eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2022

Government and private entities in Ukraine have been targeted this month by a barrage of malware that has defaced websites and wiped or corrupted data from Windows- and Linux-based systems. Other organizations also have issued reports about data-wiping and other malware being used against groups in the troubled country.

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IT Governance

JULY 26, 2022

Take cyber security for example. According to a Kaspersky report , a quarter of UK companies admit underfunding cyber security even though 82% of respondents have suffered data breaches. The global cost of cyber crime is predicted to reach $10.5 We’ve all been feeling the effects of inflation recently. What’s at stake?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nation-state cyber threat groups and ransomware attackers are moving in to exploit a critical flaw found in the seemingly ubiquitous Apache Log4j open-source logging tool, as attacks spread just days after the vulnerability that could affect hundreds of millions of devices was made public late last week. Expanding Log4j Attacks.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Welcome to the second part of our cyber security review of 2020, in which we look back at the biggest stories from July to December. With COVID-19 under control, the UK government announced that lockdown measures would be eased from 4 July, with pubs, cafés, cinemas and museums allowed to reopen. You can read the first part here >>.

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2020

The uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 is allowing cyber crime to thrive , with crooks continuing to operate from the safety of their own homes, while employees struggle with distractions and new technologies. The good news is that we’re all in the same predicament, so you don’t have to feel like you’re going through this alone.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For any organization struck by ransomware , business leaders always ask “how do we decrypt the data ASAP, so we can get back in business?”. The good news is that ransomware files can be decrypted. First, call the cyber insurance company that issued the organization’s cybersecurity policy. Free decryption tools don’t always work.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Unfortunately, this type of scam is the worst kind of phishbait, and it is a very good idea to inoculate people before they get suckered into falling for a scam like this. It is unfortunate that we continue to have to warn against the bad actors on the internet that use these tragedies for their own benefit.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

The move to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic increased the workloads for skilled IT professionals, and combined with the rising rate of ransomware attacks , many security pros are suffering from burnout. As we enter 2022, the shortage of cybersecurity pros hasn’t gotten better. In fact, it’s gotten worse.

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IT Governance

MARCH 25, 2020

If a week is a long time in politics, then it’s a veritable aeon when it comes to economy-collapsing, pub-closing, sports-halting pandemics. This new series is designed to bring us together during the coronavirus pandemic. However, one major problem that IT Governance faced during the pandemic was how to get its content live.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, organizations around the world have moved to remote work platforms in a span of a few short weeks. Just yesterday, the FBI issued a new Private Industry Notification entitled, “Cyber Criminals Take Advantage of COVID-19 Virus for Cyber Criminal Schemes.”

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Humans have used technology to transform their societies from prehistoric times up to the present. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the transformation from many years to just a couple of years. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the transformation from many years to just a couple of years. Introduction.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Here we were in the 21st century, and the lab was using an operating system that was no longer supported by Microsoft. Here we were in the 21st century, and the lab was using an operating system that was no longer supported by Microsoft. After breaches like SolarWinds, companies pledge to improve their digital hygiene. Apple Podcasts.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Here we were in the 21st century, and the lab was using an operating system that was no longer supported by Microsoft. Here we were in the 21st century, and the lab was using an operating system that was no longer supported by Microsoft. After breaches like SolarWinds, companies pledge to improve their digital hygiene. Apple Podcasts.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

The current unification in the cybersecurity market is driving a massive movement towards fewer vendors, which at the same time means more polarization of either using MSS/MSSP or doing the security work internally. The unification revolution of cybersecurity solutions has started – and managed security service providers are leading the way.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

In this episode, Jason Kent from Cequence Security talks about his experience hacking a garage door opener API, the tools he uses such as Burp, ZAP, and APK tool, and why we need to be paying more attention to the OWASP API Security Top 10. So how hard is it to hack APIs? Not very hard. They're on all your devices, [Peloton commercial].

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

In this episode, Jason Kent from Cequence Security talks about his experience hacking a garage door opener API, the tools he uses such as Burp, ZAP, and APK tool, and why we need to be paying more attention to the OWASP API Security Top 10. So how hard is it to hack APIs? Not very hard. They're on all your devices, [Peloton commercial].

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Earlier this month, Natalie Silvanovich, a researcher with Google’s Project Zero bug-hunting initiative, published an analysis of two zero-click vulnerabilities in the video conferencing platform that could have enabled threat actors to take control of a victim’s Zoom clients and multimedia routers (MMRs). A Focus on Zoom.

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IT Governance

JUNE 14, 2021

Indeed, a Gartner survey found that 47% of organisations will give employees the choice of working remotely full-time once the pandemic is over, and 82% said employees can work from home at least one day a week. Employees using personal equipment. The survey also found that many employees used company devices for unintended purposes.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. MFA use cases and considerations. When this is happening, it’s clear that organizations either aren’t using MFA or are finding ways around it. This post has been updated for 2021. MFA can be hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

As attack methodologies evolve due to AI, machine learning and nation-state hackers , security startups are receiving a lot of funding to develop products that can secure application access for remote workers , provide real-time visibility into cyber attacks and protect data as it travels from the cloud to IoT devices. Cado Security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

With more employees working remotely than ever before due to COVID-19, businesses are at greater risk from a cyber-attack with workers accessing systems outside of the usual company network. Obstacles are there not to deter us, but to make us seek solutions and become eventually better. Here is what they told us.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Network security threats weaken the defenses of an enterprise network, endangering proprietary data, critical applications, and the entire IT infrastructure. Because businesses face an extensive array of threats, they should carefully monitor and mitigate the most critical threats and vulnerabilities. Also read: What is Network Security?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 21, 2021

The pervasive nature of connectivity, especially, has redefined how employees work – employees increasingly dictate where they want to work from, which device they want to work on, and which tools they want to use that best enhance their productivity. Here is what they told us. The Road to Zero Trust. Thu, 04/22/2021 - 06:36.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 6, 2020

There has simply been no way around it: the COVID-19 pandemic has given organisations across Europe and, indeed, across the world, no option other than to rollout home-working IT solutions if they want to continue operating. The maintenance of good cyber security, despite this shift away from the office, is absolutely vital.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2020

On the one hand, it is essential to transfer to a number of recipients the knowledge coming from information acquisition and analysis (“intelligence communication”); on the other hand, it is crucial to understand and control the communication connected with the activities carried out (“communication intelligence”). Regardless of the content.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Vint Cerf is one of the most recognizable figures in the pantheon of Internet figures – and as he enters his ninth decade of a remarkable life, one of its most accomplished. Cerf last month as part of the “ Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI” lecture series hosted by the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Over the last couple of years, we’ve all had our attention fixed on one of two things: the global pandemic and the previous year’s presidential elections. It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. 2020 is a case in point.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Vamosi: in this time of COVID-19, apart from staying healthy, one of my biggest concerns is what if some appliance I need decides after ten years of near constant use to fail on me. A few minutes on Google, a pair of needle nose pliers and I’m good. How do the current DMCA laws impact those who hack digital devices? Amazon Music.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Vamosi: in this time of COVID-19, apart from staying healthy, one of my biggest concerns is what if some appliance I need decides after ten years of near constant use to fail on me. A few minutes on Google, a pair of needle nose pliers and I’m good. How do the current DMCA laws impact those who hack digital devices? Amazon Music.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2021

Mayorkas has been championing an extensive portfolio of initiatives to rally public-private collaboration to fend off cyber criminals and state-sponsored threat actors. Mayorkas has been championing an extensive portfolio of initiatives to rally public-private collaboration to fend off cyber criminals and state-sponsored threat actors.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08 | February 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach There is a lot to learn from Reddit's recent data breach, which was the result of an employee falling for a "sophisticated and highly-targeted" spear phishing attack.

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