Schneier on Security

MAY 23, 2019

From a news article : Thrangrycat is awful for two reasons. From a news article : Thrangrycat is awful for two reasons. That said, Thrangrycat only works once you have administrative access to the device. While the flaws are based in hardware, Thangrycat can be exploited remotely without any need for physical access.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Technical details of the Makop ransomware encryption tool have been greatly deepened by the Lifars security team ( link ), so, in this article, I am going to focus on other parts of the Makop gang arsenal leveraged to conduct digital extortions. The crooks currently use it after the initial access phase of their attack chain.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 16, 2023

This article discusses those questions by explaining common causes of false positives and how to mitigate them. For example, Debian packages (which are used to install applications on Ubuntu and certain other Linux-based operating systems) can specify "recommended" dependencies as well as required dependencies.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

At most organizations, it’s all too easy for staff to implement their own tools and systems without the knowledge or support of the IT department. Without top-to-bottom visibility of all systems that interact with the company’s data, there’s no way to take stock of all vulnerabilities. What is cloud security?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 14, 2018

The scope of the potentially applicable previous orders is quite broad as it goes from the role of the so called system administrator, to stringent security measures provided for specific data processing activities (e.g. If you found this article interesting please share it on your favourite social media. GiulioCoraggio.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

They explained: "Now, who has received an email or a direct message on social media from a friend or family member who desperately needs money? Probably fewer of you. This is social engineering (pretexting specifically) and it takes more skill. But what makes this attack dangerous is that the new bank account provided belongs to the attacker.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Unless you live under a bottle cap rusting on the bottom of Loon Lake, you know that if you’re concerned about privacy , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the gift that keeps on taking. “I believe a privacy-focused communications platform will be even more important than today’s open platforms,” Zuckerberg said.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. A quick examination of the publicly accessible profile of the Moscow-based server swiftly uncovered a peculiarity.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In this article, we will focus on the records management playbook—the list of plays that a records program will execute on an ongoing basis. We will look at the structure of the playbook and the plays in more detail later in this article. What would happen to your records program? What is a Playbook? What the Playbook is Not.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. By exploiting weak server vulnerabilities, the Iran-based hackers were able to gain access, move laterally, encrypt IT systems, and demand ransom payment.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This article looks at the security functionality of SD-WAN solutions and how to bolster SD-WAN cybersecurity. This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. Jump ahead for a technical review on SD-WAN. What is SD-WAN?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

I was like living in our systems for years and I want to get in some trouble for that. He was indicted on charges of stealing millions of academic articles and journals from a digital archive at MIT. Is hacking a crime? Kevin Poulsen: If you go back before that I myself was a hacker in the late 80s In the early 90s.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It evolved to a place where system administrators and cybersecurity professionals had to monitor several different lists, which didn’t scale well. Where Vulnerability Information Comes From. Today, most vulnerability databases are created and maintained through huge amounts of manual effort. We’ve Evolved Before.

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Adapture

MAY 18, 2021

If you noticed, that last example of a typical message in a phishing email we shared in the previous article was more customized than the previous three. For example, a spear phishing attack might be targeted at a senior system administrator, whose credentials could open the gates to the entire network. Crafting the email.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It evolved to a place where system administrators and cybersecurity professionals had to monitor several different lists, which didn’t scale well. Where Vulnerability Information Comes From. Today, most vulnerability databases are created and maintained through huge amounts of manual effort. We’ve Evolved Before.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It evolved to a place where system administrators and cybersecurity professionals had to monitor several different lists, which didn’t scale well. Where Vulnerability Information Comes From. Today, most vulnerability databases are created and maintained through huge amounts of manual effort. We’ve Evolved Before.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

I'm giving you a short extract of the story and the link to the whole article is below. CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. Be cautious of unexpected investment opportunities.

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