SecureWorld News

AUGUST 14, 2024

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the finalization of three post-quantum cryptography standards, marking a significant milestone in the effort to secure digital communications against the looming threat of quantum computing. However, they unanimously agree on the critical nature of this shift.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

It is a critical tool in various fields, including system administration, development, and cybersecurity. This information was disseminated, making the vulnerable systems high-visibility targets for threat actors, especially as Fortinet products are commonly found in government, healthcare, and other critical sectors.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Last Watchdog recently sat down with Satya Gupta, founder and CTO of Virsec , a San Jose-based supplier of advanced data protection systems. Virsec is a leading innovator of memory protection technologies. Gupta put memory attacks in context of the complexity that has overtaken modern business networks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The group targeted organizations in multiple sectors, including defense, government, electronics, telecommunication, technology, media, telecommunication industries. The government experts state that the Chinese APT group continuously updates the tools in its arsenal to evade detection.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to the government experts, the BLINDINGCAN malware was employed in attacks aimed at US and foreign companies operating in the military defense and aerospace sectors. A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

. “Had the data been stolen for the benefit of a state adversary and not published, we might still be unaware of the loss—as would be true for the vast majority of data on Agency mission systems” “CIA works to incorporate best-in-class technologies to keep ahead of and defend against ever-evolving threats.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

If you’re like millions of other Americans, your TV is connected to the Internet and uses technology generated from the nation’s power grid. But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The cyberattack was the cause of this issue, of course, but the real problem at hand was that citizens had no warning that their emergency services could fail this way, nor any estimate for when the systems would be fully restored. There weren't enough users of ARPANET to warrant any real scrutiny of everyone's activities.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Today, technological advances have seen a rise in cyber security threats globally. Besides, cybercriminals are becoming craftier with sophisticated technology. Thus, it would be best if you secured all networks by incorporating firewalls and advanced encryption technology. Human Resources. Data Security.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Windows Server SAC (all versions) Windows 10 IoT Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) (all versions) Windows Server LTSC (all versions) Windows 10 client LTSC (all versions) Windows 10 China Government Edition. In-market Windows 10 LTSC and Windows Server are also unaffected by this change. Not so much.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Least privilege access is at its core, requiring every single connection within a network to be authenticated and authorized before they are granted access to a system. This relies on governance policies for authorization. PAM is the utility that verifies the permissions for administrative users according to these policies.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Keep in mind Hafnium is just one of dozens of hacking gangs continuing to have a field day exploiting unpatched Exchange servers, and many of these attacks are specifically targeting small businesses and state and local governments, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Remote desktop risks. That’s much easier said than done.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In addition, manual mitigation steps can be undertaken by system administrators to prevent successful exploitation (see below). The first, taking place in early September, appears to have been relatively targeted and affected government targets in Asia.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2018

Nick Jovanovic, VP Federal of Thales eSecurity Federal (a division of TDSI), recently spoke with Federal Tech Talk’s John Gilroy about federal agency data security and key findings from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Government Edition. Federal Tech Talk, which looks at the world of high technology in the U.S.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

During her first few years at Booz Allen, she supported technology, innovation and risk analysis initiatives across U.S. government clients. in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University. She also served as Finance and Audit Chair on the Executive Committee of the newly-founded Space-ISAC. Diane Brown.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. The flaws affect a range of vendors, including widely used products from Apple, Oracle and Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As a guest of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation , I recently had the chance to tour the Pinckney Community High School Cyber Training Institute in a rural community outside of Ann Arbor, and the newly opened Cyber Range hub at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology , or WMCAT, in Grand Rapids. Merit 1981.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Cloud security consists of all the technologies and processes that ensure an organization’s cloud infrastructure is protected against internal and external cybersecurity threats. They also need to lay out the specific security technologies that employees must use to protect data and applications in the cloud.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Our telemetry indicates that dozens of organizations were affected, belonging to the government or military sector, or otherwise related to the health, diplomacy, education or political verticals. The exploit was initially identified by our advanced exploit prevention technology and related detection records. PuzzleMaker.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. »

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2020

Shared passwords and a failure to control access: "Most of our sensitive cyber weapons were not compartmented, users shared systems administrator-level passwords.". Please explain why this is consistent with federal cybersecurity best practices detailed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.".

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Looking back at past leaks of private companies providing such services, such as in the case of Hacking Team, we learned that many states all over the world were buying these capabilities, whether to complement their in-house technologies or as a stand-alone solution they couldn’t develop. The next WannaCry.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The University’s College of Business and Information Technology builds degree programs and certificates which make critical connections and build student understanding of the ways technology and business evolve together, particularly in the arena of cybersecurity. dean, College of Business and Information Technology at the University.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Governments, NGO’s and enterprises of any size and profile are now subscribing to cloud provider services. Mature customers tend to have rules implemented governing the relationships with cloud service providers, as well as indicators for evaluating such cooperation. Businesses are opting for the cloud more and more.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

They also provide cover for malicious actions from governments and organizations by introducing a layer of separation between the attackers and the attack source. RaaS offers one example of threat actors successfully adopting technology to spread malicious code, but the shift to cloud services introduced other dangers.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 14, 2024

Businesses, governments, and individuals all require strong security measures to shield themselves from cyberattacks. This path is ideal for individuals who possess strong leadership capabilities and have a thorough understanding of information technology systems. One popular route is the Leadership and Operations Route.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

We’ll examine each of those cloud security technologies — along with CASB too — and their uses, and direct you to some of the top cloud security solutions. CIEM helps businesses improve the visibility, management, and governance of their cloud infrastructure while reducing the risk of external and internal assaults.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As we approach 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, shaped by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and emerging threats. By 2027, 75% of employees are expected to acquire or modify technology outside of ITs control, up from 41% in 2022. To keep up, organizations must stay ahead of these developments.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Here, organizations should work toward achieving an effective system-wide process between security operations, IT operations, and system administration teams to ensure everyone is on the same page. Syxsense enables businesses to meet governance or compliance regulations with help from its services team.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. For teams in industries like financial services, healthcare, and government, the more specific the access rule, the better. But while all firewalls should protect business data and systems, some won’t need that much protection.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To top it off, cybercriminals make use of legitimate services that are meant to help system administrators, such as PSexec, which allows remote execution of programs. System administrators that take care of physical networks are no longer needed — with cloud services management being an easy task. million USD) monthly.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Tell us about your journey to a career in technology and how your heritage played a role to where you are today? Some of them were a tremendous help when I established myself in the NY area, and they continue to be great co-workers and friends, who I admire and look up to. I think that Hispanic/LatinX are curious by nature.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 4, 2024

ISO/IEC 42001, the first global standard for AI management systems, offers helpful direction for this dynamic technology area. ISO/IEC 42001 provides a framework for enterprises to follow to balance innovation with governance while managing AI’s risks and potential.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. Are you working with a particular private sector, government sector?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2018

Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel. Privileged Users. They’re generally either inside or under contract to the enterprise.

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