The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2018

If digital transformation, or DX , is to reach its full potential, there must be a security breakthrough that goes beyond legacy defenses to address the myriad new ways threat actors can insinuate themselves into complex digital systems. Related: How the Uber hack pivoted off of DevOps. Remember how Target got hacked?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Meanwhile, while business logic hacks, supply chain holes, and cyber extortion continue to loom large. Attackers arent hacking in theyre logging in. Part two of a four-part series The explosion of AI-driven phishing, insider threats, and business logic abuse has forced a shift toward more proactive, AI-enhanced defenses.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s the glue holding digital transformation together. Related: A primer on ‘credential stuffing’ APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. APIs are literally everywhere in the digital landscape, and more are being created every minute.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 29, 2019

Now in its sixth year, the report is squarely focused on digital transformation and what that means for organizations and their data security. When it comes to digital transformation, organizations are rushing to meet the demand, by leadership or customers, to deploy transformative technologies as a competitive edge.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. Here’s what I took away from our discussion: Transient hacks. This quickly gets intricately technical. Branching attacks.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The post Russia Hacks Ukraine, Ukraine Hacks Russia — Day#658 appeared first on Security Boulevard. When will it end? Russia takes down Kyivstar cellular system, Ukraine destroys Russian tax system.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Over the past year, I’ve had several deep conversations parsing how APIs have emerged as a two-edged sword: APIs accelerate digital transformation, but they also vastly expand the attack surface of modern business networks. The kingpins of the top criminal hacking collectives are no dummies. Attack chain multiplier.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2024

The post Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. A hard-coded credential catastrophe: The analytics firm kept big companies’ secrets in an insecure AWS bucket. Government says victims include the “critical infrastructure sector.”

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2023

As digital transformation accelerates, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become integral to software development – especially when it comes to adding cool new functionalities to our go-to mobile apps.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

However, in an attempt to be “better” many organizations have leaned heavily on emerging technologies such as cloud, blockchain and IoT – aka digital transformation. However, as digital transformation proves “better” for many aspects, it isn’t proving to be better for security.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Related: A primer on advanced digital signatures. PKI and digital certificates were pivotal in the formation of the commercial Internet, maturing in parallel with ecommerce. Clearly, many companies need to get a better grip on PKI management simply to keep from derailing digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2018

We’re undergoing digital transformation , ladies and gentlemen. Related article: How DevOps contributed to the Uber hack. Much like the recent hacks of Uber and Tesla, the Timehop caper revolved around the attackers manipulating admin credentials and maneuvering extensively through Timehop’s cloud environment.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2018

And with “digital transformation” accelerating, there are so many more weakly-secured login accounts just waiting to be maliciously manipulated. The vast majority of these new, interconnected components and layers that make up digital transformation require login accounts, which translates into a fresh galaxy of attack vectors.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The post PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2020

Speed is what digital transformation is all about. On the one hand, this has created a visibility challenge: companies racing ahead with digital transformation have lost track of all of the APIs they’re using to stitch together their digital services. The deployment of APIs has expanded exponentially.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Related: How cybercriminals leverage digital transformation. Understanding digital assets. This is the flip side of digital transformation. Specialization continues to advance apace in the cybercriminal ecosystem. Initial access brokers, or IABs , are the latest specialists on the scene.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

API hacking escapades. Over the past couple of years, good-guy researchers and malicious hackers alike have steadily scaled up their hacking activities to flush them out. Over the past couple of years, good-guy researchers and malicious hackers alike have steadily scaled up their hacking activities to flush them out.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. The gang also published several pictures of passports and company documents as proof of the hack. At the time, BleepingComputer contacted Schneider Electric which confirmed the data breach.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for retailers and further shifted consumer buying habits online, which has expanded their attack surface and heightened the number of vulnerabilities and risks of a breach, said Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2020

Without them digital transformation would never have gotten off the ground. Related: Defending botnet-driven business logic hacks APIs made possible the astounding cloud, mobile and IoT services we have today. Cequence researchers recently discovered a stunning demonstration of the emergence of leading-edge API hacks.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Meanwhile, 64 percent saw value in improving user experiences and 21 percent said it could help achieve digital transformation. However, these add-on technologies clearly have their limits and aren’t robust enough to carry us much deeper into digital transformation. 1 use case is remote access.”. Benefits beyond security.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2022

The digital transformation of the healthcare industry, combined with COVID-era technology and policy changes, have provided significant benefits to healthcare workers. Preparing for hacks and ransomware attacks in healthcare. Successful hacks often target the organizations with the weakest security postures.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2022

Advanced VM tools and practices are rapidly emerging to help companies mitigate a sprawling array of security flaws spinning out of digital transformation. Digital transformation has spawned a cascade of nuanced, abstract vulnerabilities – and they’re everywhere. That’s changing — dramatically.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2019

The recent network breach of Wipro , a prominent outsourcing company based in India, serves as a stunning reminder that digital transformation cuts two ways. PowerShell is commonly used in APT hacks to help the attacker move laterally, while hiding within the noise of normal day-to-day network activity.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. Here are the key takeaways: Lower-tier hacks. The ongoing waves of Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon hacks are a good example of these lower-tier attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2021

Encryption agility is going to be essential as we move forward with digital transformation. Yet, the bottom line is that the retailer, in this scenario, really has no choice but to accept the sizable risk that a private key will eventually get brute-forced hacked, stolen or simply left out in the open.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

APIs are the glue that keeps digital transformation intact and steamrolling forward. APIs have been a cornerstone of our digital economy from the start. Today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. This dynamic came into play at the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2022

Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoS attacks it has faced since 2007. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Estonia). Estonia announced to have blocked a wave of cyber attacks conducted by Russian hackers against local institutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Related: Kaseya hack raises more supply chain worries. Criminal hacking rings are carrying out big sweeps , 24X7, hunting for well-known application vulnerabilities that they can manipulate to breach company networks. Fast forward to the current era of digital transformation. Malicious hackers have stepped up their game.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2019

Over the last two election cycles, we’ve seen an increased focus on election security, hacking and fraud. While many state and government officials are under no illusion that they are safe from a digital attack, concern should run deeper than election integrity. Security measures continue to be more reactive than proactive.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

In short, TLS helps preserve the integrity of legitimate digital connections. Hacking rings are using TLS to evade detection while delivering botnet commands, embedding malware and exfiltrating data. It turns out that TLS is also the perfect mechanism to distribute surprise packages. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting. Acohido.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

Due to our dependence on the internet for digital transformation, most people suffer from the risks of cyberattacks. According to IBM , the cost of cyber hacks in 2020 is about $3.86 Oftentimes, a cyber attack or cyber hack happens when people don’t know what’s happening in their gadgets. Article by Shiela Pulido.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The study also found that 28% of companies have already been targeted by a cloud hacking attempt since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. Alongside this shift, we’ve seen the misconception that cloud security approaches are different to those of securing on-premises infrastructure.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 30, 2020

Related: Micro-segmentation taken to the personal device level The flip side, of course, is that an already wide-open attack surface – one that has been getting plundered for the past two decades by criminal hacking groups — is getting scaled up, as well. Clearly agility and speed are cornerstones of digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A pair of malicious activities have become a stunning example of digital transformation – unfortunately on the darknet. Thanks to botnets, if you’ve ever patronized any of the hacked enterprises, your personal data, including your favorite usernames and passwords , have probably been stolen several times over.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Firms are also deploying new types of devices as part of digital transformation initiatives, further exacerbating the growing attack surface, leading to management challenges, vulnerabilities, and potential system compromises. There’s a growing need to secure the perimeter while simplifying the technologies that do so.

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