Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Roger Grimes on why multifactor authentication isn’t a panacea : The first time I heard of this issue was from a Midwest CEO. His organization had been hit by ransomware to the tune of $10M. Operationally, they were still recovering nearly a year later. And, embarrassingly, it was his most trusted VP who let the attackers in. It turns out that the VP had approved over 10 different push-based messages for logins that he was not involved in.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We choose this photo for the cover because this was when it all started. 18-year old Troy, having just discovered the web in early 1995 and chomping at the bit to do something with it. The full tale of what I first did (and how disastrous it ultimately became), is up front early in the book so I won't relay it here, but it's quite the story.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

CIOs must prioritize the same business imperatives and find the IT force multipliers to enable growth and innovation, according to a Gartner analyst during Gartner's IT Symposium.

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The US Government has issued an alert to organisations about the threat posed by the BlackMatter ransomware group. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Someone has been hacking telecommunications networks around the world: LightBasin (aka UNC1945) is an activity cluster that has been consistently targeting the telecommunications sector at a global scale since at least 2016, leveraging custom tools and an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications network architectures. Recent findings highlight this cluster’s extensive knowledge of telecommunications protocols, including the emulation of these protocols to facilitate command and control (C2

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg has been added as a defendant to D.C.’s Cambridge Analytica privacy complaint—this time, it’s personal. The post Zuckerberg Accused Personally in Cambridge Analytica Next Shoe appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Magecart definition. Magecart is a consortium of malicious hacker groups who target online shopping cart systems, usually the Magento system, to steal customer payment card information. This is known as a supply chain attack. The idea behind these attacks is to compromise a third-party piece of software from a VAR or systems integrator or infect an industrial process unbeknownst to IT. [ How much does a data breach cost?

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Missouri governor wants to prosecute the reporter who discovered a security vulnerability in a state’s website, and then reported it to the state. The newspaper agreed to hold off publishing any story while the department fixed the problem and protected the private information of teachers around the state. […]. According to the Post-Dispatch, one of its reporters discovered the flaw in a web application allowing the public to search teacher certifications and credentials.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2021

On October 12, after interviewing US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, USA TODAY’s editorial board warned its readers about a dangerous new form of cyberattack under this eye-catching headline: “ The next big cyberthreat isn’t ransomware. It’s killware. And it’s just as bad as it sounds.”. But while “killware” sounds scary, the term itself is unhelpful when describing the many types of cyberattacks that, like USA TODAY wrote, “can literally end lives,” and that

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Two out of three organizations surveyed by ThycoticCentrify were hit by a ransomware attack over the past 12 months, and more than 80% reportedly opted to pay the ransom.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2021

White hat hackers earned $1.88 million at the Tianfu Cup hacking contest by finding vulnerabilities in popular software. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, this year white hat hackers earned $1.88 Million on a total bonus of up to $1.5 Million by demonstrating vulnerabilities in popular software. The edition of this year took place on October 16 and 17 in the city of Chengdu, participants had three attempts of 5 minutes to demonstrate their exploits.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Researchers trained a machine-learning system on videos of people typing their PINs into ATMs: By using three tries, which is typically the maximum allowed number of attempts before the card is withheld, the researchers reconstructed the correct sequence for 5-digit PINs 30% of the time, and reached 41% for 4-digit PINs. This works even if the person is covering the pad with their hands.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

For those of you that remember the fuss about the Y2K bug , this story may sound familiar. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning to Critical Infrastructure (CI) owners and operators, and other users who get the time from GPS, about a GPS Daemon (GPSD) bug in GPSD versions 3.20 through 3.22. Y2K. If you don’t remember the Y2K bug, let me remind you quickly.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Managing passwords and privileged access is bad enough for people—but that's going to be dwarfed by the problem of dealing with non-human identities.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Here’s a story of someone who, with three compatriots, rented textbooks from Amazon and then sold them instead of returning them. They used gift cards and prepaid credit cards to buy the books, so there was no available balance when Amazon tried to charge them the buyout price for non-returned books. They also used various aliases and other tricks to bypass Amazon’s fifteen-book limit.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Quick Heal Security Labs has been monitoring various attack campaigns using JSOutProx RAT against different SMBs in. The post Multi-Staged JSOutProx RAT Targets Indian Banks and Finance Companies appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Traditional security solutions are no longer enough to protect your organization from a data breach, Bitglass says.

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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.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Cybercriminals exploited a new remote code execution (RCE) zero-day, CVE-2021-40444, a week before a patch was released in September—that’s just one of the recent findings in a report by HP Wolf Security. On September 10, researchers discovered scripts on GitHub that automated the creation of the exploit, which ostensibly means that even less-savvy attackers can.

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We Live Security

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Want to help make technology safer for everyone? Love solving puzzles? Looking for a rewarding career? Break into cybersecurity! Insights from ESET researchers Aryeh Goretsky and Cameron Camp will put you on the right track. The post Cybersecurity careers: What to know and how to get started appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Matching Resources and Business Risk with the Right Solution. Gaining visibility and responding to attacks across the entire enterprise infrastructure (endpoints, servers, applications, SaaS, cloud, users, etc.) is a very tall order in today’s cybersecurity environment. Enterprises are forced to create complex security stacks consisting of SIEM , UEBA , SOAR, EDR, NDR , TIP and other tools in order to meet this challenge.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Tech support scams work because they try to trick people into believing there's a serious security crisis with their computers, says Norton Labs.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Experts at Kaspersky have been investigating various computer incidents on a daily basis for over a decade. Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Every business that takes cybersecurity seriously has a multi-layered approach to defending its uptime and data against the ocean of current threats. In 2021, those menaces range from ransomware to software supply chain attacks to breaches of cloud data repositories. To fight them, we deploy a variety of technologies in front of and inside our. The post Email Cybersecurity Must Evolve to Combat Threats appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Over the past quarter of a century, the open source movement has gone from strength to strength. But that success and the openness inherent in the community have led to a major challenge – security. The more software that is developed, the greater the likelihood there is for vulnerabilities. To make matters worse, the open source world prides itself on openness and transparency.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 22, 2021

You don't have to go back to school or blow your budget to train for a career in cybersecurity, which is in high demand right now.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Most of the Australian mobile users who use profusely use internet have reportedly fallen prey to a malware dubbed as Flubot having potential to steal financial info and password logins from the victims’ phones. And information is out that the cyber criminals behind the spread of the Flubot malware are asking victims to download a security update to recover their device from the effects of the attack, a purported move to deepen the crisis.

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Security experts have released a free decryption tool that can be used by BlackByte ransomware victims to decrypt and recover their files. That's right - you don't need to pay the ransom. Predictably, the ransomware gang isn't happy.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Groove ransomware gang is calling on other extortion groups to attack US interests after law enforcement took down REvil's infrastructure last week. [.].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire actors recruited on Russian-speaking forums.

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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.

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