Almost all cybersecurity professionals in the region are experiencing adverse effects from burnout, including lost productivity and breaches. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article: Cybersecurity burnout hits APAC firms, with…
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The Vital Role of Defensive AI: Safeguarding the Future
In recent times, the remarkable advancement of AI has revolutionized our technological landscape. Its profound benefits have not only enhanced the efficiency of our daily operations but also induced transformative shifts across industries. The impact of AI has made our…
WhatsApp Scams in 2024: How to Spot a Fake
Last year, text scammers prowling around on messaging platforms like WhatsApp sent a staggering 19 million messages in December alone. When ploys like these can rake up over $10 million in a matter of months, it’s easy to see why.…
Chinese Spies Hack Dutch Networks With Novel Coathanger Malware
Dutch intelligence services have blamed China for an attack last year targeting FortiGuard devices This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Chinese Spies Hack Dutch Networks With Novel Coathanger Malware
Researchers Uncover DiceLoader Malware Used to Attack Corporate Business
An intrusion set called FIN7 has been known to be operating since 2015 and is composed of Russian-speaking members. This threat group also pretends to be a company that recruits IT experts to hide their illegal activities. Targets of this…
The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns
‘Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,’ we’re told The commercial spyware economy – despite government and big tech’s efforts to crack down – appears to be booming.… This article has been indexed from The…
China-linked APT deployed malware in a network of the Dutch Ministry of Defence
China-linked APT group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and installed malware on compromised systems. Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) published a joint report warning that a China-linked APT group breached…
Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Make Security Research a Crime, Leading 124 Experts to Call on UN Delegates to Fix Flawed Provisions that Weaken Everyone’s Security
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Security researchers’ work discovering and reporting vulnerabilities in software, firmware, networks, and devices protects people, businesses and governments around the world from malware, theft of critical data, and other cyberattacks. The…
Protect Good Faith Security Research Globally in Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty
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What is a Behavioral Risk Indicator? Demystifying Insider Risk Indicators
Insiders – the people with legitimate access to an organization’s data and systems – are the root cause of most cybersecurity incidents. As humans, insider risks are complex. Their behaviors and intentions can manifest in a multitude of ways, and…
Celebrating the 2024 CX Customer Hero Award Winners
The time of year, when Cisco customers and partners converge for a week at Cisco Live, has come again! This is also a time for Cisco Customer Experience (CX) to celebrate the successes of our customers publicly with the Cisco…
Chinese Hackers Exploited FortiGate Flaw to Breach Dutch Military Network
Chinese state-backed hackers broke into a computer network that’s used by the Dutch armed forces by targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. “This [computer network] was used for unclassified research and development (R&D),” the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) said in a…
Why budget allocation for cybersecurity is a necessity in corporate environments
The allocation of budget for cybersecurity holds paramount importance in the modern digital landscape. In an era where cyber threats loom large and businesses increasingly rely on technology, ensuring adequate financial resources for cybersecurity is critical. Below are several key…
Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaw Exposes Servers to Takeover – Patch Now
JetBrains is alerting customers of a critical security flaw in its TeamCity On-Premises continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) software that could be exploited by threat actors to take over susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23917, carries a CVSS rating…
Interesting cybersecurity news headlines trending on Google
DDoS Attack via Compromised Smart Toothbrushes Disrupts Swiss Company’s Network A Swiss company recently faced a significant setback due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack orchestrated through compromised smart toothbrushes. With over 3 million devices affected, the attack…
Mastering SBOMs: Best practices
In our recent webinar, Mastering SBOMs: Best Practices, speakers, including Ilkka Turunen, Field CTO, Sonatype, Roger Smith, Global Testing and Digital Assurance Lead, DXC Technology, and Marc Luescher, Solution Architect, AWS, shed light on the importance of software bills of…
Prowler: Open-source security tool for AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure
Prowler is an open-source security tool designed to assess, audit, and enhance the security of AWS, GCP, and Azure. It’s also equipped for incident response, continuous monitoring, hardening, and forensics preparation. Details The tool includes hundreds of controls that align…
Common cloud security mistakes and how to avoid them
According to recent surveys, 98% of organizations keep their financial, business, customer and/or employee information in the cloud but, at the same time, 95% of cloud security professionals are not sure their security protections and their team would manage to…
Demystifying SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS)
Threat actors aren’t looking for companies of specific sizes or industries, they are looking for opportunities. Given that many companies operate in the dark and overlook breaches until ransomware attacks occur, this makes the threat actors’ job easy. It also…
Enhancing adversary simulations: Learn the business to attack the business
In this Help Net Security interview, Jamieson O’Reilly, Founder of DVULN, discusses adversary simulations, shedding light on challenges rooted in human behavior, decision-making, and responses to evolving cyber threats. Unveiling the interplay between red and blue teams, O’Reilly talks about…