The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Here’s what you should know about the risks, what aviation is doing to address those risks, and how to overcome them. It is difficult to deny that cyberthreats are a risk to planes. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since. There was another warning from the U.S.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As we approach 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, shaped by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and emerging threats. Tools like ChatGPT and Bard, powered by large language models, showcase how generative AI transforms business processesbut they also pose new risks. The challenge?

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BH Consulting

APRIL 16, 2025

She clearly emphasised that although retail, finance and operational technologies are rapidly adopting AI, human expertise remains irreplaceable. Dr. Ng emphasised the balancing act between innovation and risk. Cloud calls for cooperation in a changed risk landscape Has computing really changed with the cloud?

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Anton on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

Recently our team has written several papers and blogs focused on securing AI. Here are 5 gen AI security terms busy business leaders should know” defines five key generative AI security terms that busy business leaders should understand to navigate the potential risks and benefits of this technology.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

Check out key findings and insights from the Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025. 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments? 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Let’s walk through some practical steps organizations can take today, implementing zero trust and remote access strategies to help reduce ransomware risks: •Obvious, but difficult – get end users to stop clicking unknown links and visiting random websites that they know little about, an educational challenge. Best practices.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

In today’s digital landscape, organizations face numerous challenges when it comes to mitigating cyber risks. Related: How AI is transforming DevOps The constant evolution of technology, increased connectivity, and sophisticated cyber threats pose significant challenges to organizations of all sizes and industries.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As digital technologies become more immersive and tightly integrated with our daily lives, so too do the corresponding intrusive attacks on user privacy. Instead, it is a first step towards solving a dangerous technological disparity: despite posing an unprecedented degree of privacy risk, VR currently lacks even the most basic privacy tools.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Smarter security to me broadly refers to relentlessly focusing on fundamentals while maturing the program, making sure your risk posture aligns with your business strategy. Business initiatives demand faster, more efficient outcomes and technology responds. Complexity challenge. Managed solutions can help.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2025

security professionals, highlighting a few worrisome findings: Deepfake risks increasingly target vulnerable board members and executives. As AI technology advances, attackers are shifting their focus from technical exploits to human emotions using deeply personal and well-orchestrated social engineering tactics.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In this blog, well look at the concept of MFA fatigue, how bad actors exploit it, and what entities can do to strengthen defences against this cunning tactic. MFA fatigue is simply a natural evolution in their tacticstargeting the human element instead of trying to bypass the technology itself.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, this dependence also introduces significant risks. Managing these risks—whether they stem from cybersecurity vulnerabilities, regulatory compliance, or operational disruptions—has become a top priority for organizations worldwide. Top Tools Provenance: A blockchain-based platform designed for supply chain transparency.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As ITDMs, CISOs and cyber risk owners this is our dream scenario, and he got me thinking. It’s a subtle shift in focus, and requires a fundamental change in how we, as ITDMs, CISOs and cyber risk owners view and action resilience—not as a one-time project, but as an ongoing programme that provides strategic advantage.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

Plus, learn why code-writing GenAI tools can put developers at risk of package-confusion attacks. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a draft update of its Privacy Framework (PFW) that more closely interconnects it with the popular Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) , which was updated in 2024. This week, the U.S.

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Webroot

JANUARY 13, 2025

Anything less, and you risk leaving customers vulnerable to costly breaches. This ongoing evolution demands continuous investment in both training for an MSPs security team and the latest technologies to effectively detect and mitigate new types of threats. Loss of sensitive data, with potential regulatory fines to follow.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 13, 2024

These incidents underscore the need for organizations to adopt a holistic and layered approach to security, emphasizing continuous monitoring, employee training, and the adoption of cutting-edge security technologies. The post Guest Blog: Ox Security on learning from the Recent GitHub Extortion Campaigns first appeared on IT Security Guru.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

” Willison expands this in a blog post , which I strongly recommend reading in its entirety. We risk letting companies get away with real misconduct because we incorrectly believed in conspiracy theories. On a personal level we risk losing out on useful tools. Privacy is important, and very easily misunderstood.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

DRP Insights: Credential Exposure Makes Up 75% of Alerts Construction companies are increasingly vulnerable to opportunistic attacks, with credential exposure incidents now accounting for 75% of all GreyMatter Digital Risk Protection (DRP) alerts for the sector.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It wasnt until a few weeks later, when a Google security blog titled 5 new protections on Google Messages to help keep you safe revealed that one of the new protections was designed to introduce Sensitive Content Warnings for Google Messages. It included a new service called Android System SafetyCore.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But as a CISO or cyber risk owner, it’s not just about locking down sensitive informationits about doing it without slowing down your people. This is where the real opportunity lies, and what Im exploring in this blog. For CISOs and cyber risk owners, this isnt just a riskits a gamble no one can afford to take.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

LinkedIn also said it is adding a warning to some LinkedIn messages that include high-risk content, or that try to entice the user into taking the conversation to another platform (like WeChat). “These warnings will also give you the choice to report the content without letting the sender know.” A follow-up story on Oct.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With the increasing adoption of smart home technologies, ensuring robust security measures for such devices is crucial to prevent hackers from gaining control or accessing private information. Smart home users should stay vigilant, update device software regularly, and implement network security best practices to mitigate risks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2022

Lumen Technologies , an American company that operates one of the largest Internet backbones and carries a significant percentage of the world’s Internet traffic, said today it will stop routing traffic for organizations based in Russia. However, we are taking steps to immediately stop business in the region.”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In this blog post, we take a look at how criminals are abusing Bing and stay under the radar at the same time while also bypassing advanced security features such as two-factor authentication. The idea is about creating content that looks real, like a blog, but with malicious intent (monetization or other). com info-blog-news[.]com

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. It’s worth noting that there are a few: •Cybersecurity breaches may originate from the vendor, putting the host company’s information at risk. Kjaersgaard.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

The board has clearly given Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, pushed them to correct visible failings like the blog post, and (reading between the lines) pushed them to reach a conclusion about the breakin. Running 46 parallel teams is an interesting approach, with some risks of silos. Page iv) [Happy to help all y'all!]

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

M&A invariably creates technology gaps that bad actor’s prey upon. It encompasses identity access and management, privileged access management, password-less management controls, detection and response technology, encryption from the endpoint, through the network and into cloud and on-premises hosting environments.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan , the Senators charge that ID.me’s CEO Blake Hall has offered conflicting statements about how his company uses the facial scan data it collects on behalf of the federal government and many states that use the ID proofing technology to screen applicants for unemployment insurance.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 17, 2025

Every organization faces risks that threaten its objectives, assets, and operations. A risk assessment is the foundation for identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing these risks. Understanding the basics of risk assessment is the first step in building a resilient and proactive strategy to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2025

Risk to CVE program With the report that the funding for the CVE program is potentially set to expire on April 16, the biggest concern stems from the fact that CVE Numbering Authorities, or CNAs, will no longer be able to reserve and assign CVEs for newly discovered vulnerabilities.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 17, 2024

As technology weaves deeper into our lives, the swift exchange of information has become our reality. Without upholding digital trust, with every click, we not only risk security breaches, fraud and the misuse of our data but one’s own company’s reputation and the very foundation of our business operations.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

The same technologies that make supply chains faster and more effective also threaten their cybersecurity,” writes David Lukic , a privacy, security, and compliance consultant. The inherent complexity of the supply chain for modern technology is a reason why so many cybercrime attempts have been successful.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 9, 2024

By offering OpenText MDR to your MSP clients, you gain access to skilled security experts and advanced technology infrastructurewithout the complexity and cost of building it all in-house. You get the best of both worldscutting-edge technology and dedicated human oversight that augments your MSP team.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2025

In this blog, we share three challenges cybersecurity leaders say exposure management helps them solve. The core cybersecurity discipline is evolving into exposure management , which is built on a broader, more strategic approach to identifying, prioritizing and mitigating risk.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2023

Related: Taking a risk-assessment approach to VM Unlike a typical cyber attack that exploits a software vulnerability, recent cyber attacks exploit other security risks, such as misconfigurations, security deviations, and posture anomalies. But VM vendors tend to focus more on software vulnerabilities and leave out everything else.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2020

By far the largest group of companies exposing their Zoom meetings are in the technology sector, and include a number of security and cloud technology vendors. We need to look at the risk specific applications pose and help voice a message of how people can leverage technology and be safe. Image: SecKC. This is extreme.

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