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The ABCs of API Security: A New (Free!) Learning Center

APIs have been with us since before they were called APIs. Application programming interfaces as an interface between software or between users and software have been around since the 1940’s, around 20 years before such interfaces were called APIs. In…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Singtel refutes reports that its system upgrade caused Optus outage

While confirming a software upgrade was carried out on its Singtel Internet Exchange backbone network, the carrier denies this was the root cause of the massive outage suffered by its Australian subsidiary Optus. This article has been indexed from Latest…

Exclusive Report: The State of Online Consumer Brand Impersonations in 2023

There’s no denying the importance of online sales to retail and other consumer-facing brands. Forecasts predict worldwide e-commerce sales will grow 56% in the coming years… The post Exclusive Report: The State of Online Consumer Brand Impersonations in 2023 appeared…

MOVEit Hack: What went wrong, and how to course correct

What the MOVEit Breach Tells Us About the Challenges of Patching On May 31, 2023, little-known software developer Progress Software published details of a critical vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, a popular managed file transfer service. It soon transpired that notorious…

China Not A Focus For Microsoft, Says Satya Nadella – Report

Microsoft boss confirms Microsoft is fine avoiding China, amid the ongoing national security concerns with Beijing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Not A Focus For Microsoft, Says Satya Nadella – Report

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Stop using weak passwords for streaming services – it’s riskier than you think

Using a simple password for Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, or another service can expose your personal data to hackers. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article: Stop using weak passwords for streaming…

Despite Hype, the Password-Free Workplace Is Still a Long Way Off

More than half of organizations are nowhere near ditching passwords, even as cyberattackers continue to have a field day with workers’ poor credential choices. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Despite Hype, the Password-Free…

APTs Swarm Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Government Info Worldwide

At least four separate campaigns against CVE-2023-37580 in the popular Zimbra Collaboration Suite aimed to siphon up reams of sensitive mail data. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: APTs Swarm Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal…

Top 5 Risks of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology functions in a manner that helps ease human life. Through AI-enabled systems, different industries have been able to minimize human error and automate repetitive processes and tasks while smoothly handling big data. Unlike humans, who are…

Bad Bots Account for 73% of Internet Traffic: Analysis

The top five categories of Bad Bot attacks are fake account creation, account takeovers, scraping, account management, and in-product abuse. The post Bad Bots Account for 73% of Internet Traffic: Analysis appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…

State-Sponsored Online Spies Likely to Target Australian Submarine Program, Spy Agency Says

Australia’s cooperation with the U.S. and Britain to develop an Australian fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology is a likely target of state-sponsored cyberespionage, the nation’s digital spy agency said. The post State-Sponsored Online Spies Likely to Target…

Zimbra Zero-Day Exploited to Hack Government Emails

Google says a Zimbra zero-day from earlier this year, CVE-2023-37580, was exploited in several campaigns to hack government emails. The post Zimbra Zero-Day Exploited to Hack Government Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS…

Zero-Day Flaw in Zimbra Email Software Exploited by Four Hacker Groups

A zero-day flaw in the Zimbra Collaboration email software was exploited by four different groups in real-world attacks to pilfer email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. “Most of this activity occurred after the initial fix became public on GitHub,”…

Mass exploitation of CitrixBleed vulnerability, including a ransomware group

CitrixBleed mspaint.exe logo, no copyright so please make t-shirts Three days ago, AssetNote posted an excellent write up about CitrixBleed aka CVE-2023–4966 in Citrix Netscaler/ADC/AAA/whatever it is called today. This vulnerability is now under mass exploitation. A few weeks ago it was…

LockBit ransomware group assemble strike team to breach banks, law firms and governments.

Recently, I’ve been tracking LockBit ransomware group as they’ve been breaching large enterprises: https://medium.com/media/672994faff856d59254df6496cee1a95/href I thought it would be good to break down what is happening and how they’re doing it, since LockBit are breaching some of the world’s largest…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

On-Premises or Public Cloud? Unlocking the Value of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Intersect360 Research published a detailed analysis comparing a VDI 2,500 desktop deployment on a public cloud to a Cisco compute-based on-premises deployment. The result was the Cisco deployment saved the customer $2 million over three years. This article has been…

Partner Summit 2023: Partner managed services is at the heart of transformation!

Cisco Partner Summit 2023 was last week, and I’m still feeling the excitement! We had a record number of attendees and gorgeous Miami beaches to take in. The whole experience was powered by information, inspiration and connection. This article has…

FBI and CISA issues alert against Rhysida Ransomware Gang

Rhysida Ransomware, operating since December 2022, has garnered attention from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Both agencies have issued warnings about this ransomware, noting its unique capability to delete itself…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: Running…

Vietnam Post exposes 1.2TB of data, including email addresses

Vietnam Post Corporation, a Vietnamese government-owned postal service, exposed security logs and employee email addresses to external cyber threats Vietnam Post Corporation, a Vietnamese government-owned postal service, left its security logs and employee email addresses accessible to outside cyber snoopers,…

Windows Server 2022 update gave ESXi host VMs the blue screen blues

Wild idea: Maybe Microsoft could introduce a Quality Copilot to stop pushing broken patches Something likely to be absent from Microsoft’s Ignite event is talk of a fix rolled out to deal with malfunctioning Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machines following…

The Move Away From Passwords Will Be Gradual, Delinea Survey Finds

Passwords in the workplace aren’t going away anytime soon, despite ongoing efforts from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Apple to push corporations to adopt other authentication methods like passkeys and biometrics. Consumer technology like smartphones and personal email accounts…

Allegations of Spying in the EU Hit YouTube as it Targets Ad Blockers

  YouTube’s widespread use of ads, many of which are unavoidable, has raised concerns among some users. While some accept ads as a necessary part of the free video streaming experience, privacy advocate Alexander Hanff has taken issue with YouTube…

Malaysian Authorities Dismantle Phishing-as-a-Service Syndicate ‘BulletProofLink’

Malaysian law enforcement officials have recently revealed their takedown of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation, dubbed BulletProofLink. Based on intelligence indicating the threat actors behind the platform were based in the nation, the Royal Malaysia Police announced the operation, which was…

Customer DNA profiles stolen from online profiling services 23andMe

23andMe provides a DNA profiling and matching service, allowing customers to mail a sample of saliva for testing and it was cyber-attacked. The post Customer DNA profiles stolen from online profiling services 23andMe appeared first on Panda Security Mediacenter. This…

Beware! Hackers Can Now Exploit a Security Flaw in Zoom Client

The popular video messaging platform Zoom has discovered multiple vulnerabilities affecting Zoom Clients. These vulnerabilities might allow an unauthorized user to carry out denial-of-service, privilege escalation, and information disclosure attacks. To receive the most recent security updates and bug fixes, Zoom…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Children’s tablet has malware and exposes kids’ data, researcher finds

In May this year, Alexis Hancock’s daughter got a children’s tablet for her birthday. Being a security researcher, Hancock was immediately worried. “I looked at it kind of sideways because I’ve never heard of Dragon Touch,” Hancock told TechCrunch, referring…

Low Budget Should Not Mean High Risk: Kids’ Tablet Came Preloaded with Sketchyware

< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> It’s easy to get Android devices from online vendors like Amazon at different price points. Unfortunately, it is also easy to end up with an Android device…

PCI Compliance Made Easy: 5 Technologies That Can Help

These five technologies can help secure data, minimize risks and bolster an organization’s defenses to ease PCI DSS compliance efforts. The post PCI Compliance Made Easy: 5 Technologies That Can Help appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been…

Coin Cloud Crisis: Bitcoin ATM Giant Faces Data Breach, 300,000 Customers Impacted

  In February 2023, Coin Cloud, a Bitcoin ATM operator with over 4,000 machines throughout the U.S. and Brazil that once boasted more than 4,000 machines before filing for bankruptcy in January 2023 due to financial difficulties, has been purportedly…

Meta Says App Stores Should Get Parental Approval For Under-16 App Installs

As the US Senate examines Meta’s protection children, firm calls for federal law for App Stores to approve app downloads for under-16s This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Says App Stores Should Get…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

FBI and CISA Release Advisory on Scattered Spider Group

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) on Scattered Spider—a cybercriminal group targeting commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. The advisory provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)…

Scattered Spider

SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory…

Samsung says hackers accessed customer data during year-long breach

Samsung has admitted that hackers accessed the personal data of U.K.-based customers during a year-long breach of its systems. In a statement to TechCrunch, Samsung spokesperson Chelsea Simpson, representing the company via a third-party agency, said Samsung was “recently alerted…

Royal Mail’s Recovery From Ransomware Attack Will Cost Business At Least $12M

This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from News ≈ Packet Storm Read the original article: Royal Mail’s Recovery From Ransomware Attack Will Cost Business…

Alarm system cyberattack leaves those in need struggling to call for help

A alarm system company that allows people to call for help at the touch of a button has suffered a cyberattack, causing serious disruption. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Alarm system cyberattack leaves those…

BlackCat plays with malvertising traps to lure corporate victims

Ads for Slack and Cisco AnyConnect actually downloaded Nitrogen malware Affiliates of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service operation are turning to malvertising campaigns to establish an initial foothold in their victims’ systems.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…

Administrator of Darkode Hacking Forum Sentenced to Prison

Thomas McCormick, aka fubar, an administrator of the Darkode hacking forum, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The post Administrator of Darkode Hacking Forum Sentenced to Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

Managing the Security and Privacy Issues with Large Language Models

  Everyone is buzzing about ChatGPT, Bard, and generative AI. But, inevitably, the reality check follows the hype. While business and IT leaders are excited about the disruptive potential of technology in areas such as customer service and software development,…

LogicMonitor expands LM Envision platform to simplify multi-cloud complexities for CloudOps teams

LogicMonitor announced the extension of its LM Envision platform for CloudOps, optimizing how teams monitor hybrid and multi cloud environments. With leaders recently describing their monitoring tools as “chaotic,” the latest capabilities empower CloudOps teams to quickly identify problems, prevent…

ManageEngine Information Disclosure Flaw Exposes Encryption Keys

ManageEngine, one of the most widely used IT infrastructure management platforms that offers more than 60 Enterprise IT management tools, has been discovered with an Information Disclosure vulnerability which is tracked as CVE-2023-6105. This vulnerability affects multiple ManageEngine products, including…

Wireshark 4.2.0 Released: What’s New!

Wireshark, a leading network packet analyzer, has released version 4.2.0, which brings bug fixes, protocol updates, major API changes, codec support, and several new features. It is still a widely used and popular tool for network protocol analysis. Network administrators and security experts use packet…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Making Proxy Security a Priority For a Safer Future

The proxy industry plays a crucial role in today’s internet ecosystem, providing anonymity and security for users and businesses who want to conduct market research, travel fare aggregation, ad verification or monitor price changes and possible threats online. However, the…

Google And Yahoo New Email Authentication Requirements

Google and Yahoo have recently announced new requirements … The post Google And Yahoo New Email Authentication Requirements appeared first on EasyDMARC. The post Google And Yahoo New Email Authentication Requirements appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been…

NodeSource launches N|Solid Copilot to streamline app development

NodeSource has launched the N|Solid Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into the Console of N|Solid Pro. Leveraging the N|Solid Pro platform to capture the telemetry for applications and paired with the company’s Node.js experts and OpenAI, the N|Solid Copilot creates…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Centripetal Expands Channel Program With Irish Renaissance Partnership

Today, intelligence-powered cybersecurity pros Centripetal have announced a strategic partnership with Renaissance, the leading Irish value-added distributor in Ireland. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in bolstering Ireland’s cybersecurity landscape and underscores the commitment to combating the rising tide of…

Experts Uncover DarkCasino: New Emerging APT Threat Exploiting WinRAR Flaw

A hacking group that leveraged a recently disclosed security flaw in the WinRAR software as a zero-day has now been categorized as an entirely new advanced persistent threat (APT). Cybersecurity company NSFOCUS has described DarkCasino as an “economically motivated” actor that first…

Russian Hacking Group Sandworm Linked to Unprecedented Attack on Danish Critical Infrastructure

A report described the coordinated attack, in which 22 critical infrastructure firms were targeted This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Russian Hacking Group Sandworm Linked to Unprecedented Attack on Danish Critical Infrastructure

Google Workspace Vulnerabilities Lead to Network-Wide Breaches

By Deeba Ahmed The vulnerabilities were discovered by cybersecurity researchers at Bitdefender. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Workspace Vulnerabilities Lead to Network-Wide Breaches This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity News,…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

42Crunch and Microsoft partner for streamlined API security governance

42Crunch has unveiled the integration of 42Crunch’s API security audit and vulnerability testing solution with Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide Microsoft customers continuous API protection from design to runtime. Cloud applications are increasingly API-centric, with APIs at the core…

CISA and FBI Issue Warning About Rhysida Ransomware Double Extortion Attacks

The threat actors behind the Rhysida ransomware engage in opportunistic attacks targeting organizations spanning various industry sectors. The advisory comes courtesy of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and…

7 common mistakes companies make when creating an incident response plan and how to avoid them

Avoiding some of these common mistakes ensures your organization’s plan will be updated faster and is more thorough, so you are ready to act when, not if, an incident happens. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Finding the Courage to Continue: Top 3 Takeaways from the Security Outcomes Report for Zero Trust

The Security Outcomes Report: Adoption, Access, And Automation Trends shows that 86.5% of orgs have begun zero trust, only 2% reaching maturity. This article has been indexed from Cisco Blogs Read the original article: Finding the Courage to Continue: Top…

Royal Mail’s recovery from ransomware attack will cost business at least $12M

First time hard figure given on recovery costs for January incident Royal Mail’s parent company has revealed for the first time the infrastructure costs associated with its January ransomware attack.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…

Ransomware Shakes ICBC: Global Financial Markets on High Alert

In a startling turn of events, Wall Street was rocked by a devastating ransomware attack that affected China’s Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country’s biggest lender. The attack disrupted trade and brought attention to the growing threat…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Latest Two-Factor Authentication Change

With Meta’s recent update to its 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Latest Two-Factor Authentication Change

Leaving Authentication Credentials in Public Code

Seth Godin wrote an article about a surprisingly common vulnerability: programmers leaving authentication credentials and other secrets in publicly accessible software code: Researchers from security firm GitGuardian this week reported finding almost 4,000 unique secrets stashed inside a total of…

SoSafe Pioneers Personalised Approach to Awareness Training

Security awareness and training company SoSafe has announced the launch of the next-generation of personalised learning. The news was revealed at their Human Firewall Conference earlier this week. This latest innovation aims to make secure behaviour second nature for humans. …

Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint Over Victim’s Failure to Disclose Data Breach

Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group files SEC complaint against MeridianLink over its failure to disclose an alleged data breach caused by the hackers. The post Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint Over Victim’s Failure to Disclose Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This…

AZT: The Market For Enterprise (Secure) Browsers

Listen now (46 mins) | Season two, episode 18: Evgeniy Kharam, a founder, CISO, architect, and podcast producer discusses the rise of Enterprise (Secure) browsers. The post AZT: The Market For Enterprise (Secure) Browsers appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

Cohesity expands partnership with Microsoft to improve data restore capabilities for organizations

Cohesity announced it has deepened its relationship with Microsoft to help organizations more quickly respond to and recover from data loss within Microsoft 365 environments. For years, Cohesity and Microsoft have offered solutions for high-speed backup and recovery. This includes…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

Samsung suffered a new data breach

Samsung Electronics disclosed a data breach that exposed customer personal information to an unauthorized individual. Samsung Electronics suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some of its customers to an unauthorized individual. The security breach was discovered…

Hackers Could Exploit Google Workspace and Cloud Platform for Ransomware Attacks

A set of novel attack methods has been demonstrated against Google Workspace and the Google Cloud Platform that could be potentially leveraged by threat actors to conduct ransomware, data exfiltration, and password recovery attacks. “Starting from a single compromised machine,…

How to Automate the Hardest Parts of Employee Offboarding

According to recent research on employee offboarding, 70% of IT professionals say they’ve experienced the negative effects of incomplete IT offboarding, whether in the form of a security incident tied to an account that wasn’t deprovisioned, a surprise bill for resources…

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…

A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen

The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data…

Crunchy Data and Center for Internet Security help businesses secure Postgres deployments

Crunchy Data in collaboration with the Center for Internet Security, announced the publication of the PostgreSQL CIS Benchmark for PostgreSQL 16. Crunchy Data worked with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to make PostgreSQL the first open source database to…