Phishing scams aimed at voters, malicious domain registrations impersonating candidates, and other threat activity designed to exploit unassuming victims take center stage as the US election approaches, according to Fortinet. “As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, it’s critical to…
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Myths holding women back from cybersecurity careers
In this Help Net Security interview, Dr Kathryn Jones, Head of School, Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, discusses the challenges and misconceptions that deter women from pursuing careers in cybersecurity. Dr Jones also outlines the diverse skills, mentorship,…
Hackers are finding new ways to leverage AI
AI adoption and integration has continued its rapid momentum within the hacking community, according to Bugcrowd. Nevertheless, it continues to pose both benefits and unfortunate cyber risks. This year’s report revealed a significant shift in the perceived value of AI…
Whitepaper: Securing GenAI
The ultimate guide to AI security: key AI security risks, vulnerabilities and strategies for protection. 61% of companies use AI, but few secure it. This whitepaper covers the key AI risks being overlooked from LLMs to RAG. Inside the Securing…
Severe Flaws Discovered in Major E2EE Cloud Storage Services
The cryptographic vulnerabilities were found in Sync, pCloud, Icedrive and Seafile by ETH Zurich This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Severe Flaws Discovered in Major E2EE Cloud Storage Services
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9190, (Tue, Oct 22nd)
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Inside the Dark Web: How Threat Actors Are Selling Access to Corporate Networks
In recent weeks, underground forums on the dark web have continued to flourish as bustling marketplaces where cybercriminals sell unauthorized access to corporate networks. From VPN credentials to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access, threat actors take advantage of compromised corporate…
USENIX NSDI ’24 – DISTMM: Accelerating Distributed Multimodal Model Training
Authors/Presenters:Jun Huang, Zhen Zhang, Shuai Zheng, Feng Qin, Yida Wang Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’24) content, placing the organizations enduring…
Are Leaders Ready to Break the Ransomware Cycle
It is good to see US government leaders realize that ransomware is a growing existential threat to our country, at the hands of our adversaries. A top US national cybersecurity advisor stated in a recent op-ed, “This is…
China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms
Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren’t the same person China’s Spamouflage disinformation crew has been targeting US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with its fake news campaigns over the past couple of months, trolling the Republican lawmaker’s official X…
Meta tests facial recognition for spotting ‘celeb-bait’ ads scams and easier account recovery
Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday. Monika Bickert, Meta’s VP of content policy, wrote in a blog post that some of the…
Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo adds another trophy to its growing collection British security biz Sophos has announced a plan to gobble up competitor Secureworks in an $859 million deal that will make Dell happy.… This article has been indexed…
170 AWS services achieve HITRUST certification
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that 170 AWS services have achieved HITRUST certification for the 2024 assessment cycle, including the following 12 services that were certified for the first time: AWS AppFabric AWS Application Migration Service Amazon…
Vulnerability Recap 10/21/24 – Immediate Patching Is Critical
We keep seeing instances where threat actors exploit already-patched software. This is your weekly encouragement to patch your products now. The post Vulnerability Recap 10/21/24 – Immediate Patching Is Critical appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed…
FedRAMP Certification and Compliance: What It Is and Why It Matters
Cloud technologies increase access to information, streamline communication between government agencies and citizens, and accelerate information sharing. And that’s why the U.S. government has become a champion of cloud computing. But each perk comes with a risk, and in response,…
Types of Security Audits: Overview and Best Practices
Cybersecurity audits are key to maintaining compliance with regulations and upholding a strong security posture. They evaluate your organization’s systems, identify vulnerabilities, and offer the insights you need to optimize security. But there are many different kinds to choose from,…
Internet Archive (Archive.org) Hacked for Second Time in a Month
The Internet Archive (Archive.org) suffered a second security breach in October 2024, exposing support tickets through unrotated Zendesk… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: Internet Archive (Archive.org)…
How to Implement Client-Side Load Balancing With Spring Cloud
It is common for microservice systems to run more than one instance of each service. This is needed to enforce resiliency. It is therefore important to distribute the load between those instances. The component that does this is the load…
Cisco confirms attackers stole data from DevHub environment
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The billionaire behind Trump’s ‘unhackable’ phone is on a mission to fight Tesla’s FSD
Dan O’Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk Interview This month, presidential hopeful Donald Trump got a tool in his arsenal, some allegedly “unhackable” communications kit, and The Register has talked to the man…