Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. It wouldn’t even show me the four multiple-guess questions.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 17, 2020

Senator Wyden Releases CIA's Own 2017 Report Into Leak of 'Vault 7' Hacking Tools An internal CIA report from 2017 - just released in heavily redacted form - found that the agency's failure to secure its own systems facilitated the massive "Vault 7" data breach that enabled classified information, including details of 35 CIA hacking tools, to be leaked (..)

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Jamf

JANUARY 12, 2023

IT and security teams are tasked with the hefty responsibilty of securing their organization's data. Without the miracle of an infinite budget, teams have to select tools that give the most security for their buck.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The incident is likely to raise questions about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in small towns on slim IT security budgets.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The incident is likely to raise questions over the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in small towns on slim IT security budgets.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 17, 2023

Fortinet Patches Zero-Day Exploited by Suspected Beijing Hacking Group UNC3886 Chinese threat actors are turning security appliances into penetration pathways, forcing firewall maker Fortinet to again attempt to fend off hackers with a patch.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

Western Digital disclosed a security breach, according to the company an unauthorized party gained access to multiple systems. Western Digital has shut down several of its services after discovering a security breach, the company disclosed that an unauthorized party gained access to multiple systems. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 17, 2023

Microsoft is currently patching a zero-day Secure-Boot bug. The BlackLotus bootkit is the first-known real-world malware that can bypass Secure Boot protections, allowing for the execution of malicious code before your PC begins loading Windows and its many security protections. That’s important.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

Barracuda warned customers that some of its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances were breached exploiting a zero-day vulnerability. Network security solutions provider Barracuda warned customers that some of its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances were recently breached by threat actors exploiting a now-patched zero-day vulnerability.

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Jamf

MAY 23, 2023

Following the release of the Jamf Security 360: Annual Threat Trends Report 2023, where we highlight security threat trends, we utilize threat intelligence gathered by Jamf to inform security professionals about which threats from the previous year most critically affected the enterprise.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Stanford and Georgetown have a new report on the security risks of AI—particularly adversarial machine learning—based on a workshop they held on the topic. The understanding of how to secure AI systems, we concluded, lags far behind their widespread adoption.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 18, 2022

Given the insane security environment we are in, it may seem weird to suggest that a tech company is too good at security. Security is weird that way. I grew up in the security business – my family owned one of the largest tech security firms when I was a kid. I worked as a security auditor.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You’ll often see the terms cyber security and information security used interchangeably. In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2023

Recently disclosed zero-day flaw in Barracusa Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances had been actively exploited by attackers since October 2022. Barracuda identified a vulnerability ( [link] ) in our Email Security Gateway appliance (ESG) on May 19, 2023. reads the advisory published by the security solutions provider.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Citrix released security updates for multiple High-Severity flaws in Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Workspace apps for Windows and Linux. Citrix released security patches to fix multiple vulnerabilities in Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Workspace apps for Windows and Linux. ” reads the advisory published by the company.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 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. Is the BlackByte ransomware gang behind the City of Augusta attack?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

CISA added more security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including Windows and iOS flaws. The CVE-2022-37969 flaw was addressed by Microsoft with the release of September 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates, it is a Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The vast majority of cybersecurity decision makers – 91 percent, in fact – find it difficult to select security products due to unclear marketing, according to the results of a survey of 800 cybersecurity and IT decision makers released today by email security company Egress. Assessing AI and Security Training.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This week, we discuss allegations of data security failures at Twitter, a €405 million fine for Instagram, a cyber attack on InterContinental Hotels Group, and why Cloud security is so important. The post IT Governance Podcast Episode 8: Twitter, Instagram, InterContinental and Cloud security appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The European Commission has banned its employees from using the Chinese social media app TikTok over security concerns. The European Union has banned the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok from the mobile devices of its employees over security concerns.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The goal of Data Privacy Week, celebrated between January 24 – 28, is to spread awareness about online privacy and educate citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure. However, with technology innovation comes new risks, security challenges and threats.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 395 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Pierluigi Paganini.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 23, 2023

As more enterprises move to hybrid cloud environments, hybrid cloud security has become imperative to business growth. “The scale of most enterprise hybrid cloud deployments is so vast and penetrates so deeply that the need for an all-in security culture is absolute,” says Shue-Jane Thompson, managing partner at IBM Consulting.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

A group of Swiss researchers have published an impressive security analysis of Threema. We discuss remediations for our attacks and draw three wider lessons for developers of secure protocols. Threema developers advertise it as a more secure alternative to Meta’s WhatsApp messenger.

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IT Governance

MAY 17, 2022

Cyber security audits are a vital component of an organisation’s defences against data breaches and privacy violations. By probing organisations’ systems and services, an auditor can identify security weaknesses, and determine whether their practices comply with relevant laws, such as the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

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Jamf

APRIL 13, 2022

Arguably, the healthcare sector is one of the industries that can least afford a security breach. So why was 2021 the tenth year in a row that the healthcare industry had the highest breach costs of any industry? And why, according to the HIPAA Journal , has the number of healthcare data breaches risen every year for the last decade?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

A security problem caused the public sharing of private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to users outside of the Circle, the company admitted. “In April 2023, a security incident may have allowed users outside of your Twitter Circle to see tweets that should have otherwise been limited to the Circle to which you were posting. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 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. We are in the final !

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The organisation’s share price plummeted by almost 19% following the data breach, and despite its claims that it has done the right thing, new details continue to emerge that cast doubt on Medibank’s cyber security practices. million current and former customers was compromised. The extent of the damage.

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