The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

As an enterprise security team, you could restrict internet access at your egress points, but this doesn’t do much when the workforce is remote. In short, anything accessible from the internet should be given extra attention. This disables peer-to-peer access, enabling internet-only access. Food for thought, eh!

Ransomware 247

Ransomware Risk Internet Internet 247

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. »

CSO 59

CSO Risk Energy and Utilities Social Engineering 59

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.

Digital transformation 154

Digital transformation Software Data breaches Authentication 154

CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers have cited an increased prevalence of HTML smuggling activity whereby cybercriminal groups abuse the versatility of HTML in combination with social engineering to distribute malware.

Malware 80

Malware Social Engineering Engineering Internet 80

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such. Some of the data that is stolen feeds social engineering attacks, where hackers use the stolen data to attack people and steal even more.

Cybersecurity 136

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Social Engineering Phishing 136

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., For starters, the hackers gained access to such a vast number Verkada cameras networks through a compromised “Super Admin” account, whose credentials Kottmann says were found publicly exposed on the internet.

Surveillance 129

Surveillance IoT Accountability Passwords 129

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The most common types of attacks were social engineering; malware; denial of service; and compromise of unpatched systems. Google Kubernetes Engine. Those are some of the CIS Benchmarks updated in September by the Center for Internet Security. CIS Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Benchmark v1.6.1

Cybersecurity 69

Cybersecurity CISO CSO Risk 69