Sat.May 22, 2021 - Fri.May 28, 2021

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AI Is Everywhere — Should We Be Excited or Concerned?

Lohrman on Security

Artificial intelligence is slowly transforming many areas of life — and fast — but we all need to pay attention. Reactions are all over the map, and AI will be used for both good and evil.

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What to do after a Ransomware Attack?

Hacker Combat

What do you do when you wake up one morning and realise that your log in credentials into your system have suddenly become null and void? What actions do you take when it dawns on you that your files have been encrypted with a view of illegally denying you access? Do you want to find out what to do after a ransomware attack? Ransomware attacks have certainly been on the rise since the advent of the information age.

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Complete Cyber Security Jargons by Appknox

Appknox

Cyberattacks are getting common and their impact is quite severe. Security breaches are no longer limited to a few large tech companies. Cybercriminals have rapidly altered tactics and started targeting several Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as well.

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Pwned Passwords, Open Source in the.NET Foundation and Working with the FBI

Troy Hunt

I've got 2 massive things to announce today that have been a long time in the works and by pure coincidence, have aligned such that I can share them together here today. One you would have been waiting for and one totally out of left field. Both these announcements are being made at a time where Pwned Passwords is seeing unprecedented growth: Getting closer and closer to the 1B requests a month mark for @haveibeenpwned 's Pwned Passwords. 99.6% of those have come direct from @Cloudflare '

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New Disk Wiping Malware Targets Israel

Schneier on Security

Apostle seems to be a new strain of malware that destroys data. In a post published Tuesday , SentinelOne researchers said they assessed with high confidence that based on the code and the servers Apostle reported to, the malware was being used by a newly discovered group with ties to the Iranian government. While a ransomware note the researchers recovered suggested that Apostle had been used against a critical facility in the United Arab Emirates, the primary target was Israel.

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Boss of ATM Skimming Syndicate Arrested in Mexico

Krebs on Security

Florian “The Shark” Tudor , the alleged ringleader of a prolific ATM skimming gang that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts of tourists visiting Mexico over the last eight years, was arrested in Mexico City on Thursday in response to an extradition warrant from a Romanian court. Florian Tudor, at a 2020 press conference in Mexico in which he asserted he was a legitimate businessman and not a mafia boss.

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Welcoming the Trinidad & Tobago Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Today I'm very happy to welcome the first Caribbean government to Have I Been Pwned, Trinidad & Tobago. As of today, the Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Incident Response Team (TT-CSIRT) has full and free access to query their government domains and gain visibility into where they've impacted by data breaches. This brings the number of governments to be onboarded to HIBP to 17 and I look forward to welcoming more in the near future.

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The Story of the 2011 RSA Hack

Schneier on Security

Really good long article about the Chinese hacking of RSA, Inc. They were able to get copies of the seed values to the SecurID authentication token, a harbinger of supply-chain attacks to come.

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Employers are watching remote workers and they're monitoring these activities

Tech Republic Security

While many employers are tapping technologies to monitor workflows, a new report highlights potential drawbacks and even resentment among surveilled employees.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘World password day’ reminds us to embrace password security best practices

The Last Watchdog

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Related: Credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies.

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Weekly Update 245

Troy Hunt

This week is the culmination of planning that began all the way back in August last year when I announced the intention to start open sourcing the HIBP code base. Today, it's finally happened with Pwned Passwords now completely open to all. That's only been possible with the help of the.NET Foundation because as I've said many times now, this is new territory for me.

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A SOC Tried To Detect Threats in the Cloud … Your Won’t Believe What Happened Next

Anton on Security

A SOC Tried To Detect Threats in the Cloud … Your Won’t Believe What Happened Next Now, we all agree that various cloud technologies such as SaaS SIEM help your Security Operations Center (SOC). However, there’s also a need to talk about how traditional SOCs are challenged by the need to monitor cloud computing environments for threats. In this post, I wanted to quickly touch on this very topic and refresh some past analysis of this (and perhaps reminisce on how sad things were in 2012 ).

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Docker expands its trusted container offerings

Tech Republic Security

We all use container-based images to build applications, but can you trust them? Docker's expansion of its trusted content offering, the Docker Verified Publisher Program, will make it easier.

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SHARED INTEL: Akamai reports web attack traffic spiked 62 percent in 2020 — all sectors hit hard

The Last Watchdog

Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. Related: DHS launches 60-day cybersecurity sprints. Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

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Weekly Update 244

Troy Hunt

For a week where I didn't think I had much to talk about, I was surprised by what I ended up with by the time I sat down to broadcast. Turns out there's always a lot to discuss, and that's before questions from the live audience as well. As I allude to at the end of this update, next week I'm going to have something really, really cool to announce that has been a long time in the works so keep an eye out for that one ??

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SolarWinds Hackers Targeting Government Agencies Via Email

Security Boulevard

Threat actor Nobeliumm, the state-backed Russian group of cybercriminals behind last year’s SolarWinds hacking campaign, has launched a new attack targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants and non-governmental organizations, according to Microsoft and various news outlets. In a blog post published late Thursday night, Tom Burt, Microsoft’s vice president of customer security and trust, said.

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FBI warns of Conti ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations

Tech Republic Security

The attacks have targeted US healthcare and first responder networks with ransom demands as high as $25 million, says the FBI.

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ROUNDTABLE: Experts react to DHS assigning TSA to keep track of cyber attacks on pipelines

The Last Watchdog

The same federal agency that makes you take your shoes off and examines your belongings before boarding a flight will begin monitoring cyber incidents at pipeline companies. Related: DHS begins 60-day cybersecurity sprints. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued a directive requiring all pipeline companies to report cyber incidents to DHS’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA.).

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The Importance of User Roles and Permissions in Cybersecurity Software

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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French police seized dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle

Security Affairs

Last week, French authorities have seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, it is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime. French authorities seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, the operation is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime activity in the dark web. It is the third large French-speaking platform seized by the local police after Black Hand in 2018 and French Deep Web Market in 2019.

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Top 40 Shodan Dorks for Finding Sensitive IoT Data

SecurityTrails

Find the top shodan dorks to expose critical information collected from publicly available sources.

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Shift left security is helpful, but one expert says it's not enough

Tech Republic Security

It's critical to plug cybersecurity vulnerabilities before bad guys get wind of them. To make that happen, businesses should encourage security and developer teams to collaborate, says an expert.

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Malware exploited macOS zero-day flaw to secretly take screenshots. Update to Big Sur 11.4 now

Hot for Security

Apple Mac users are being advised to update their operating system as a matter of priority, after malicious hackers have discovered a way of bypassing the privacy protections built into Apple Macs. The vulnerability , allows attackers to gain permissions on vulnerable Macs without users’ granting explicit consent. Specifically, as security researchers at Jamf explain , versions of the XCSSET malware hunt for installed apps for which the targeted user may already have granted permission to

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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Apple addresses three zero-day flaws actively exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in macOS and tvOS actively exploited in the wild by threat actors. Apple has released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting macOS and tvOS which have been exploited in the wild. The macOS flaw has been exploited by the XCSSET malware to bypass security protections. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.” reads the security advisories published by Apple for the abov

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A Never-Before-Seen Wiper Malware Is Hitting Israeli Targets

WIRED Threat Level

The malicious code, which masquerades as ransomware, appears to come from a hacking group with ties to Iran.

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Is it really the Wild West in cybercrime? Why we need to re-examine our approach to ransomware

Tech Republic Security

Recent ransomware attacks indicate that the current model of cybersecurity isn't working. It's time for a wholesale rethink.

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Researchers Warn of Facefish Backdoor Spreading Linux Rootkits

The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new backdoor program capable of stealing user login credentials, device information and executing arbitrary commands on Linux systems.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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A malware attack hit the Alaska Health Department

Security Affairs

The Alaska health department website was forced offline by a malware attack, officials are investigating the incident. The website of the Alaska health department was forced offline this week by a malware attack. Local authorities launched an investigation into the attack, at the time of this writing, they did not provide details about the intrusion.

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Microsoft Exchange admin portal blocked by expired SSL certificate

Bleeping Computer

The Microsoft Exchange admin portal is currently inaccessible from some browsers after Microsoft forgot to renew the SSL certificate for the website. [.].

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Homeland Security unveils new cybersecurity requirements for pipeline operators

Tech Republic Security

Owners and operators will have to identify any gaps in their security and report new incidents to key federal agencies because of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

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Protecting the Hybrid Cloud With Zero-Trust

Security Boulevard

Cloud security is tough enough, but hybrid cloud adds a few extra challenges, such as visibility between cloud platforms and the difficulty of remaining current with compliance protocols for industry and government regulations. Is zero-trust the answer for hybrid cloud security and its unique challenges? Bill Malik, VP of infrastructure strategies with Trend Micro, addressed.

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