Schneier on Security

MAY 23, 2019

First commercially introduced in 2013, Cisco Trust Anchor module (TAm) is a proprietary hardware security module used in a wide range of Cisco products, including enterprise routers, switches and firewalls. TAm is the root of trust that underpins all other Cisco security and trustworthy computing mechanisms in these devices.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate R emote A dministration T ool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a R emote A ccess T rojan. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Cyber security researcher Luca Mella analyzed the Makop ransomware employed in a recent intrusion. 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.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Automated patch management can help prevent security breaches by automatically identifying, downloading, testing, and delivering software and firmware updates to devices and applications through the use of specialized software tools. Software updates are critical for keeping a system’s integrity and security intact.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

This article looks at the remote desktop protocol, how RDP attacks work, best practices for defense, the prevalence of RDP attacks today, and how remote desktop software vendors are securing their clients. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Table of Contents. What is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)?

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

and ROK Governments, and private sector cyber security companies, track a specific set of DPRK cyber actors conducting these large-scale social engineering campaigns as Kimsuky, Thallium, APT43, Velvet Chollima, and Black Banshee," the advisory states. In essence, security awareness training is your countermeasure to the "Human Element."

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

However, with all the benefits SD-WAN provides organizations, it also opens the door for a new set of security challenges. This article looks at the security functionality of SD-WAN solutions and how to bolster SD-WAN cybersecurity. Security Challenges to SD-WAN. Also read : Top XDR Security Solutions.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication phone numbers exposed: After prompting users to provide phone numbers to secure their accounts, Facebook allows anyone to look up their account by using them. The company has also used security information for advertising in the past.). This article originally appeared on Inc.com.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

of them – are labeled as a security vulnerability. of all vulnerabilities were found by fuzzing (3,849 security vulnerabilities found by fuzzing divided by 17,161, the total number of security-critical vulnerabilities found). Many of the security-critical bugs are never reported or given a CVE number.

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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. This hostname connection is particularly heterogeneous, but it technically makes sense.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

of them – are labeled as a security vulnerability. of all vulnerabilities were found by fuzzing (3,849 security vulnerabilities found by fuzzing divided by 17,161, the total number of security-critical vulnerabilities found). Many of the security-critical bugs are never reported or given a CVE number.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

of them – are labeled as a security vulnerability. of all vulnerabilities were found by fuzzing (3,849 security vulnerabilities found by fuzzing divided by 17,161, the total number of security-critical vulnerabilities found). Many of the security-critical bugs are never reported or given a CVE number.

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Adapture

MAY 18, 2021

Let this sink in: For every 10 cyber security incidents that are reported, 8 of them are phishing attacks. What’s more, phishing attacks target what’s often the weakest link in an organization’s security infrastructure; namely, its end users. That’s probably something you shouldn’t be taking lightly.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? He was indicted on charges of stealing millions of academic articles and journals from a digital archive at MIT. Is hacking a crime? But MIT didn’t press charges.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

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. I'm giving you a short extract of the story and the link to the whole article is below.

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