In evolving smarter security, open source is the missing link Opinion Some ideas work better than others. Take DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Launched by US President Dwight Eisenhower in 1957 response to Sputnik, its job is…
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White House Announces Plans to Revamp Data Routing Security by Year-End
The augmentations concern the Border Gateway Protocol, a backbone data transmission algorithm that determines the optimal path for data packets to move across networks, said National Cyber Director Harry Coker This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…
#Infosec2024: Why Human Risk Management is Cybersecurity’s Next Step for Awareness
With most cyber-attacks still involving a non-malicious human element, it is clear that awareness training alone is insufficient, this is where human risk management comes into play This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: #Infosec2024: Why…
Human Error Still Perceived as the Achilles’ Heel of Cybersecurity
While fears of cyberattacks continue to rise, CISOs demonstrate increasing confidence in their ability to defend against these threats, reflecting a significant shift in the cybersecurity landscape, according to Proofpoint. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…
#Infosec2024: Charity Bridges Digital Divide and Fuels New Cyber Talent
Every Child Online, a UK charity, tackles the digital divide and potential cybersecurity skills gap by offering free refurbished IT equipment to underprivileged children This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: #Infosec2024: Charity Bridges Digital Divide…
China Forms Biggest-Ever Chip Investment Fund
China officially launches third phase of semiconductor ‘Big Fund’ valued at $47.5bn as it seeks chip manufacturing self-sufficiency This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Forms Biggest-Ever Chip Investment Fund
TP-Link Archer C5400X gaming router is affected by a critical flaw
Researchers warn of a critical remote code execution vulnerability in TP-Link Archer C5400X gaming router. Researchers at OneKey discovered a a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-5035 (CVSS score 10.0), in TP-Link Archer C5400X gaming router. A remote, unauthenticated,…
Phishing with Cloudflare Workers: Transparent Phishing and HTML Smuggling
One campaign uses HTML smuggling to hide the phishing content from network inspection. The other uses a method called transparent phishing, where the attacker uses Cloudflare Workers to act as a reverse proxy server for a legitimate login page. This…
Black Basta Ransomware Attack: Microsoft Quick Assist Flaw
Recent reports claim that the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team stated that a cybercriminal group, identified as Storm-1811, has been exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist tool in a series of social engineering attacks. This group is known for deploying the Black Basta…
TP-Link Gaming Router Vulnerability Exposes Users to Remote Code Attacks
A maximum-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the TP-Link Archer C5400X gaming router that could lead to remote code execution on susceptible devices by sending specially crafted requests. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-5035, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It impacts all…
WordPress Plugin Exploited to Steal Credit Card Data from E-commerce Sites
Unknown threat actors are abusing lesser-known code snippet plugins for WordPress to insert malicious PHP code in victim sites that are capable of harvesting credit card data. The campaign, observed by Sucuri on May 11, 2024, entails the abuse of a WordPress plugin called Dessky…
ATM malware developed to target Europe
Britain’s NCSC, the cybersecurity arm of GCHQ, has taken heed of a recent alert regarding a concerning cyber threat. According to reports from media outlets, criminals have developed malware specifically targeting ATMs, with the potential to generate a minimum profit…
How to combat alert fatigue in cybersecurity
In this Help Net Security interview, Ken Gramley, CEO at Stamus Networks, discusses the primary causes of alert fatigue in cybersecurity and DevOps environments. Alert fatigue results from the overwhelming volume of event data generated by security tools, the prevalence…
The evolution of security metrics for NIST CSF 2.0
CISOs have long been spreadsheet aficionados, soaking up metrics and using them as KPIs for security progress. These metrics have traditionally measured specific systems or single indicators — vulnerabilities detected, percentage of vulnerabilities patched, software and hardware asset inventory coverage,…
D3 Is Security Automation that Makes Your Team Better
Who do you want running your security operations: robots or cyborgs? For our less nerdy readers, robots are entirely machines, whereas cyborgs are humans that have been augmented with technology. In cybersecurity, the “robot” path would mean trying to replace…
Current State of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Post-Quantum Cryptography
AI models rely on huge input data sets. It’s vital that access and transit of these data sets are secure including confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of their critical and sensitive information. Mutually authenticated Transport Layer Security (mTLS) is one of…
Cybersecurity teams gear up for tougher challenges in 2024
In this Help Net Security video, Tom Gorup, VP of Security Services at Edgio, discusses the continually changing threat landscape. It is riddled with vulnerabilities that are frequently exploited and only intensify as geopolitics and state-sponsored activity increase. Key highlights…
Widespread data silos slow down security response times
Although the goals and challenges of IT and security professionals intersect, 72% report security data and IT data are siloed in their organization, which contributes to corporate misalignment and elevated security risk, according to Ivanti. Leadership plays a crucial role…
34% of organizations lack cloud cybersecurity skills
Incident response today is too time consuming and manual, leaving organizations vulnerable to damage due to their inability to efficiently investigate and respond to identified threats, according to Cado Security. The incident response challenge is further complicated as enterprises rapidly…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8998, (Tue, May 28th)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, May 28th, 2024…