eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

SaaS security checklists are frameworks for protecting data and applications in cloud-based environments. They serve as benchmarks for upholding strong security requirements, evaluating existing tools, and assessing potential solutions. We’ve designed a customizable template to help you develop your own SaaS security checklist.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The need for experienced and qualified cyber security professionals is a highlight of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week , led by NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). Cyber security focuses on protecting computer systems from unauthorised access or being otherwise damaged. Build your cyber security career.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analyzing the Email Security Landscape and exploring Emerging Threats and Trends. VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security in 2024: An Expert Insight into Email Threats,” delves into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies embraced by cybercriminals this year. million as malicious.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started a campaign to increase awareness of these risks to U.S. Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware. Segment or isolate portions of your network that are critical to your business, process, or store sensitive information.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. The report also found that 30% of organisations had skills gaps in more advanced areas, such as penetration testing, forensic analysis and security architecture.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Google Cloud Security and Project Zero researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in the Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). Google Cloud Security and Project Zero researchers, working with Intel experts, discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). ” continues the analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security is critical for protecting increasingly distributed work environments, ensuring that only authorized users can access your valuable information regardless of their location. We’ll cover a range of best practices for remote access security, from the simple and the practical to the more advanced.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. million patients in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

Help us #StopRansomware by visiting [link] pic.twitter.com/G5jpxtB0Fw — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov) June 14, 2023 The LockBit ransomware operation was the most active in 2022 and according to the researchers it is one of the most prolific RaaS in 2023. law enforcement). was the prevalent variant in 2023.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group (aka Agrius , BlackShadow , Pink Sandstorm , DEV-0022 ) has been targeting Israeli organizations in higher education and tech sectors with destructive cyber attacks since January 2023. Based on our telemetry, the most targeted organizations belong to the education and technology sectors.”

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Incident details: Network security incident, where allegedly AlphV gained unauthorised access and made demands to the hospital’s leadership, suggesting a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Nominate Pierluigi Paganini and Security Affairs here here: [link] Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. We are in the final !

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The ransomware was originally written in Go language and was employed in attacks aimed at healthcare and education sectors in countries like Thailand and Indonesia. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. This tactic also allows for avoiding detections based on the analysis of read/write file operations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

Security researchers released PoC exploit code for the critical authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-22972 affecting multiple VMware products. The company acknowledged Bruno López of Innotec Security for the discovery of the flaw. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers. using CVE-2022-22972.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Google rolled out emergency security patches to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser. The vulnerability is an Integer overflow in the Skia graphics library, the issue was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on April 12, 2023.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2021

. “These actors are utilizing advanced knowledge of enterprise networking and security misconfigurations to achieve lateral movement and gain access to the victim’s environments.” The malware was recently employed in attacks against large US schools and education organizations. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

. “We have performed an analysis of the affected system and associated data to determine whether your information was potentially impacted. Based on that analysis, we have determined that certain of your information was included in those files.” based organizations account for 83.9 percent, Canada-based 2.6

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Particularly very popular is so-called brand phishing, which occurs when criminals impersonate the official website of a well-known brand of a public or private entity using a domain name, URL, logos and graphics similar to the original website: This is a real threat that can have heavy repercussions on user privacy and device security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

Google released an emergency security update to address a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome which is actively exploited in the wild. Google released an emergency security update to address the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033) in 2023, the company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting the issue.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s time to rethink your security stack and priorities. Security and privacy are more than just adding on to what you have historically done: It’s a constant re-evaluation of your approach, where nothing is sacred except for the data you are entrusted to protect. Conduct risk analysis. Educate employees.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. PuTTY.exe Rhysida actors have been observed creating Secure Shell (SSH) PuTTy connections for lateral movement. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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IT Governance

MARCH 15, 2022

Cyber threat management is the process of identifying, analysing, evaluating and addressing an organisation’s cyber security requirements. With more than a 1,000 publicly disclosed security incidents last year – and countless others that weren’t reported – cyber security is a growing priority. Lack of visibility.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

To share knowledge and encourage information security researchers to combat malicious code, Resecurity’s HUNTER unit has prepared an educational video demonstrating the.NET reverse engineering and deobfuscation techniques used for the Agent Tesla analysis. . Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

An IT security certification can provide a key boost for your career, but with so many different certifications available (and so many organizations more than happy to take your money for training and testing), it’s important to make sure that the time and investment are well spent. How to Choose a Security Certification.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability is an Integer overflow in the Skia graphics library, the issue was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on April 12, 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. Attackers use DLL side-loading of a Cortex XDR Dump Service Tool, a signed commercial security product, to deploy the ransomware. ” continues the analysis. Rorschach also supports effective binary and anti-analysis protection techniques and evasive mechanisms.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Security researchers found a new cross-platform backdoor, dubbed SysJoker , the is suspected to be the work of an APT group. Security experts from Intezer discovered a new backdoor, dubbed SysJoker , that is able to infect Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. ” reads the report published by Intezer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Chrome and macOS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-11. CVE-2023-2033 – Google Chromium V8 Engine Type Confusion Vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

” reads the analysis published by ESET. ESET researchers added that the analysis of recent attacks revealed similarities between artifacts used in the Dream Job campaign and those employed as part of the 3CX supply chain attack. “This could cause the file to run when double-clicked instead of opening it with a PDF viewer.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The malware was used in attacks against multiple industries, including education, real estate, retail, non-profit organizations, telecom companies, and governments. The analysis of the C2 infrastructure revealed that it dates back to 2020.

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