Oh s#!t, Sherlock Israeli software maker Insanet has reportedly developed a commercial product called Sherlock that can infect devices via online adverts to snoop on targets and collect data about them for the biz’s clients.… This article has been indexed…
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Europol lifts the lid on cybercrime tactics
Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Europol Tags: Phishing Tags: RDP Tags: VPN Tags: Exchange Tags: LOTL Tags: BEC Tags: ransomware Tags: IAB Tags: crypter Tags: Flubot A Europol report discusses developments in cyberattacks, new methodologies, and threats as observed by…
7 Best Penetration Testing Tools & Software in 2023
View our complete buyer’s guide of the best penetration testing tools. Browse the best pentesting tools now. The post 7 Best Penetration Testing Tools & Software in 2023 appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity…
Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy Key Takeaways
Major changes are underway, with new rules for federal agencies and updated requirements for public-private partnerships. We discuss the implementation plans for the strategy’s first two pillars: defend critical infrastructure and disrupt and dismantle threat actors. This article has been…
DoD: China’s ICS Cyber Onslaught Aimed at Gaining Kinetic Warfare Advantage
Escalating incursions into military base infrastructure, telecom networks, utilities, and more signal that Beijing is laying the groundwork for mass disruption. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: DoD: China’s ICS Cyber Onslaught Aimed at…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-09-15
Microsoft Flushes Out ‘Ncurses’ Gremlins Dariy Pankov, the NLBrute malware author, pleads guilty Friday Squid Blogging: Cleaning Squid Scattered Spider traps 100+ victims in its web as it moves into ransomware Google Account Sync Vulnerability Exploited to Steal $15M UX…
Microsoft Flushes Out ‘Ncurses’ Gremlins
The maintainers of the widely used library recently patched multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities that attackers could have abused to, ahem, curse targets with malicious code and escalate privileges. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article:…
Dariy Pankov, the NLBrute malware author, pleads guilty
The Russian national Dariy Pankov, aka dpxaker, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and computer fraud. The Russian national Dariy Pankov (28), aka dpxaker, is the author of the NLBrute malware. The man has been extradited to the…
Friday Squid Blogging: Cleaning Squid
Two links on how to properly clean squid. I learned a few years ago, in Spain, and got pretty good at it. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news…
Scattered Spider traps 100+ victims in its web as it moves into ransomware
Mandiant warns casino raiders are doubling down on ‘monetization strategies’ Scattered Spider, the crew behind at least one of the recent Las Vegas casino IT security breaches, has already hit some 100 organizations during its so-far brief tenure in the…
Google Account Sync Vulnerability Exploited to Steal $15M
By Habiba Rashid According to reports, a Google Account Sync vulnerability was exploited to carry out a voice phishing scam that led to the theft of $15 million from Fortress Trust. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original…
UX Is Critical for Zero-Trust
Implementing a zero-trust framework is essential to any website’s security — everything must be verified and authenticated. It ensures data integrity and prioritizes safety for everyone involved, especially the users. The Relationship Between UX and Security Prioritizing security and nothing…
How To Repair Failed Installations of Exchange Cumulative and Security Updates
To patch the Exchange Servers against known threats and fix bugs and vulnerabilities, Microsoft releases Cumulative and Security updates on a regular basis. These updates also provide new features, security patches, and various other fixes. Usually, the installation of these…
Ballistic Bobcat’s Sponsor backdoor – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Ballistic Bobcat is a suspected Iran-aligned cyberespionage group that targets organizations in various industry verticals, as well as human rights activists and journalists, mainly in Israel, the Middle East, and the United States This article has been indexed from WeLiveSecurity…
Capslock: What is your code really capable of?
Jess McClintock and John Dethridge, Google Open Source Security Team, and Damien Miller, Enterprise Infrastructure Protection Team When you import a third party library, do you review every line of code? Most software packages depend on external libraries, trusting that…
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, Sept. 15, 2023
This episode features discussion on Microsoft’s explaination of how the hack of one of its software developers led to one of the most amazing breaches of email security, a ransomware report from the U.K., a Business Council of Canada report on…
How to Free up RAM on Your Windows or Mac Device: 15+ Ways
Is your computer running slow? This may be because your RAM storage is full. We have instructions on how to free up ram on a Windows or Mac device. The post How to Free up RAM on Your Windows or…
CISO Global Deepens Capabilities With Integrated Threat Intelligence Feed
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Enea Qosmos Threat Detection SDK Launched to Boost the Performance of Network-Based Cybersecurity
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LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear
Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. I’m particularly interested in a taxonomy of his ethical arguments—please expand on that. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of…
Casino’s have some of the worst cybersecurity, says TrustedSEC’s David Kennedy
David Kennedy, TrustedSEC CEO, joins 'Power Lunch' to break down the latest casino hacks. This article has been indexed from Cybersecurity Read the original article: Casino’s have some of the worst cybersecurity, says TrustedSEC’s David Kennedy
Securing Tomorrow: Unleashing the Power of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Technology
As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, the challenges associated with defending against cyber threats have grown exponentially. Threat vectors have expanded, and cyber attackers now employ increasingly sophisticated tools and methods. Moreover, the complexity of managing security in today’s…
IT Trends: Observability Leaders 3x More Likely to Report ‘Extremely Well’
SolarWinds, the 2022 Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner for Best IT Access Control & Authentication Solution, recently Nominated to Compete in the 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, has released the findings of its 2023 IT Trends Report: Lessons From Observability…