In an era where data breaches and cyber espionage are increasingly prevalent, protecting sensitive information has never been more crucial. Confidential computing emerges as a groundbreaking technology that enhances data security and privacy, offering a robust shield against unauthorized access…
Chinese Hackers Charged for Multi-Year Spear-Phishing Attacks
Song Wu, a Chinese national, has been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges stem from his alleged involvement in a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign targeting sensitive U.S. research and technology. This case highlights ongoing concerns…
Unlocking Secure Communications 101: The Fundamentals
Ensuring the protection of data and communications is of utmost importance for organisations adapting to the intricacies of the digital era. Are you knowledgeable about secure communications? Whether you’re new… The post Unlocking Secure Communications 101: The Fundamentals appeared first…
China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means
If this really was that useful, they wouldn’t be telling us According to a Chinese state-sanctioned study, signals from SpaceX Starlink broadband internet satellites could be used to track US stealth fighters, such as the F-22.… This article has been…
Gateways to havoc: Overprivileged dormant service accounts
Service accounts are non-human identities used to automate machine-to-machine interactions. They support critical functions – such as running scripts, services, and applications like websites, APIs, and databases – and facilitate integrations, operating as a proxy to humans and supporting business…
SolarWinds Issues Patch for Critical ARM Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks
SolarWinds has released fixes to address two security flaws in its Access Rights Manager (ARM) software, including a critical vulnerability that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28991, is rated 9.0 out of a maximum of…
The Day the IT World Stood Still
Lessons from CrowdStrike on Safeguarding Your Data with Compliance, Continuity and Disaster Recovery Strategies Where were you when the CrowdStrike outage hit? Many of us were stuck in our tracks when the recent global IT outage, triggered by a faulty…
How to Prepare Your Organization for the Future with Continuous Security Testing
You wouldn’t brush your teeth once a year — it just wouldn’t be frequent enough to maintain proper care and hygiene of a body part you use every day. Similarly, it’s just not sufficient to perform a security test once…
The Human Element in Non-Human Identity Security: Bridging the Gap in Modern Cybersecurity
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, Non-Human identities (NHIs) are exploding in number. For every human user, there may be hundreds or even thousands of NHIs running in the background. Traditional access management tools were designed primarily for human users, and they…
Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities
Remember when managing user accounts was your biggest headache? Those were simpler times. Today, we’re drowning in a sea of machine identities, and it’s time to learn how to swim – or risk going under. In the ever-expanding universe of…
The growing danger of visual hacking and how to protect against it
In this Help Net Security interview, Robert Ramsey, CEO at Rain Technology, discusses the growing threat of visual hacking, how it bypasses traditional cybersecurity measures, and the importance of physical barriers like switchable privacy screens. Could you explain visual hacking…
Securing SAP Systems: Essential Strategies to Protect Against Hackers
Due to its wide acceptance, SAP has become a favorite target for hackers. With the ubiquity of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, their extensive data banks, and the ever-expanding digital interfaces of the business world, hackers have become experts…
The cybersecurity workforce of the future requires diverse hiring practices
The global cybersecurity workforce gap reached a new high with an estimated 4.8 million professionals needed to effectively secure organizations, a 19% year-on-year increase, according to ISC2. Despite the growing need for professionals, global workforce growth has slowed for the…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9140, (Tue, Sep 17th)
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Microsoft confirms IE bug squashed in Patch Tuesday was exploited zero-day
The C in these CVEs stands for Confusing Analysis Microsoft, in a low-key update to its September Patch Tuesday disclosures, has confirmed a just-fixed Internet Explorer vulnerability was exploited as a zero-day before it could be patched.… This article has…
Chinese national accused by Feds of spear-phishing for NASA, military source code
May have reeled in blueprints related to weapons development A Chinese national has been accused of conducting a years-long spear-phishing campaign that aimed to steal source code from the US Army and NASA, plus other highly sensitive software used in…
Instituto Nacional de Deportes de Chile – 319,613 breached accounts
In September 2024, the Instituto Nacional de Deportes de Chile (Chile’s National Sports Institute) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 1.7M rows of data with 320k unique email addresses alongside names, dates of birth, genders and bcrypt password hashes.…
Apple Patches Major Security Flaws With iOS 18 Refresh
Apple warns that attackers can use Siri to access sensitive user data, control nearby devices, or view recent photos without authentication. The post Apple Patches Major Security Flaws With iOS 18 Refresh appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been…
Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk
Musk’s now-deleted post questioning why no one has attempted to assassinate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris renews concerns over his work for the US government—and potential to inspire extremist violence. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the…
US government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa
This latest round of government sanctions lands months after Intellexa’s founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling the Predator spyware. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
CISA Releases Plan to Align Operational Cybersecurity Priorities for Federal Agencies
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The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We’ll show you memory safety! We’ll borrow that borrow checker After two years of being beaten with the memory-safety stick, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write less vulnerable code.… This…
NordPass Review (2024): Is it a Safe Password Manager?
Nord Security fans will be happy to know that NordPass meets expectations as a high-quality password manager in its suite of security apps. Read more below. This article has been indexed from Security | TechRepublic Read the original article: NordPass…
D-Link addressed three critical RCE in wireless router models
D-Link fixed multiple critical flaws in its WiFi 6 routers that allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or gain hardcoded credentials. D-Link has addressed three critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-45694, CVE-2024-45695, CVE-2024-45697, impacting three wireless router models. The flaws…