eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole. Code debugging and code security tools exist to find and help developers fix the problems that occur. Such tools typically capture exceptions as they occur and provide diagnostic and contextual data to make resolution easier.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2023

The stealthy nature of these attacks can make them effective — and difficult for security teams to detect and prevent. To prevent LOTL attacks, security teams must use sophisticated detection methods, as well as closing loops in popular computer programs with known vulnerabilities. How Do LOTL Attackers Access Your Machine?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Whether done by an internal team or an outside service, threat hunting adds another layer to cybersecurity defenses by working together with threat detection and response tools to provide a more comprehensive approach to threat defense. Threat hunting teams are often composed of analysts from SOC teams or similarly qualified security pros.

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IT Governance

JULY 27, 2023

Fraudsters have countless tricks up their sleeves to bypass security measures and access sensitive information. The same principle, believe it or not, applies in a cyber security context. More specifically, the fraudster is trying to gain physical access to a secure part of the premises so that they can steal confidential information.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 26, 2023

Confidential computing is a technology and technique that encrypts and stores an organization’s most sensitive data in a secure portion of a computer’s processor — known as the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) — while it’s processed and in use. How Does Confidential Computing Work?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Data loss prevention (DLP) refers to a set of security solutions that identify and monitor information content across storage, operations, and networks. An effective DLP solution provides the security team a complete visibility of their networks. DLP solutions help detect and prevent potential data exposure or leaks.

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erwin

AUGUST 20, 2020

The Best Enterprise Architecture Tool. Data Security & Risk Management. EA empowers organizations to be proactive with security, instead of reactive, by identifying risks ahead of time. What Makes erwin Evolve the Best Enterprise Architecture Tool? Why Is Enterprise Architecture Important? Think City Planning.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 22, 2021

SPF is a security protocol that works alongside DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) to detect malware and phishing attacks. However, these tools are never foolproof, and scammers are always finding clever ways to bypass security mechanisms. Get started. The post What is email spoofing?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The MASQ tool could be used by attackers to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls. Such activity is not limited to just payments – bad actors are also abusing social media and e-mail accounts using such tools. The tool is available for $130 and each new device fingerprint starts from $1.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

Enterprise Secrets Management Explained: Best Practices, Challenges, and Tool Selection madhav Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:28 Whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, modern applications and integrations have accelerated the need for digital secrets. The simplest definition of a secret is that of a digital authentication credential.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Enterprise architecture tools are becoming more important than ever. As the IEAI’s definition indicates, enterprise architecture tools are key drivers in ensuring such alignment because they help organizations understand their systems, applications and assets from a holistic, top-down perspective.

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Data Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Magistrate Judge Faruqui concludes on this record of OFAC action that “[t]his Court adopts OFAC’s guidance” because OFAC’s “broad definitions [of the statutory terms of IEEPA] carry the force of law.” Blockchain analysis will be the prosecutor’s tool of choice in cyber investigations. at 6, quoting Zarmach Oil Servs.,

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Surfshark wants to help individual citizens take very direct control of their online privacy and security. Thus, Surfshark has just become the first VPN provider to launch an antivirus solution as part of its all-in-one security bundle Surfshark One. You can’t know how good or how invested they are in their IT security.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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AIIM

MARCH 9, 2021

One such tool is Metadata. There is no one definition of "Metadata" that is international and universally agreed upon – rather, there are many similar definitions or descriptions which mostly cover the same points. The US Department of Defense has a definition of metadata in its DoD 5015.2 What is Metadata?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2022

Many experts often overlook hardware based security and its vital importance in establishing a secure workspace. However, people often overlook hardware-based security and its vital importance in establishing a secure workspace. Myth #1: We never hear about hardware-based attacks, they don’t exist!

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I remember the first time we were asked for a SOC 2 report, which quickly became the minimum bar requirement in our industry for proof of an effective security program,” he said. The vision was to automate security and compliance across 14 frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR. Growth has definitely been robust.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For federal and state governments and agencies, identity is the crux of a robust security implementation. Numerous individuals disclose confidential, personal data to commercial and public entities daily, necessitating that government institutions uphold stringent security measures to protect their assets.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Security researchers discovered a year-old vulnerability in Samba software that could be exploited, under certain conditions, to bypass file-sharing permissions and access forbidden root shares paths. ” reads the security advisory. . ” reads the security advisory. ” continues the security advisory.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s the case with Active Directory legacy protocols, so to help you secure your Active Directory environment, we’ve created a script to help you ensure that legacy protocols are disabled. Your primary goal in securing Active Directory infrastructure is to reduce the attack surface. for better security. protocol.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2021

The US National Security Agency (NSA) released guidance for securing Unified Communications/Voice and Video over IP Systems (VVoIP). NSA last week released guidance for securing their communication systems, specifically Unified Communications (UC) and Voice and Video over IP (VVoIP). ” concludes the guide.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2023

The second flaw being actively exploited is CVE-2023-24932 , a Windows Secure Boot security feature bypass vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 – again, Goettl said, it’s best to ignore the rating and focus on the confirmed exploits. Still, six of the flaws are critical, and two others are currently being exploited in the wild.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On February 10, 2023, an Illinois federal district court ordered the dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit alleging that an online tool that allowed users to virtually try on sunglasses violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”). In Delma Warmack-Stillwell v. Christian Dior Inc. , 740 ILCS 14/10. District Judge Elaine E.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As we’ve seen with major attacks like Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline, cybercriminals have continued to innovate, developing new tools and tactics to encrypt and exfiltrate data. The short answer is they can’t, especially if they stick to the same security approach they’ve been using for years. billion this year.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 18, 2022

These specialized tools are expressly designed to help companies get a much better grip on the sprawling array of digital assets they’ve come to depend on. And the role of the security team was straightforward: defend the network, protect IT. Fast-and-risky has become the working definition of software innovation.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Here are some other safety and security tips to keep in mind when shopping online: -WHEN IN DOUBT, CHECK ‘EM OUT: If you don’t know much about the online merchant that has the item you wish to buy, take a few minutes to investigate its reputation. -USE No, it’s best just to shop as if they’re all compromised.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 2, 2023

Vulnerability management is a cyclical cybersecurity management process that involves identifying, evaluating, remediating, and reporting on security vulnerabilities with the guidance of a vulnerability management framework. Many teams use specialized software and tools to help them simplify and automate vulnerability management.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Between the growing threats and a shortage of cybersecurity talent to defend against them, many businesses have turned to managed security service providers (MSSPs) for help, with services like managed SIEMs , managed firewalls and managed detection and response (MDR). For a small business, the challenge can seem overwhelming.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

That makes a reliable and secure hosting environment critically important. It was created to enable businesses to grow their websites in a secure environment. The cloud technology allows users to get the most of their server resources and further improve their security. Most website owners don’t know how to protect their sites.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Or a previously unknown security flaw gets exploited before it can be patched. The companies run by leaders and corporate board members with advanced security maturity are investing in ways to attract and retain more cybersecurity talent, and arranging those defenders in a posture that assumes the bad guys will get in.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Section 3 explains why existing software development frameworks do not provide a sufficiently definitive basis for legal liability. Section 5 notes that already there have been definitive expressions of software defects that can be drawn together to form the minimum legal standard of security.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 31, 2022

To make better risk decisions, you need comprehensive vulnerability intelligence,” the report said, adding that security teams can maximize resources and reduce their immediate workload by 82 percent by first focusing on actionable, high severity vulnerabilities. See the Best Patch Management Systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

WiHD is a private tracker dedicated to distributing high-definition video content. ElasticSearch is a popular tool for managing large volumes of data. WiHD, a popular torrent tracker specializing in HD movies, inadvertently exposed tens of thousands of its users, the Cybernews research team has recently discovered.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 18, 2022

Many security professionals think that if they have done the hard work of securing their organization, that should be enough. Even though drafting IT security policies can be a pain, formal policies provide a valuable resource to protect both the IT team and their organization. Written security policies.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There are multiple examples of ransomware groups doing just that after security researchers crowed about finding vulnerabilities in their ransomware code. “These senseless acts of targeting those who are unable to respond are the motivation for this research, analysis, tools, and blog post. This is not an idle concern.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

A recent experience highlighted that security awareness training and most alerts to users about unsafe practices may be making the error of being too general. An alert came in one morning about a security alert generated by my device. Some in IT are ill-suited to helping users understand security-specific information.

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