There’s an old joke that “On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” It’s originally from a 1993 cartoon in The New Yorker and while the internet looks a lot different from how it looked back then, it’s just as…
Security warning: Beep malware can evade detection
Find out how Beep malware can evade your security system, what it can do and how to protect your business. The post Security warning: Beep malware can evade detection appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed from Security…
Infrastructure Risks Increase As IT and OT Converge
Explosive growth of devices associated with the Internet of Things and operational technologies gives attackers a larger pool of targets. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Infrastructure Risks Increase As IT and OT Converge
US Border Protection Is Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data
After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it’s already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: US Border Protection Is Finally Able…
Massive HTTP DDoS Attack Hits Record High of 71 Million Requests/Second
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare on Monday disclosed that it thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71 million requests per second (RPS). “The majority of attacks peaked in the ballpark of 50-70 million requests per second…
Thales and Quantinuum Offer a Trusted Foundation to Help Organizations Begin Creating Quantum Resilience Today
Thales and Quantinuum Offer a Trusted Foundation to Help Organizations Begin Creating Quantum Resilience Today divya Tue, 02/14/2023 – 06:04 To safeguard their users and infrastructure from sophisticated and ever-evolving cybersecurity threats, businesses of all sizes and across all sectors…
How We Fought For and Won Access to Records About Predictive Policing in General Escobedo, Mexico
What started with a simple public records request became a journey into the absurd depths of Mexican bureaucracy. But we emerged victorious, and learned a lot about how a city experimented with a dangerous surveillance tool. Filing public records requests…
Cybersecurity Jobs Remain Secure Despite Recession Fears
Only 10% of corporate executives expect to lay off members of cybersecurity teams in 2023, much lower than other areas, as companies protect hard-to-find skill sets. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Cybersecurity Jobs…
WatchGuard Launches New Line of Firewall Products to Enhance Unified Security for Remote and Distributed Businesses
Powered by WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform® architecture, new Fireboxes deliver enhanced performance and added security capabilities that MSPs and IT admins can easily manage in WatchGuard Cloud. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: WatchGuard…
Section 230 is On Trial. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The Supreme Court next week will hear two cases — Gonzalez v. Google on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday, Feb. 22 — that could dramatically affect users’ speech rights online. Nearly everyone who speaks online relies…
Detecting the Undetected: The Risk to Your Info
IBM’s Advanced Threat Detection and Response Team (ATDR) has seen an increase in the malware family known as information stealers in the wild over the past year. Info stealers are malware with the capability of scanning for and exfiltrating data…
Cybersecurity pros less likely to be impacted by layoffs if economy slows
In the face of recession worries, cybersecurity teams would be least affected by staffing cuts in 2023, according to a survey of C-suite executives by (ISC)². The post Cybersecurity pros less likely to be impacted by layoffs if economy slows…
Patch Now: Apple’s iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari Under Attack with New Zero-Day Flaw
Apple on Monday rolled out security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-23529, the issue relates to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that…
Romance scam targets security researcher, hilarity ensues
Happy Valentine’s Day! Now don’t get fooled It sounds like the plot of a somewhat far-fetched romcom-slash-thriller Netflix series, maybe billed as You meets Your Place or Mine, dropping just in time for Valentine’s Day.… This article has been indexed…
Benchmarking your cybersecurity budget in 2023
The better a CISO can balance a budget that funds cyber-resiliency and drives revenue, the more likely their career will progress. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Benchmarking your cybersecurity budget in…
The worker shortage is real. Could tech help governors close gaps?
Business leaders pointed to high-tech job training and tools like artificial intelligence as possible solutions to the historic shortage of workers. This article has been indexed from GCN – All Content Read the original article: The worker shortage is real.…
Researchers Link SideWinder Group to Dozens of Targeted Attacks in Multiple Countries
The prolific SideWinder group has been attributed as the nation-state actor behind attempted attacks against 61 entities in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka between June and November 2021. Targets included government, military, law enforcement, banks, and other organizations, according to…
Researchers Hijack Popular NPM Package with Millions of Downloads
A popular npm package with more than 3.5 million weekly downloads has been found vulnerable to an account takeover attack. “The package can be taken over by recovering an expired domain name for one of its maintainers and resetting the…
Over 500 ESXiArgs Ransomware infections in one day, but they dropped the day after
ESXiArgs ransomware continues to spread in Europe, most of the recent infections were observed in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ukraine Researchers from Censys reported that more than 500 hosts have been infected in a new wave of…
More victims of fake crypto investor scam speak to The Register
UK-based Coin Publishers were conned out of $206,000 after meeting in a Barcelona hotel Exclusive When Ahad Shams detailed on Twitter how his company was scammed out of $4 million in cryptocurrency after a face-to-face meeting, Chris Hunter immediately recognized…
Cryptocurrency users in the US hit by ransomware and Clipper malware
Learn how to protect your business and staff from the MortalKombat ransomware and Laplas Clipper malware. The post Cryptocurrency users in the US hit by ransomware and Clipper malware appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed from Security…
S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach “sophisticated”! [Audio + Text]
Latest episode – listen now! (Full transcript inside.) This article has been indexed from Naked Security – Sophos Read the original article: S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach “sophisticated”! [Audio + Text]
Window Snyder’s Startup Launches Security Platform for IoT Device Makers
Thistle’s technology will give device makers a way to easily integrate features for secure updates, memory management, and communications into their products, Snyder says. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Window Snyder’s Startup Launches…
Training and CTFs
The military has a couple of adages…one, “you fight like you train”, and another being, “the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” The idea behind these adages is that progressive, realistic training prepares you for…
CISA Releases Fifteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories
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Pepsi Bottling Ventures says info-stealing malware swiped sensitive data
That’s not what I like Crooks have breached Pepsi Bottling Ventures’ network and, after deploying info-stealing malware, made off with sensitive personal and financial information according to a notification sent to consumers.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Google Bard: How to use this AI Chatbot Service?
Google Bard is a new chatbot tool developed in response to competitor artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. It is intended to simulate human conversations and employs a combination of natural language processing and machine learning to provide…