Sat.Sep 18, 2021 - Fri.Sep 24, 2021

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I Am Not Satoshi Nakamoto

Schneier on Security

This isn’t the first time I’ve received an e-mail like this: Hey! I’ve done my research and looked at a lot of facts and old forgotten archives. I know that you are Satoshi, I do not want to tell anyone about this. I just wanted to say that you created weapons of mass destruction where niches remained poor and the rich got richer! When bitcoin first appeared, I was small, and alas, my family lost everything on this, you won’t find an apple in the winter garden, people onl

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Does Your Organization Have a Security.txt File?

Krebs on Security

It happens all the time: Organizations get hacked because there isn’t an obvious way for security researchers to let them know about security vulnerabilities or data leaks. Or maybe it isn’t entirely clear who should get the report when remote access to an organization’s internal network is being sold in the cybercrime underground.

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For Gov Tech Cyber Best Practices, See the 2021 NASCIO Awards

Lohrman on Security

For decades, NASCIO has provided best practices for governments to learn from. This year is no different, and three finalists offer lessons for all public-sector agencies.

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How to see who is trying to break into your Office 365 and what they're trying to hack

Tech Republic Security

Office 365 and Azure Active Directory's security diagnostics are surprisingly useful tools.

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Why Giant Content Libraries Do Nothing for Your Employees’ Cyber Resilience

Many cybersecurity awareness platforms offer massive content libraries, yet they fail to enhance employees’ cyber resilience. Without structured, engaging, and personalized training, employees struggle to retain and apply key cybersecurity principles. Phished.io explains why organizations should focus on interactive, scenario-based learning rather than overwhelming employees with excessive content.

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FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key

Schneier on Security

The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption key for the REvil ransomware, but didn’t pass it along to victims because it would have disrupted an ongoing operation. The key was obtained through access to the servers of the Russia-based criminal gang behind the July attack. Deploying it immediately could have helped the victims, including schools and hospitals, avoid what analysts estimate was millions of dollars in recovery costs.

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SHARED INTEL: How ‘observability’ has enabled deep monitoring of complex modern networks

The Last Watchdog

An array of promising security trends is in motion. New frameworks, like SASE , CWPP and CSPM , seek to weave security more robustly into the highly dynamic, intensely complex architecture of modern business networks. Related: 5 Top SIEM myths. And a slew of new application security technologies designed specifically to infuse security deeply into specific software components – as new coding is being developed and even after it gets deployed and begins running in live use.

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Here's how to become an in-demand cybersecurity expert

Tech Republic Security

Just a couple of years of IT experience is all that's necessary to break into the cybersecurity field with this self-paced training.

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ROT8000

Schneier on Security

ROT8000 is the Unicode equivalent of ROT13. What’s clever about it is that normal English looks like Chinese, and not like ciphertext (to a typical Westerner, that is).

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Apple addresses a new zero-day exploited to deploy the NSO Pegasus spyware

Security Affairs

Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild to take over iPhones and Macs. Apple has released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks in the wild to compromise iPhones and Macs running vulnerable iOS and macOS versions. Apple confirmed that at least one of the flaws was exploited by threat actors to infect the device with the NSO Pegasus spyware.

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Mitigating Dynamic Application Risks with Secure Firewall Application Detectors

Cisco Security

As part of our strategy to enhance application awareness for SecOps practitioners, our new Secure Firewall Application Detectors portal, [link] , provides the latest and most comprehensive application risk information available in the cybersecurity space. This advance is important because today’s applications are not static. In fact, applications are continuously evolving as new technologies and services emerge.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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How to create Let's Encrypt SSL certificates with acme.sh on Linux

Tech Republic Security

Issuing and installing SSL certificates doesn't have to be a challenge, especially when there are tools like acme.sh available. Jack Wallen shows you how to install and use this handy script.

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The Proliferation of Zero-days

Schneier on Security

The MIT Technology Review is reporting that 2021 is a blockbuster year for zero-day exploits: One contributing factor in the higher rate of reported zero-days is the rapid global proliferation of hacking tools. Powerful groups are all pouring heaps of cash into zero-days to use for themselves — and they’re reaping the rewards. At the top of the food chain are the government-sponsored hackers.

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Microsoft Autodiscover abused to collect web requests, credentials

Zero Day

Researchers were able to exploit a protocol design feature on a vast scale.

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New Mac malware masquerades as iTerm2, Remote Desktop and other apps

Malwarebytes

Last week, security researcher Patrick Wardle released details of a new piece of malware masquerading as the legitimate app iTerm2. The malware was discovered earlier the same day by security researcher Zhi ( @CodeColorist on Twitter), and detailed on a Chinese-language blog. (For those who don’t speak Chinese, Safari seems to do a fair job of translating it.). iTerm2 is a legitimate replacement for the macOS Terminal app, offering some powerful features that Terminal does not.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Your IoT devices may be vulnerable to malware

Tech Republic Security

NordPass: Only 33% of users surveyed had changed the default passwords on their IoT devices, leaving the rest vulnerable to attack.

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Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services Hack

Schneier on Security

Apparently, a nation-state hacked Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services. Not sure why Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services is of any interest to a nation-state, but that’s probably just my failure of imagination.

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Windows 11 is no longer compatible with Oracle VirtualBox VMs

Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 is no longer compatible with the immensely popular Oracle VirtualBox virtualization platform after Microsoft changed its hardware requirement policies for virtual machines. [.].

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A zero-day flaw allows to run arbitrary commands on macOS systems

Security Affairs

Security researchers disclosed a new zero-day flaw in Apple’s macOS Finder that can allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on Macs. Independent security researcher Park Minchan disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Finder that can be exploited by attackers to run arbitrary commands on Mac systems running any macOS version.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

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.

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Ransomware now accounts for 69% of all attacks that use malware

Tech Republic Security

The most common targets of ransomware in the second quarter of 2021 were governmental, medical and industrial companies along with scientific and educational institutions, says Positive Technologies.

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Detection evasion in CLR and tips on how to detect such attacks

SecureList

In terms of costs, the age-old battle that pits attacker versus defender has become very one sided in recent years. Almost all modern attacks (and ethical offensive exercises) use Mimikatz , SharpHound , SeatBelt , Rubeus , GhostPack and other toolsets available to the community. This so-called githubification is driving attackers’ costs down and reshaping the focus from malware development to the evasion of security mechanisms.

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Researcher drops three iOS zero-days that Apple refused to fix

Bleeping Computer

Proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities (and a fourth one patched in July) was published on GitHub after Apple delayed patching and failed to credit the researcher. [.].

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Why Edward Snowden is urging users to stop using ExpressVPN?

Security Affairs

The popular whistleblower Edward Snowden recommends customers of ExpressVPN VPN service to stop using it. Last week the Israeli cybersecurity firm Kape Technologies has acquired the industry’s leading virtual private networks ExpressVPN, as part of a $936 million deal. Kape announced that the acquisition will more than double its overall customer base, from almost 3 million customers to more than 6 million.

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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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Managing change in AI: Don't forget about your staff's needs and abilities

Tech Republic Security

When change affects people in your organization, remember that you have a wealth of talent that needn't go to waste. Consider re-skilling to meet the company's needs as well as the employees'.

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Cring Ransomware Gang Exploits 11-Year-Old ColdFusion Bug

The Hacker News

Unidentified threat actors breached a server running an unpatched, 11-year-old version of Adobe's ColdFusion 9 software in minutes to remotely take over control and deploy file-encrypting Cring ransomware on the target's network 79 hours after the hack.

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Having Confidence in Your Wireless Security

Cisco Security

As each day passes, wireless security becomes even more critical to the day-to-day operations of organizations. Several factors contribute to the growing need for reliable security. With the introduction of Wi-Fi 6, many organizations are shifting from a primarily wired infrastructure to one that focuses on worker mobility through wireless connectivity.

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Data of 106 million visitors to Thailand leaked online

Security Affairs

Security researchers discovered an unsecured database exposed online containing the personal information of millions of visitors to Thailand. The popular cybersecurity research Bob Diachenko discovered his personal data online stored on an unprotected Elasticsearch database containing the personal details of more than 106 million visitors to Thailand.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Here's a fix for open source supply chain attacks

Tech Republic Security

Commentary: Open source has never been more popular or more under attack, but there's something cloud providers can do to make OSS more secure.

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European police dismantle cybercrime ring with ties to Italian Mafia

We Live Security

The group used phishing, BEC and other types of attacks to swindle victims out of millions. The post European police dismantle cybercrime ring with ties to Italian Mafia appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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How Outlook “autodiscover” could leak your passwords – and how to stop it

Naked Security

The Microsoft Autodiscover "Great Leak" explained - and how to prevent it

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Patch now! Insecure Hikvision security cameras can be taken over remotely

Malwarebytes

In a detailed post on Github , security researcher Watchful_IP describes how he found that the majority of the recent camera product ranges of Hikvision cameras are susceptible to a critical, unauthenticated, remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, even with the latest firmware. Hikvision. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. engages in the development, production, and sale of security products.

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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.