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VulnRecap 2/26/24 – VMWare, Apple, ScreenConnect Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors. To secure sensitive data, cybersecurity specialists, software vendors, and end users should encourage collaborative efforts against malicious activities. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Black Hat AI Tools Fuel Rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks

eSecurity Planet

Also read: ChatGPT Security and Privacy Issues Remain in GPT-4 WormGPT and Generative AI Hacking Uses WormGPT is based on the GPTJ language and provides unlimited character support, chat memory retention, and code formatting capabilities.

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Q&A: How certifying in-house IT staffers as cyber analysts, pen testers can boost SMB security

The Last Watchdog

Related: The ‘gamification’ of cybersecurity training. Ransomware, business email compromises and direct ACH system hacks continue to morph and intensify. LW: Did compliance with privacy regulation factor in? Stanger: We typically go in and talk to companies about guiding them down a whole cybersecurity pathway.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. I’ve recently had several deep-dive discussions with cybersecurity experts at Juniper Networks, about this. The intensely competitive cybersecurity talent market is partly to blame here.

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Can smart cities be secured and trusted?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There’s just one problem…these massive, radical, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. As smart cities move from concept to reality, securing their foundation will become a top priority to ensure trust and privacy while providing improved city services and a higher quality of life.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

million individuals from the Company’s systems. represented in its privacy policy that the Company used encryption and authentication tools to protect information but failed to encrypt the data (at rest) on its computer systems.