eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

But their popularity has made them a target for hackers, making container security an important area to supplement in the already extensive cybersecurity portfolio. The need for container security. Misconfigured permissions can multiply these problems, so container security is too critical to be taken lightly. Runtime security.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 120 security holes in Windows and supported software. In May 2021, Microsoft patched a similarly critical and wormable vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack; less than a week later, computer code made to exploit the flaw was posted online. .” ” Quickly indeed. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 56 vulnerabilities, including a flaw that is known to be actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2021-1732 zero-day is an elevation of privilege issues that resides in the Windows Win32k component. Microsoft did not disclose details about the attacks that exploited this flaw.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

ZenGRC provides one platform to simplify audit, risk, and compliance management with a holistic view of control environments, easy information access, and continual monitoring. It offers risk assessment, auditing, incident management, mitigation, and compliance management to ensure a solid security posture. Reciprocity. Visit website.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2022

An Iran-linked Mercury APT group exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in SysAid applications for initial access to the targeted organizations. The APT group was officially linked by the US government to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. ” reads the report published by Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Elevate Security.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Experts warn that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second bug disclosed in the popular Log4j logging library. American web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare warns that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-45046 , disclosed in the Log4j library.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Registration for the 2021 e-Records Conference is now open to state agencies and local governments. About e-Records 2021. Driven by new technologies and demands, Texas government is rapidly adapting to deliver easier, more secure, and constantly connected access to its external and internal stakeholders.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. With one month left in 2021, the annual total running total of compromised records is to just shy of 5 billion. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news….

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Public Libraries as part of the HM Government ?roadmap? CILIP welcomes the recognition of libraries as essential services and library staff as ?key s pandemic response, demonstrating the vital role public libraries have to play in our national recovery. Although many library services have been ?open? COVID-secure?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and were observed conducting cyberespionage, data theft, and credential access attacks. The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. v1: Pulse Connect Secure MAR-10334057-3.v1:

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). This article looks at the top digital forensic software tools of 2021 and what customers should consider when buying or acquiring a DSF tool.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DEV-0206 is an access broker tracked by Microsoft, which uses malvertising campaigns to compromise networks worldwide. The discovery made by Microsoft is very interesting because it is the first time that researchers found evidence that worm operators leverage an access broker to compromise enterprise networks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites in response to the discovery of the Log4Shell flaw in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites as a preventative measure after the disclosure of a PoC exploit for the Log4Shell flaw ( CVE-2021-44228 ) in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 343 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2023

China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA, aka Volt Typhoon, was spotted observing a novel tradecraft to gain initial access to target networks. CrowdStrike researchers observed the China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA, aka Volt Typhoon , using a novel tradecraft to gain initial access to target networks. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Application programming interface (API) security is a combination of tools and best practices to secure the all-important connections between applications. API security protects data and back-end systems while preserving fluid communication between software components through strict protocols and access controls.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The research of zero-day exploits for popular applications such as WhatsApp is even more complex due to the security mechanisms implemented by the developers of the mobile OSs and the app. Someone was willing to pay these great payouts to remotely gain access to the messages of a target. and $8 million. and $8 million.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Data breaches. Financial information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

Google released July security updates for Android that addressed tens of vulnerabilities, including three actively exploited flaws. July security updates for Android addressed more than 40 vulnerabilities, including three flaws that were actively exploited in targeted attacks. ” reads the security bulletin. .

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Hackers still $600m from Chinese cryptocurrency firm Poly Network (unknown) Japanese Exchange Liquid Global suffers cyber attack (unknown) Cream Finance loses $25 million in another security breach (unknown).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Chinese security researcher p0rz9 publicly disclosed a Proof-of-concept exploit for a critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability, tracked a CVE-2021-44228 ( aka Log4Shell ), in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. p0rz9 revealed that the CVE-2021-44228 can only be exploited if the log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Open source security has been a big focus of this week’s Black Hat conference, but no open source security initiative is bolder than the one proffered by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). ” OpenSSF was formed a year ago by the merger of Linux Foundation, GitHub and industry security groups.

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CILIP

MARCH 8, 2021

Feminist leadership, libraries and Covid-19. s Library which was established in 1991 and now has more than 20 paid staff ? s was Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library. I have been a lifelong library lover, but have no formal training as an information professional. s Library were sown.? Adele said:

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. Gaps in human capital and tools to securely deploy cloud services.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Google has addressed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21148, with the release of the Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version. Google released Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version that addressed an actively exploited zero-day security vulnerability. “CVE-2021-21148: Heap buffer overflow in V8.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2023, the researchers observed a surge in zero-day vulnerabilities in third-party components and libraries that can impact all products that use them. Regardless of the number, it is clear that the steps we as security researchers and product vendors are taking are having an impact on attackers. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Labour Party discloses a data breach Cyber Defense Magazine – November 2021 has arrived. Data of its rich clients are at risk, including Trump and Beckham.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2022

Another gang, Night Sky ransomware operation, started exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library to gain access to VMware Horizon systems. The Night Sky ransomware operation started exploiting the Log4Shell flaw (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4j library to gain access to VMware Horizon systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Threat actors are already abusing Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library for malicious purposes such as deploying malware. A few hours ago, researchers at NetLab 360 reported that their Anglerfish and Apacket honeypots were already hit by attacks attempting to trigger the Log4Shell flaw in the Log4j library.

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IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The discovery was made by ESET researchers while investigating attacks conducted by the APT group against an employee of an aerospace company in the Netherlands, and a political journalist in Belgium during the autumn of 2021. The library modify kernel variables and remove kernel callbacks in the attempt to disable the features.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 390 appeared first on Security Affairs. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

CILIP Statement re: Proposed cuts to National Library of Wales Budget. s Ethical Framework and Royal Charter commit us to uphold, promote and defend the principle of universal access to information and the continuity and preservation of knowledge. We recommend that urgent attention should be given to the Library?s

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-37973) exploited in the wild. Google confirmed that it is aware of the availability of an exploit for CVE-2021-37973, but the IT giant did not reveal if it is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting this issue. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

A flaw in Pulse Connect Secure VPN could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Ivanti addressed a high severity Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Secure VPN appliances that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

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