMP header and if present a "quoted packet," which represents the packet that generated an ICMP error. In so doing, it fails to take into account the possible presence of IP option headers following the IP header in either the response or the quoted packet.

Accountability

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Using the LockBit builder to generate targeted ransomware

SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. .*)

Ransomware

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GUEST ESSAY: Remote workforce exposures exacerbate cybersecurity challenges in 2021

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

Additionally, taking advantage of the already present system tools means that attackers don’t necessarily need a framework design of their own. This type of attack doesn’t take into account how complex your business’s program is if one of your vendors has been breached.

Cybersecurity

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

Cybercrime

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XCSSET malware now targets macOS 11 and M1-based Macs

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

For example, a sample with the MD5 hash sum 914e49921c19fffd7443deee6ee161a4 contains two architectures: x86_64 and ARM64.” The first one corresponds to previous-generation, Intel-based Mac computers, but the second one is compiled for ARM64 architecture, which means that it can run on computers with the new Apple M1 chip.”.

Malware

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Attackers abuse open redirects in Snapchat and Amex in phishing attacks

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

The attackers sent 6,812 phishing emails originating from various hijacked accounts. Domain owners can prevent this abuse by avoiding the implementation of redirection in the site architecture.” [link] “ During the two months, INKY researchers observed phishing attacks leveraging snapchat[.]com com open redirect.

Phishing

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30 Docker images downloaded 20M times in cryptojacking attacks

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2021

The expert determined the number of cryptocurrencies that were mined to a mining pool account by inspecting the mining pool. The researchers noticed that some images have different tags for different CPU architectures or operating systems, in this way the attacker can choose the best cryptominer for the victim’s hardware.

Cryptocurrency

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How to Perform a Cloud Security Assessment: Checklist & Guide

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2024

The comprehensive evaluation detects flaws in the organization’s architecture and makes precise recommendations to strengthen defenses and boost future capabilities. Optimize account management efficiency: Streamline identity architectures to reduce the time your company spends on account and privilege management.

Encryption

Encryption Backups Architecture Risk

CISO workshop slides

Notice Bored

AUGUST 5, 2022

Zero-trust - whatever that means to the presenter and audience; Cloud - meaning Azure, specifically; DevOps and DevSecOps - whatever those terms mean ; MS threat intelligence including artificial intelligence/machine learning rapid responses to novel malware (a cool idea, provided it works reliably). Thank you MS for releasing it.

CISO

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North Korea-linked BlueNoroff APT is behind the new RustBucket Mac Malware

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

“When the Internal PDF Viewer application is launched, the user is presented with a PDF viewing application where they can select and open PDF documents. The trojan can run on both ARM and x86 architectures. The application, although basic, does actually operate as a functional PDF viewer.”

Malware

Malware Social Engineering Architecture Education

Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) environments.

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2023

There are, at minimum, two schemes that need to be reviewed, but consider if you have more from this potential, and probably incomplete, list: Cloud service master account management AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Architecture (OCA), Name Service Registrars (E.g., PCI DSS v4.0

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Cyber Security in Banking: Threats, Solutions & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

With vast amounts of sensitive data and financial transactions occurring daily, they present an attractive target for hackers. This may include funds being stolen directly from accounts, costs related to system downtime, or the hefty price of repairing damaged systems.

Banking

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Importance of AI Governance Standards for GRC

Centraleyes

MAY 16, 2024

The concept of “AI governance for GRC” presents an intriguing paradox. While GRC frameworks have long been established to regulate the whole gamut of organizational operations, the advent of AI presents complexity that necessitates a complete reevaluation of the “G” in GRC (and possibly some new standards?).

Government

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China's 'Volt Typhoon' Targeting U.S. Infrastructure, Microsoft Warns

SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

Leighton, who will present the closing keynote, "Cyber World on Fire: A Look at Internet Security in Today's Age of Conflict," at SecureWorld Chicago on June 8, said the targeting of Guam should be viewed as a key threat. Then by using tools present in the environment, they are aiming to remain persistent and evasive. Air Force (Ret.).

Firewall

Firewall Cyber threats Telecommunications Internet

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

While Kubernetes presents a promising solution for addressing these challenges, MNOs need to mitigate the data security challenges that arise from using Kubernetes for 5G deployments. For these reasons, 5G networks require dynamic and scalable infrastructures built on a services-based architecture. Cross container access.

Encryption

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How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

While Kubernetes presents a promising solution for addressing these challenges, MNOs need to mitigate the data security challenges that arise from using Kubernetes for 5G deployments. For these reasons, 5G networks require dynamic and scalable infrastructures built on a services-based architecture. Cross container access.

Encryption

Encryption Mobile Risk Software

SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

There are new and expanding opportunities for women’s participation in cybersecurity globally as women are present in greater numbers in leadership. Director, Industry Solutions Americas Solutions Architecture & Customer Success. Director/CISO of IT Risk Management. Ulta Beauty. Diane Brown is the Sr. Elizabeth Moon.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Architecture Cloud Migration Retail

IPStorm botnet evolves to infect Android, Linux, and Mac devices

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2020

“The Linux variant has adjusted some features in order to account for the fundamental differences that exist between this operating system and Windows.” The same package is present in the Linux variant but it contains only one function: storm_powershell__ptr_Backend_StartProcess. ” reads the Intezer’s report.

Advertising

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MY TAKE: Six-figure GDPR privacy fines reinforce business case for advanced SIEM, UEBA tools

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

I think it’s super important that organizations are being held accountable for looking after our data. Different flavors of cloud architectures, sprawling IoT systems and the coming wide deployment of 5G networks add up to not just Big Data, but Very Big Data. million, on average. And then from there, you’ll want to do something.

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Fuzzy matching with Ghidra BSim, a guide

Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 4, 2024

BSim is a native plugin for finding equivalent functions across analysed binaries whilst accounting for possible variations like compiler optimisations, instruction set differences, and light feature patches. Our firmware Presented to the disassembler is an ESP32 firmware dump from a recent research project. The bare minimum.

Firmware

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How to Build a Developer-First Application Security Program

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Security teams often present developers with a host of last-minute and unprioritized security issues. Security scans can identify and fix architectural flaws in software post-development, but doing so can be costly and create conflict. This unanticipated work slows the build down and creates friction between the groups.

Software

Software Digital transformation Accountability Risk

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2023

While Kubernetes presents a promising solution for addressing these challenges, service providers and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) need to mitigate the data security challenges that arise from using Kubernetes for 5G deployments. Using Kubernetes out of the box presents several challenges for security admins. Cross container access.

Encryption

Encryption Risk Software Architecture

T-Minus 365 and Counting! Deploy Universal Prompt to Strengthen Security While Improving User Experience

Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Risk-Based Authentication automatically presents it to users when it determines need, based on “risk factors”, analyzed with machine learning. Also the Universal Prompt web-based redesign included a major shift in its architecture that includes many benefits over the Traditional Prompt. at the AA level. of all authentications.

Authentication

Authentication Software Risk VPN

‘Tis The Season for Holiday Cyber Threats Targeting Enterprises in a Pandemic World

McAfee

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While we tend to look at consumer tendencies during the holidays, the season also presents a significant challenge to industries coping with the increase in consumer demands. According to McAfee Enterprise COVID-19 dashboard , the global retail industry accounts for 5.2% of the total detected cyber threats.

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Cyber threats Retail Risk Architecture

Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Threat actors can be present on a victim network long before they lock down a system, alerting the victim to the ransomware attack. Threat actors often search through a network to find and compromise the most critical or lucrative targets. ” reads the joint alert.

Ransomware

Ransomware Risk Encryption Passwords

Security in software development

Notice Bored

JULY 21, 2022

In contrast, lean , agile or rapid application development methods cycle through smaller iterations more quickly, presenting more opportunities to update security. but also more chances to break security due to the hectic pace of change.

Software

Software Risk InfoSec Security Awareness

Threat Model Thursday: 5G Infrastructure

Adam Shostack

JULY 1, 2021

They have three main groups of vectors (things which are vulnerable to threats): policy and standards, supply chain and systems architecture. The accounting systems? You know, the way the internet’s layered architecture has enabled, video streaming to be added without any changes to the underlying layers.

Architecture

Architecture Manufacturing Wireless Encryption

VPNs begin to lose their relevance, even as they remain difficult to shed

SC Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

When [organizations] had to move their workforce remotely, they had to do that quickly… because the market is going super fast all the time and you have to be present all the time,” said DiBlasi. “So Required are additional considerations on the security architecture and workflows used by an organization,” said Schrader.

VPN

VPN Technology Marketing Media

Coverage Advisory for CVE-2023-34362 MOVEit Vulnerability

Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

This ASPX file stages an SQL database account to be used for further access. Affected products: The details regarding the affected versions of MOVEit Transfer are present here. aspx - on port 80 Access WebShell - GET /human2.aspx aspx - on port 443 The name of the malicious file, human2.aspx, The trust post is published here.

Software

Software Internet Internet Malware

Multiple threat actors are targeting Elasticsearch Clusters

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These attacks leverage CVE-2014-3120 and CVE-2015-1427, both of which are only present in old versions of Elasticsearch and exploit the ability to pass scripts to search queries.” QQ is a popular Chinese social media website, and it is possible that this is referencing a QQ account.” ” continues the experts.

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency Advertising DDOS Malware

Average losses from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000 a year

BrandPost: The Zero-Trust Pillars of Security

Trending Sources

ConnectWise Quietly Patches Flaw That Helps Phishers

USENIX Security ’23 – ‘“It’s The Equivalent of Feeling Like You’re In Jail”: Lessons From Firsthand & Secondhand Accounts Of IoT-Enabled Intimate Partner Abuse’

BrandPost: How to Improve Security with a Zero Trust Approach

Zero Trust Network Architecture vs Zero Trust: What Is the Difference?

Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Multiple Brocade SANnav SAN Management SW flaws allow device compromise

Ransomware Taxonomy: Four Scenarios Companies Should Safeguard Against

Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

Google’s reward criteria for reporting bugs in AI products

Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

GUEST ESSAY: Pentagon’s security flaws highlighted in GAO audit — and recent data breach

Talos wars of customizations of the open-source info stealer SapphireStealer

Security Advisory for FreeBSD Ping Stack-Based Overflow CVE-2022-23093

Using the LockBit builder to generate targeted ransomware

GUEST ESSAY: Remote workforce exposures exacerbate cybersecurity challenges in 2021

Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

XCSSET malware now targets macOS 11 and M1-based Macs

Attackers abuse open redirects in Snapchat and Amex in phishing attacks

30 Docker images downloaded 20M times in cryptojacking attacks

How to Perform a Cloud Security Assessment: Checklist & Guide

CISO workshop slides

North Korea-linked BlueNoroff APT is behind the new RustBucket Mac Malware

Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) environments.

Cyber Security in Banking: Threats, Solutions & Best Practices

Importance of AI Governance Standards for GRC

China's 'Volt Typhoon' Targeting U.S. Infrastructure, Microsoft Warns

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

IPStorm botnet evolves to infect Android, Linux, and Mac devices

MY TAKE: Six-figure GDPR privacy fines reinforce business case for advanced SIEM, UEBA tools

Fuzzy matching with Ghidra BSim, a guide

How to Build a Developer-First Application Security Program

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

T-Minus 365 and Counting! Deploy Universal Prompt to Strengthen Security While Improving User Experience

‘Tis The Season for Holiday Cyber Threats Targeting Enterprises in a Pandemic World

Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security in software development

Threat Model Thursday: 5G Infrastructure

VPNs begin to lose their relevance, even as they remain difficult to shed

Coverage Advisory for CVE-2023-34362 MOVEit Vulnerability

Multiple threat actors are targeting Elasticsearch Clusters

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