IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Kids completing homework with ChatGPT, the rest of us generating images, PowerPoint slides, poems, code skeletons and security hacks. Application templates with guardrails ensure the day-to-day operations, fixes and security patches are delivered continuously. Yet another security feature is a trusted profile.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Even better, security tools like behavioral analytics can spot attacks simply by noticing anomalous activity, important technology for catching zero-day threats and adversarial attacks. The most common ML security approach is the regression technique, also known as the prediction. ML for Cyber Defense. Intrusion and malware detection.

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes Unknown Human Events. Also this week, NIST released four draft publications “intended to help improve the safety, security and trustworthiness of [AI] systems”. Most notably, it’s banning bad default passwords on IoT (Internet of Things) devices, becoming the first country to do so.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

The list of functionalities implemented by the spyware includes: Track device location Get nearby cell tower info Retrieve accounts and associated passwords. “Additional overlap was observed by Lookout researchers between Monokle and the defensive security software produced by STC in the authors’ development and implementation choices.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Agent Tesla is a fully customizable password info-stealer offered as malware-as-a-service , many cyber criminals are choosing it as their preferred recognition tool. . Nowadays the Malware-As-A-Service is one of the criminal favorite ways to breach security perimeter. Introduction. Agent Tesla is one of these “ commodity malware ”.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Guido Vranken returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss his CryptoFuzz tool on GitHub, as well as his experience fuzzing and finding vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries and also within cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum. So what if you accidentally forget the password? That means it falls to you to protect your cryptocurrency.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2024

About Vanessa Horton Vanessa holds a degree in computer forensics, as well as a number of cyber security and forensics qualifications. Now, she’s part of our cyber incident response team, helping clients with their cyber security requirements. Return to contents Detection – security monitoring and what is ‘normal’?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Since then, much has been learned about the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) deployed and what steps organizations are taking to harden their network and application security. Before jumping into the technical details regarding each new malware detected and proper safeguards, here is a brief look at the events to date: Sep 2019.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And my background is pretty straightforward with cyber security for the past 16 years on many different levels. Vamosi: At SecTor, an annual security conference in Toronto, Paua gave not one but two talks this year. If the user stores passwords in a browser, we got that, if the user is the local admin, that's even better.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Is there something more secure? Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

billion in total potential damages by year-end Although the impact on Change Healthcare and UHG will be quantified for the US Security Exchange Commission (SEC), the impact on the US healthcare industry is more difficult to measure. CNN interviewed small practitioners stranded without payments , and UGH wound up providing $6.5

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

But their popularity has made them a target for hackers, making container security an important area to supplement in the already extensive cybersecurity portfolio. The need for container security. Misconfigured permissions can multiply these problems, so container security is too critical to be taken lightly. Runtime security.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. For more on governance and policies, check out our article on IT security policies , including their importance and benefits, plus tips to create or improve your own policy.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

First discovered in 1998, SQL injections (SQLi) are still a devastatingly effective attack technique and remain a top database security priority. See our picks for top database security tools to help protect your company from SQL injection attacks. . Also Read: With So Many Eyeballs, Is Open Source Security Better? Tyrant-SQL.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

In the very quiet science fiction section of the Glen Park Public Library in San Francisco. SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. Vamosi: One sunny morning in 2013. I'm Robert Vamosi. Here's why.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for them. The recent security exploit perpetrated on the Cybersecurity software company SolarWinds is a dramatic example of how bad and ugly it can actually get. If they are in superior strength, evade them. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Q: If a ransomware attack happens in the future, is it likely that if tape is used, the attackers will use their system access to attack the tape library and robot since they did not get what they want? As we have seen, hackers keep upping their game and it is just a matter of time before they add attacks on tape robots and libraries.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A lot of times we depend on usernames and passwords, but those really aren’t enough. I’m just not convinced that a fingerprint or an image of my face is secure enough. If you just use username and passwords-- well that’s easily imitated. I'm a cyber security professional, I guess. That's biometrics.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). The Sleuth Kit enables administrators to analyze file system data via a library of command-line tools for investing disk images.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

The open source security tool, Nmap, originally focused on port scanning, but a robust community continues to add features and capabilities to make Nmap a formidable penetration testing tool. Programmers can use Ncat to create secure connections between applications and devices. Of course, hackers also use Ncat.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 339 appeared first on Security Affairs. Operators made $2.1 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services. The fix: Update libraries and instances to versions patched after February 8, 2024.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Employees play a role in organizational cybersecurity – Reddit mentions that "soon after being phished, the affected employee self-reported, and the security team responded quickly, removing the infiltrator's access and commencing an internal investigation." Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

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