CSO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2022

Whether we wish to admit it, the way the internet is used is in the midst of a major morph due to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is moving to cut off internet access to Ukraine and to limit internet access to its own populace.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2021

Dubbed Praying Mantis, or TG1021, by researchers from incident response firm Sygnia, the hacker group puts a strong focus on detection evasion by using a volatile and custom malware toolset built specifically for Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers to perform credential harvesting, reconnaissance and lateral movement.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Three weeks after releasing patches for a critical vulnerability in VMware vCenter, thousands of servers that are reachable from the internet remain vulnerable to attacks. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Remote code execution and authentication bypass.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Unknown attackers managed to break into the central code repository of the PHP project and add malicious code with the intention to insert a backdoor into the runtime that powers most websites on the internet. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. Learn how to track and secure open source in your enterprise. |

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. »

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

More cloud computing solutions, remote and work-from-home systems and internet-connected devices increase risk from an expanded attack surface. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. The best way to reduce the number of vulnerabilities is to establish a proper enterprise attack surface management program.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Microsoft attributes the attacks to a Chinese APT group dubbed Hafnium that has a history of exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-facing servers and targeting Office 365 users. The flaws allow the extraction of mailbox contents and the installation of backdoors on vulnerable servers.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

The attacks can be executed remotely without authentication because MLflow doesn't implement authentication by default and an increasing number of MLflow deployments are directly exposed to the internet. It's pretty brutal." To read this article in full, please click here

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Paul speaks with Caleb Sima, the CSO of the online trading platform Robinhood, about his journey from teenage cybersecurity phenom and web security pioneer, to successful entrepreneur to an executive in the trenches of protecting high value financial services firms from cyberattacks. Caleb Sima is the CSO at Robinhood.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

The over-the-internet firmware update and OS recovery feature present in 128 Dell computer models suffers from certificate validation and other flaws that could allow man-in-the-middle (MitM) attackers to compromise the devices at the firmware level and deploy malicious implants. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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Threatpost

APRIL 20, 2018

Andy Ellis, CSO Akamai, discusses how the company works with others within the cybersecurity landscape to help keep the internet safe.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

And why should a CSO care about it? The metaverse is essentially the next iteration of the internet. The metaverse. It’s kind of a big deal. It’s even hit the point where major news outlets are writing about it. But what is it? There are plenty of people who know what pieces of it will look like, because they’re building them now.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2024

Last week, CrowdStrike, one of the cybersecurity industry’s most reputable solution providers, inadvertently caused more disruption across the Internet than all the threat actors active online at the time. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

Cyber Threat warnings were released when some technical experts suggested foreign actors can tap and control the rooftop solar panels while communicating with the grid via the internet. And unless these devices are secure enough, their usage can invite more troubles,” said Alistair MacGibbon, the CSO of CyberCX.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Hackers have begun to attack internet-connected universal power supply devices, targeting their control interfaces via multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities and, in some cases, unchanged default usernames and passwords, according to an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued on Tuesday.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Representatives of the Stanford Internet Observatory declared that users should assume all conversations are being recorded by the company, a circumstance that raises concerns because they have no information on how the conversations are stored. ” reported Bloomberg. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Clubhouse).

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The Security Ledger

MAY 13, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Window Snyder, the founder and CEO of Thistle Technologies about the (many) security challenges facing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and her idea for making things better: Thistle’s platform for secure development and deployment of IoT devices. The post Episode 250: Window Snyder of Thistle on.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2019

Zero trust, as defined by CSO , is “a security concept centered on the belief that organizations should not automatically trust anything inside or outside its perimeters and instead must verify anything and everything trying to connect to its systems before granting access.”. Zero-trust philosophy. Talk more soon.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

It is not a book for the CSO. There's an important lesson and model here for those writing 'how to be safe on the internet' guidance, and maybe there's a second book here for normal folks. And it doesn't fall into the jargon trap either in security or management. It is a book for executives, including, but not limited, to CEOs.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

Without APIs there would be no cloud computing, no social media, no Internet of Things. If I go to a CSO and say, ‘We can secure your APIs,’ he’ll say, ‘Great, can you also find them for me?’ ” observed Dwivedi, Data Theorem’s founder. APIs are the glue that keeps digital transformation intact and steamrolling forward. Talk more soon.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 4, 2018

CSO Alex Stamos explains why the company deleted 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts, and 138 Facebook pages.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

SAP CSO Justin Somaini. Somaini has the distinction of being the first CSO at Yahoo and also at Symantec. I noted that disinformation was a big part of the Red Team’s arsenal, including the use of hoax emergencies – a gas leak, a bomb threat – to sow chaos. . October is Cybersecurity awareness month.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Network operators have been working overtime for the past few years to meet the skyrocketing demand for bandwidth and throughput driven by remote work, greater investment in digital initiatives, and a rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) landscape with billions of devices.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2021

IPsec is a suite of protocols that are used to secure internet communications—in fact, the name itself is an abbreviation for Internet Protocol Security. IPsec was designed to create a universal standard for internet security and enabled some of the first truly secure internet connections.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

Prior to launching CyberSaint, Wrenn was CSO of Schneider Electric, a supplier of technologies used in industrial control systems. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. It’s worth paying close attention to. Talk more soon.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

I had the chance to sit down with Kris Lahiri, CSO and co-founder of Egnyte , one of the original EFSS market leaders. At RSA 2020, Egnyte launched its new platform which anticipates data ingestion growing at an even higher clip — as 5G and the Internet of Things take deeper root, Lahiri told me. I’ll keep watch.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

At the end of the day the CSO the CIO and the CEO all left the company. Machine identities are foundational in our digital transformation, because everything that’s going onto the Internet is all built on machines. This is not a unique occurrence; the vast majority of organizations struggle with machine identity protection.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

His friend wanted to see how fast Mirai , a novel internet of things (IoT) botnet installer, would take over a Linux-based DVR camera recorder that was popular with medium-size businesses. So, she brought in a purchased DVR, then they set up observation instrumentation before connecting it to the internet via the DVR’s span port.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2018

The internet has been a blessing since its inception. The very concept of globalization has come into existence just because of the internet. The internet brought with it plenty of benefits, but accompanying these benefits came some evils that were previously not known of. They do this by following you on the internet.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Cyberthreats differ widely, with internet users in some countries at much higher risk than those in nations that offer more security due to strong cybercrime legislation and widely implemented cybersecurity programs, according to fraud-detection software company SEON. The risk of cybercrime is not spread equally across the globe.

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT), industrial control systems, operational technology has made securing connected devices more challenging as the entry points on networks have increased tremendously and introduced more opportunities for vulnerabilities with insecure communication protocols and configurations. James Carder, LogRhythm CSO.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2022

So, you read a great tip on the internet and think it would improve your security posture. Before you bring that tip to management, it’s wise to determine if it’s allowed by your security compliance requirements or can become an acceptable exception to your compliance templates. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

In early May, fitness company Peloton announced that it had exposed customer account data on the internet. Anyone could access users’ account data from Peloton’s servers, even if the users set their account profiles as private. The cause: a faulty API that permitted unauthenticated requests.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The first major change in an Office 365 default blocks internet macros by default. Specially, Visual Basic Application obtained from the internet will be blocked by default. Blocking Office 365 macros. Launching malicious macros is a common way that attackers can gain access to computer systems and launch lateral attacks.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

Ransomware, the " perfect crime " of the internet era, is spreading rapidly, growing according to some accounts by 150% or more in 2020. There are no signs of a slow-down in 2021.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Being the backbone of the internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol has undergone a series of improvements and enhancements over the past few years.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Kathleen Moriarty, CTO, Center for Internet Security, talking about "Transforming Information Security for Businesses of All Sizes". Some of the other presentation highlights include: Stephen Dougherty, Financial Fraud Investigator, Global Investigative Operations Center, U.S. And 9 more informative sessions.

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