IT security teams are tasked with protecting an increasingly mobile work environment—managing a myriad of devices efficiently and securely. Addressing this need, NinjaOne has launched its new Mobile Device Management (MDM) capabilities, marking a significant milestone in their mission to…
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Chinese APT Groups Use Ransomware to Hide Spying Activities
A Chinese cyberespionage group and two more possibly from China and North Korea are using ransomware in their attacks to either add financial gains to their efforts or to cover their tracks by convincing victims and cybersecurity experts that the…
Pen Testing Across the Environment: External, Internal, and Wireless Assessments
The post Pen Testing Across the Environment: External, Internal, and Wireless Assessments appeared first on Digital Defense. The post Pen Testing Across the Environment: External, Internal, and Wireless Assessments appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…
Scattered Spider: Evolving & Resilient Group Proves Need for Constant Defender Vigilance
Recent reporting highlighted new techniques for a prominent group that already possessed a deep set of capabilities. As the pace of adversary TTP evolution increases, organizations must stay vigilant and regularly reassess their defenses against the latest TTPs used by…
WordPress Plugin Supply Chain Attack Gets Worse
30,000 websites at risk: Check yours ASAP! (800 Million Ostriches Can’t Be Wrong.) The post WordPress Plugin Supply Chain Attack Gets Worse appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: WordPress…
Misconfigured MFA Increasingly Targeted by Cybercriminals
In the first quarter of 2024, nearly half of all security incidents our team responded to involved multi-factor authentication (MFA) issues, according to the latest Cisco Talos report. The post Misconfigured MFA Increasingly Targeted by Cybercriminals appeared first on Security…
GAO Urges Action to Address Critical Cybersecurity Challenges Facing U.S.
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlighted an urgent need to address critical cybersecurity challenges facing the nation. The post GAO Urges Action to Address Critical Cybersecurity Challenges Facing U.S. appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…
Prioritizing Exposures vs. Prioritizing Actions
Organizations face an overwhelming number of vulnerabilities and threats. The traditional approach has been to prioritize exposures—identifying and addressing the most critical vulnerabilities first. However, this method, while logical on the surface, has significant limitations. At Veriti, we advocate for…
6 Tips for Preventing DDoS Attacks Using Rate Limits
Rate limiting is a well-known technique for limiting network traffic to web servers, APIs, or other online services. It is also one of the methods available to you for blocking DDoS attackers from flooding your system with requests and exhausting…
Navigating Security Challenges in Containerized Applications
Containerized applications offer several advantages over traditional deployment methods, making them a powerful tool for modern application development and deployment. Understanding the security complexities of containers and implementing targeted security measures is crucial for organizations to protect their applications and…
Critical ADOdb Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu
Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in ADOdb, a PHP database abstraction layer library. These vulnerabilities could cause severe security issues, such as SQL injection attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, and authentication bypasses. The Ubuntu security team has released updates to…
EU Opens the App Store Gates: A Call to Arms for MDM Implementation
By introducing a mobile device management (MDM) platform into the existing infrastructure, administrators gain the ability to restrict sideloading on managed devices. The post EU Opens the App Store Gates: A Call to Arms for MDM Implementation appeared first on…
Stepping Into the Attacker’s Shoes: The Strategic Power of Red Teaming (Insights from the Field)
Red Teaming security assessments aim to demonstrate to clients how attackers in the real world might link together various exploits and attack methods to reach their objectives. The post Stepping Into the Attacker’s Shoes: The Strategic Power of Red Teaming…
Efficiency is Key to Cybersecurity in the Post-Cloud Era
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 26, 2024 — At the 16th Information Security Forum and 2024 RSAC Hot Topics Seminar held on June 7, 2024, Richard Zhao, Chief Operating Officer of International Business at NSFOCUS, presented the new picture of cybersecurity…
SonarQube 10.6 Release Announcement
The 10.6 release of SonarQube includes some significant changes, such as autoscaling in Kubernetes, auto-configuration for C and C++ projects, support for running in a FIPS-enforced environment, set rule priority to uphold your coding standards, easy setup of monorepos, monitoring…
LockBit Claims Ransomware Attack on U.S. Federal Reserve
The LockBit ransomware group is claiming that it hacked into systems at the U.S. Federal Reserve and stole 33TB of data that it will begin leaking as early as Tuesday if the institution doesn’t pay the unspecified ransom. The notorious…
How platform engineering helps you get a good start on Secure by Design
Designing software from the ground up to be secure, as recommended by the Secure by Design initiative from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has its challenges, especially if it’s done at scale. . The post How platform engineering…
Hacking APIs with HTTPie
Learn why HTTPie is a great replacement for curl and how to use it when conducting your own API security testing. The post Hacking APIs with HTTPie appeared first on Dana Epp’s Blog. The post Hacking APIs with HTTPie appeared…
Microsoft Privacy FAIL: Windows 11 Silently Backs Up to OneDrive
Copying users’ files and deleting some? Even a cartoon hound knows this isn’t fine. The post Microsoft Privacy FAIL: Windows 11 Silently Backs Up to OneDrive appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…
Google’s Project Naptime Aims for AI-Based Vulnerability Research
Security analysts at Google are developing a framework that they hope will enable large language models (LLMs) to eventually be able to run automated vulnerability research, particularly analyses of malware variants. The analysts with Google’s Project Zero – a group…