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Why would a lawyer ever need an Information Security Professional?

CyberSecurity Insiders

As an information security professional, have you often found yourself frustrated by the growing collection of cyber-based rules, guidance, regulations, and contemplations that our lawmakers can conjure up? It is also clear that information security professionals see things differently than most non-security people.

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Sonos smart speakers flaw allowed to eavesdrop on users

Security Affairs

it also informed customers that no workarounds are available. MediaTek, who manufactures Wi-Fi SoC for Sonos speaker, released a security advisory in March 2024 (CVE-2024-20018). The other major section of the whitepaper is dedicated towards the Sonos Era-100 device.

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The evolution of ransomware in 2019: attackers think bigger, go deeper and grow more advanced

Security Affairs

The findings come as highlights of Group-IB whitepaper titled “ Ransomware Uncovered: Attackers’ Latest Methods ,” closely examining the evolution of the ransomware operators’ strategies over the past year, issued today. More recommendations can be found in the relevant section of the whitepaper. . Big Game Hunting. About Group-IB.

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What’s Your Fail-Safe Posture? Before You Learn How to Fly, Learn How to Fall

CyberSecurity Insiders

One of the recommendations in the report by Saltzer and Schroeder , “ The Protection of Information in Computer Systems ”, was to include “Fail-safe defaults”. If you work in any area of information security, it is time to consider what failing safely is all about. Read the Article. Want to Learn More About CISSP?

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Evolving Identity: Why Legacy IAM May Not Be Fit for Purpose

CyberSecurity Insiders

As an information security professional, you are aware that identity management is a very important part of the security landscape. To the modern information security practitioner, it must do both at the same time. Quite often, the information security professional has experienced this frustration too.

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Google Cloud Awards $313,337 in 2022 VRP Prizes

Google Security

Anthony Weems, Information Security Engineer 2022 was a successful year for Google's Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), with over 2,900 security issues identified and fixed, and over $12 million in bounty rewards awarded to researchers.

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Researchers found flaws in MEGA that allowed to decrypt of user data

Security Affairs

“The whitepaper published today represents the gold standard in cryptographic research, and we are extremely grateful for the privilege of having been chosen as a target.