Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 22, 2024
A study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presented at ISC2 Security Congress compared ChatGPT-written training prompted by security experts and prompt engineers.
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 21, 2024
CISA advisor Nicole Perlroth closed out ISC2 Security Congress’ keynotes with a wake-up call for security teams to watch for nation-state-sponsored attacks.
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Security Boulevard
OCTOBER 23, 2024
IBM is rolling out Guardian Data Security Center, a framework designed to give enterprises the tools they need to address the emerging cyberthreats that come the ongoing development of generative AI and quantum computing. The post IBM Addresses AI, Quantum Security Risks with New Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 23, 2024
It only takes five days on average for attackers to exploit a vulnerability, according to a new report by cybersecurity company Mandiant.
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IT Security Guru
OCTOBER 21, 2024
October is widely regarded as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. While awareness is crucial in our increasingly perilous cyber landscape – where threats to both organisations and individuals are growing in scale and sophistication – action is now paramount. Recent research indicates that 95% of IT leaders believe cyber attacks are more advanced than ever, largely due to the accessibility of AI technologies.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The headline is pretty scary: “ China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.” No, it’s not true. This debunking saved me the trouble of writing one. It all seems to have come from this news article , which wasn’t bad but was taken widely out of proportion.
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Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Nearly one-third of Americans may have been affected by the ransomware attack, which has been attributed to the BlackCat gang.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Cisco confirms that data published by IntelBroker on a cybercrime forum was taken from the company DevHub environment. Cisco confirms that the data posted by IntelBroker on a cybercrime forum was stolen from its DevHub environment. IntelBroker claimed to have gained access to Github projects, Gitlab Projects, SonarQube projects, Source code, hard coded credentials, Certificates, Customer SRCs, Cisco Confidential Documents, Jira tickets, API tokens, AWS Private buckets, Cisco Technology SRCs, Doc
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Tax farming is the practice of licensing tax collection to private contractors. Used heavily in ancient Rome, it’s largely fallen out of practice because of the obvious conflict of interest between the state and the contractor. Because tax farmers are primarily interested in short-term revenue, they have no problem abusing taxpayers and making things worse for them in the long term.
Lohrman on Security
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Sara Snell started her career as an elementary school teacher. Here is her journey to becoming a state government cyber professional.
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Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.
Penetration Testing
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Fortinet has issued a security advisory for its FortiManager platform, addressing a critical vulnerability—CVE-2024-47575—which has been actively exploited in the wild. This vulnerability, rated at CVSS 9.8, arises from a... The post Fortinet Warns of Actively Exploited Flaw in FortiManager: CVE-2024-47575 (CVSS 9.8) appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Technology firm F5 patches a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in BIG-IP and a medium-severity flaw in BIG-IQ. F5 addressed two vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ enterprise products, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-45844 and CVE-2024-47139. An authenticated attacker, with Manager role privileges or higher, could exploit the vulnerability CVE-2024-45844 to elevate privileges and compromise the BIG-IP system. “This vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker with M
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Researchers at Google have developed a watermark for LLM-generated text. The basics are pretty obvious: the LLM chooses between tokens partly based on a cryptographic key, and someone with knowledge of the key can detect those choices. What makes this hard is (1) how much text is required for the watermark to work, and (2) how robust the watermark is to post-generation editing.
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Learn what PCI compliance is and why it’s crucial for businesses handling credit card data. Explore key requirements to ensure security and protect customer information.
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Penetration Testing
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Security researcher Angelboy (@scwuaptx) with DEVCORE has identified a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s Kernel Streaming service. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-30090 and assigned a CVSS score of 7.0, could... The post Microsoft Windows Flaw: CVE-2024-30090 PoC Exploit Published, Posing SYSTEM Privilege Threat appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the ScienceLogic SL1 flaw CVE-2024-9537 (CVSS v4 score: 9.3) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. ScienceLogic SL1 contains a vulnerability related to a third-party component.
SecureList
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Introduction Lazarus APT and its BlueNoroff subgroup are a highly sophisticated and multifaceted Korean-speaking threat actor. We closely monitor their activities and quite often see them using their signature malware in their attacks — a full-feature backdoor called Manuscrypt. According to our research, Lazarus has been employing this malware since at least 2013 and we’ve documented its usage in 50+ unique campaigns targeting governments, diplomatic entities, financial institutions, mili
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 25, 2024
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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.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The reliance on virtual meetings has skyrocketed after the pandemic, making platforms like Google Meet and Zoom integral to our daily personal and professional communication. However, this surge in usage has also opened the door to a growing array of cybersecurity threats. One of the most concerning tactics currently on the rise is the ClickFix campaign — a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting unsuspecting Google Meet users.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers warn of a Samsung zero-day vulnerability that is exploited in the wild. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a Samsung zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44068 (CVSS score of 8.1), which is exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is a use-after-free issue, attackers could exploit the flaw to escalate privileges on a vulnerable Android device.
Malwarebytes
OCTOBER 25, 2024
In April, we reported that a “substantial proportion” of Americans may have had their health and personal data stolen in the Change Healthcare breach. That was based on a report provided by the UnitedHealth Group after the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The attack on Change Healthcare, which processes about 50% of US medical claims, was one of the worst ransomware attacks against American healthcare and caused widespread disruption in payments to doctors and health fac
Jane Frankland
OCTOBER 25, 2024
As cybersecurity matures, the concept of resilience has taken on new dimensions, at least according to Commvault’s CEO, Sanjay Mirchandani. Attending their annual global event series, SHIFT , in London recently, he redefined the future of business resilience in his keynote address and positioned the concept of continuous business—a ground-breaking state of perpetual availability and robustness which revolves around four pivotal elements: 1.
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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.
Security Boulevard
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Security leaders must leverage the best of both to truly protect an organization in today's complex digital environment — blending the old with the new. The post Blending Traditional and Emerging Cybersecurity Practices for a Holistic Approach appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2024
DLP is key in cybersecurity; a risk assessment identifies data risks, helping turn findings into real-world security improvements. Data loss prevention (DLP) is a cornerstone of any effective cybersecurity strategy. Protecting sensitive data is what cybersecurity is all about. So, how can you conduct a DLP risk assessment? And how can you translate those findings into real-world improvements?
Malwarebytes
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven’t gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting replies to the tickets from the hackers themselves. Internet Archive, most known for its Wayback Machine, is a digital library that allows users to look at website snapshots from the past. It is often used for academic research and data analysis.
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Macs may need additional antivirus protection in a business environment or high-risk use case. Bitdefender is the best overall Mac antivirus provider when it comes to protection, usability, and performance.
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WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The North Atlantic Fella Organization, which started as a way to fight Kremlin propaganda, has raised millions of dollars to send vital equipment directly to soldiers fighting Russia.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 19, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Veeam Backup and Replication vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the Veeam Backup and Replication flaw CVE-2024-40711 (CVSS score of 9.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
The Hacker News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The prolific Chinese nation-state actor known as APT41 (aka Brass Typhoon, Earth Baku, Wicked Panda, or Winnti) has been attributed to a sophisticated cyber attack targeting the gambling and gaming industry.
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Australia's Scam Prevention Framework aims to protect consumers by holding tech, banking, and telecom sectors accountable, with fines up to $50 million.
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