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China-linked APT Silk Typhoon targets IT Supply Chain

Security Affairs

Silk Typhoon targets multiple sectors worldwide, including information technology (IT) services and infrastructure, remote monitoring and management (RMM) companies, managed service providers (MSPs) and affiliates, healthcare, legal services, higher education, defense, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and energy.

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Microsoft's Majorana 1 and the Path to Scalable Quantum Computing

SecureWorld News

Commercialization acceleration: Microsoft has been selected as one of two companies in DARPA's US2QC (Utility-Scale Quantum Computing) program, aiming to fast-track practical quantum systems. Energy & sustainability: Optimizing carbon capture, finding catalysts to break down plastics, and improving battery materials.

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How Cobalt Strike Became a Favorite Tool of Hackers

eSecurity Planet

Pentesting involves vulnerability exploitation and post-exploitation actions – the idea is to conduct a real attack, like cybercriminals would do, except with an explicit authorization from the company in order to identify weaknesses and improve security defenses. While that’s true, it requires time, effort, and energy.

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Hidden Biases in Cybersecurity Reviews – And How to Use Them

eSecurity Planet

For example, when surveying the market for email security, survey results should include respondents from each category that might represent different needs. The survey should have representation from categories such as: Company size: small to large Industry vertical: healthcare, energy, etc.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

We evaluated each feed based on the trustworthiness of its information source(s), the variety of information sources it pulls from, its range and depth of coverage, its contextual analysis and dashboarding capabilities, its security and compliance policies and procedures, and the utility of expert explanations and mitigation tips.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2025

SecureList

In general, we’ve observed hacktivists in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict become more skilled and more focused on attacking large organizations such as government, manufacturing and energy entities. However, one especially notable supply chain attack in 2024 was the XZ Utils backdoor, which we covered in a three-part blog post.

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