The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
As digital technologies become more immersive and tightly integrated with our daily lives, so too do the corresponding intrusive attacks on user privacy. Related: The case for regulating facial recognition. Virtual reality (VR) is well positioned to become a natural continuation of this trend.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Microsoft confirmed that two recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange are being actively exploited in the wild.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Criminals Shooting Themselves in the Foot With Faulty Decryptors, Re-Extortion Many ransomware-wielding attackers - including big-name groups - have been collectively shooting themselves in the foot by resorting to "amateur" tactics, including decryptors that fail to decrypt as well as gangs re-extorting the same victims.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 31, 2022
A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims.
Speaker: Dr. Karen Hardy, CEO and Chief Risk Officer of Strategic Leadership Advisors LLC
Join this exclusive webinar with Dr. Karen Hardy, where she will explore the power of storytelling in risk communication as a core component of a resilient organization's management framework!
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Among other things, users who download the app could end up having their WhatsApp account details stolen
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Humans are rather easily duped. And this is the fundamental reason phishing persists as a predominant cybercriminal activity. Related: How MSSPs help secure business networks. Tricking someone into clicking to a faked landing page and typing in their personal information has become an ingrained pitfall of digital commerce. The deleterious impact on large enterprises and small businesses alike has been – and continues to be — profound.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 15, 2022
Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the PAN-OS 8.1 software. Palo Alto Networks released security patches to address a high-severity authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-0030 (CVSS score 8.1), impacting the PAN-OS 8.1 software.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2022
96% of Voting Tokens favor Deal; Mango Markets Will Not Pursue Criminal Charges Decentralized finance exchange Mango Markets is set to pay $47 million as bug bounty to the hacker who stole $117 million in digital assets on Wednesday.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 20, 2022
On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day, half of those profiles no longer existed.
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Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A CISO's responsibilities have evolved immensely in recent years, so their first three months on the job should look a different today than they might have several years ago
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 3, 2022
This is interesting research : In this paper, we develop a new mechanism for detecting audio deepfakes using techniques from the field of articulatory phonetics.
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. Cybercriminals view employees as a path of least resistance. As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to. There are several ways you can protect your business from data breaches. Create security awareness for employees.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers warn of a new PowerShell backdoor that disguises itself as part of the Windows update process to avoid detection. Cybersecurity researchers from SafeBreach a warning of a new PowerShell backdoor masqueraded as a Windows update process to avoid detection.
Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy
This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Keyless Auto Theft Mounting Threat for Car Owners A European ring of auto thieves used software branded as a diagnostic tool to make fobless thefts of cars made by two French manufacturers.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 85 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a new zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that is being actively exploited.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The computing giant didn't fix ProxyNotLogon in October's Patch Tuesday, but it disclosed a rare 10-out-of-10 bug and patched two other zero-days, including one being exploited
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Interesting research: “ ImpNet: Imperceptible and blackbox-undetectable backdoors in compiled neural networks , by Tim Clifford, Ilia Shumailov, Yiren Zhao, Ross Anderson, and Robert Mullins: Abstract : Early backdoor attacks against machine learning set off an arms race in attack and defence development.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Here’s a frustrating reality about securing an enterprise network: the more closely you inspect network traffic, the more it deteriorates the user experience. Related: Taking a risk-assessment approach to vulnerabilities. Slow down application performance a little, and you’ve got frustrated users. Slow it down a lot, and most likely, whichever knob you just turned gets quickly turned back again—potentially leaving your business exposed. It’s a delicate balance.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Researchers disclosed details of a now-patched flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-37969, in Windows Common Log File System (CLFS). The CVE-2022-37969 (CVSS score: 7.8) flaw is a Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 5, 2022
A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking site, and for companies that rely on it to hire and screen prospective employees.
Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM
The largest banks have increased reserves for protection against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? In this webinar, Alex Jiménez will walk us through that question and examine the prudent course of action.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The authentication bypass flaw in FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager is easy to find and exploit, security experts say
OpenText Information Management
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Information is at the core of being human, the universe and evolution itself. Information creation is accelerating, and its use is transformative in nature. Machines generate more information than humans today. Machines share their knowledge instantly and understand the nuances of language.
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 3, 2022
How did America and Americans regress to being much less secure than before the Internet? Everyone knows the many amazing conveniences, benefits, and advances the Internet has enabled. What everyone doesn’t know is how irrational the Internet’s utopian founding premises have proven to be concerning America’s and Americans’ security over the last quarter century. The first irrational security-related premise is that U.S.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Black Lotus is a new, powerful Windows UEFI rootkit advertised on underground criminal forums, researcher warns. Cybersecurity researcher Scott Scheferman reported that a new Windows UEFI rootkit, dubbed Black Lotus, is advertised on underground criminal forums.
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Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 7, 2022
When U.S. consumers have their online bank accounts hijacked and plundered by hackers, U.S. financial institutions are legally obligated to reverse any unauthorized transactions as long as the victim reports the fraud in a timely manner.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Once overloaded, our brains can't process information effectively, performance decreases, and even the simplest of tasks seem foreign
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