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Barracuda Urges Replacing — Not Patching — Its Email Security Gateways

Krebs on Security

It’s not often that a zero-day vulnerability causes a network security vendor to urge customers to physically remove and decommission an entire line of affected hardware — as opposed to just applying software updates. But experts say that is exactly what transpired this week with Barracuda Networks , as the company struggled to combat a sprawling malware threat which appears to have undermined its email security appliances in such a fundamental way that they can no longer be safely u

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Breach Roundup: Barracuda Networks Recalls Hacked Appliances

Data Breach Today

Also: More on MOVEit, Motherboard Vulnerabilities, Bugs and Ransomware This week: Barracuda Networks recalls hacked email security appliances, the latest on MOVEit, and a Gigabyte motherboard firmware security vulnerability is exposed. Also, researchers detail a patched flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio extension installer, and ransomware hits across the globe.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: Fusing ‘TIP’ and ‘SOAR’ to defend hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud networks

The Last Watchdog

When Threat Intelligence Platform ( TIP ) and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response ( SOAR ) first arrived a decade or so ago, they were heralded as breakthrough advances. Related: Equipping SOCs for the long haul TIP and SOAR may yet live up to that promise. I had an evocative discussion about this at RSA Conference 2023 with Willy Leichter , vice president of marketing, and Neal Dennis , threat intelligence specialist, at Cyware , which supplies a cyber fusion solution built around a

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Nova Scotia Health Says 100,000 Affected by MOVEit Hack

Data Breach Today

Healthcare Sector Poised for Tide of Breaches Linked to The MOVEit Vulnerability Hackers stole personal information of up to 100,000 employees of Nova Scotia Health by exploiting the zero day in Progress Software's MOVEit managed file transfer application. The software is widely used in the healthcare sector, warned the U.S. federal government.

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Customer Experience Management: Optimizing Your Strategy for Financial Success

Speaker: Diane Magers, Founder and Chief Experience Officer at Experience Catalysts

In the world of business, connecting the dots from experience to financial impact is an essential skill. Transforming customer engagement, Voice of Customer (VoC) insights, and Journey Maps into tangible financial outcomes poses a significant challenge for most organizations. To gain buy-in from the C-Suite and key stakeholders, it’s crucial to illustrate how Experience Management translates into clear, measurable business results.

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Cybercrooks Scrape OpenAI API Keys to Pirate GPT-4

Dark Reading

With more than 50,000 publicly leaked OpenAI keys on GitHub alone, OpenAI developer accounts are the third-most exposed in the world.

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Sophisticated 'Impulse Project' Crypto Scam Sprawls With 1,000 Affiliate Sites

Dark Reading

Ready-to-defraud turnkey services from Russia's Impulse Team are offered on the cyber underground and have built a campaign that has operated undetected dating back to 2016.

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Cryptohack Roundup: Court Summons for Binance Chief

Data Breach Today

Also: Atomic Wallet, Tornado Cash, Coin Dispute Network, Crypto Hacks Down This week: A U.S. federal court issued a summons to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Lazarus may be behind the $35 million Atomic Wallet heist, and Manhattan prosecutors seized a scam crypto recovery website. Also, the Blockchain Association weighs in on Tornado Cash, and crypto security attacks decline.

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Cybersecurity Institute to Open in Saudi Arabia

Dark Reading

The Global Cybersecurity Forum branch, which will be in Riyadh, is meant to enable the exchange of ideas and facilitate international projects and partnerships.

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US DOJ Indicts 6 for $6M Business Email Compromise Scam

Data Breach Today

Alleged Conspirators Each Face Up to 40 Years in Prison U.S. federal prosecutors unsealed indictments Wednesday against six Houston-area men for an alleged six-month spree of business email compromise thefts adding up to nearly $6 million. Business email compromise is a mainstay of social engineering fraud.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023

IT Governance

Phishing is one of the most common and dangerous forms of cyber crime. For years, the deceptively simple attack method has tricked organisations and individuals into handing over sensitive information or downloading malware. All it takes is a well-crafted email, social media post or phone message, and an employee who is too negligent or unaware to spot that its true nature.

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US Supreme Court Curtails Identity Theft Prosecutions

Data Breach Today

High Court Unanimously Says ID Theft Cases Must Hinge on Actual ID Theft The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed federal prosecutors' ability to bring identity theft charges in an opinion holding that misuse of another person's identification must be the crux of a criminal offense "rather than merely an ancillary feature of a billing method.

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China Issues Guidelines regarding Filing Standard Contracts for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information

Hunton Privacy

On May 30, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC ” ) issued the Guideline for Filing the Standard Contract for Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information (“SC”). On June 1, 2023, the SC became an effective mechanism for transferring personal data outside of China. When using the SC as a transfer mechanism, it must be filed with the CAC and the new Guideline provides guidance for doing so.

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Hacking Group Seen Mixing Cybercrime and Cyberespionage

Data Breach Today

Suspected Belarusian Hacking Group Has Targeted Ukraine; Crime Crossover 'Unusual' Hacking group Asylum Ambuscade, which security researchers say aligns with Belarusian government interests, has an "unusual" twist: it appears to be mixing cybercrime - focused on banking and cryptocurrency customers - with cyberespionage, including attacks targeting Ukraine.

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The Essential Guide to Analytic Applications

Embedding dashboards, reports and analytics in your application presents unique opportunities and poses unique challenges. We interviewed 16 experts across business intelligence, UI/UX, security and more to find out what it takes to build an application with analytics at its core. No matter where you are in your analytics journey, you will learn about emerging trends and gather best practices from product experts.

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Data Fragmentation No More: Reltio and Google Cloud Partner to Deliver Trusted Data

Reltio

Data fragmentation and poor data quality are persistent challenges organizations face across most industries. With the increasing proliferation of applications and the adoption of cloud technologies, core data such as customer and product information often becomes fragmented and degrades in quality over time. This problem hinders organizations from generating meaningful insights and realizing the full potential of their investments in analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and dat

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City of Dallas Still Clawing Back Weeks After Cyber Incident

Dark Reading

The Texas city's networks have returned to 90% functionality following the May 3 Royal ransomware attack.

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Fine-grained Authorization: Protecting and controlling user access in a digital-first world

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Fine-grained Authorization: Protecting and controlling user access in a digital-first world madhav Fri, 06/09/2023 - 05:22 Strong and flexible customer authentication is a key driver for adopting a customer identity & access management (CIAM) solution, with customer experience and security being the apparent benefits. On the other side of the same coin, authorization is becoming a core capability prompting leaders to adopt more advanced CIAM solutions.

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QuSecure Awarded US Army Contract for Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Solutions

Dark Reading

United States Army with QuSecure advances toward a quantum-resilient future protecting the country from today and tomorrow's cybersecurity threats.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Researchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issue

Security Affairs

Researchers published an exploit for an actively exploited Microsoft Windows vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-29336. The Microsoft Windows vulnerability CVE-2023-29336 (CVSS score 7.8) is an elevation of privilege issue that resides in the Win32k component. Win32k.sys is a system driver file in the Windows operating system. The driver is responsible for providing the interface between user-mode applications and the Windows graphical subsystem.

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60K+ Android Apps Have Delivered Adware Undetected for Months

Dark Reading

A campaign targeting mainly US users disguised malware in fake security software, game cracks, cheats, free Netflix, and other "modded" apps.

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Overcome the overload

OpenText Information Management

“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” — The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Precious commodities evolve over time, creating a reflection of what’s valued most in the world at any given moment. It started with fire, but water, coal, gold, a range of currencies and oil have all taken center … The post Overcome the overload appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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The Growing Cyber Threats of Generative AI: Who's Accountable?

Dark Reading

In the wrong hands, malicious actors can use chatbots to unleash sophisticated cyberattacks that could have devastating consequences.

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7+ Graphics Libraries to Enhance Your Embedded Analytics

When your customers come to your app, what do they see: clunky, outdated dashboards or a sleek, modern interface? If your embedded analytics are looking stale, leverage these free graphics libraries to take your embedded analytics offerings above and beyond. This e-book details a number of graphics libraries plus a few bonus tools to modernize your embedded dashboards.

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Why Companies Have Great Success Training Employees With Simulated Phishing Tests

KnowBe4

We occasionally learn of articles and papers that claim that security awareness training and/or simulated phishing campaigns are not effective. We don’t want to disparage what these individuals have found in their own experience, and we encourage everyone to find out how various social engineering mitigations work for themselves and their environments.

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Paragon Solutions Spyware: Graphite

Schneier on Security

Paragon Solutions is yet another Israeli spyware company. Their product is called “Graphite,” and is a lot like NSO Group’s Pegasus. And Paragon is working with what seems to be US approval: American approval, even if indirect, has been at the heart of Paragon’s strategy. The company sought a list of allied nations that the US wouldn’t object to seeing deploy Graphite.

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[SCAM OF THE WEEK] Summer Scams Your Users Should Watch Out For

KnowBe4

While your users are getting ready for their next beach vacation, cybercriminals are preparing for their opportunity to strike. Check Point Research warns about this and common phishing attacks related to summer vacations.

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Fighting AI-Powered Fraud: Let the Battle of the Machines Begin

Dark Reading

As cybercriminals tap the power of machine learning and generative AI to outwit fraud-detection systems, online fraud-prevention technologies must evolve accordingly.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Verizon: Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks

KnowBe4

The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. As we covered here , and here , people are one of the most common factors contributing to successful data breaches. Let’s drill down a bit more in the Social Engineering section.

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Barracuda Warns All ESG Appliances Need Urgent Rip & Replace

Dark Reading

Patching, wiping ESG devices not enough to deny threat actor access following compromise, Barracuda says.

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Verizon: 74% of Data Breaches Involve the “Human Element”

KnowBe4

People are one of the most common factors contributing to successful data breaches. Let’s dive in deeper into the latest Verizon Data-Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) to find out how and why users are a contributor to the problem.