By Deeba Ahmed The new variant stood out among other malware because it can infect any attached removable USB device, e.g., floppy, flash, thumb drives, and any system the removable device is plugged into later. This is a post from…
Survey: CIOs feel elevated, consider themselves ‘changemakers’
The survey found more than 3 in 4 chief information officers believe their roles have been elevated in response to recent economic times. This article has been indexed from GCN – All Content Read the original article: Survey: CIOs feel…
How Florida is looking to build the ‘nation’s first AI university’
The tech is embedded into the curriculum but the University of Florida is also scouting out new uses for it in campus operations and student performance. This article has been indexed from GCN – All Content Read the original article:…
How are you marking data privacy day?
By: Joe Fay Data Privacy Day (known as Data Protection Day in Europe) falls this Saturday (January 28) and if you haven’t worked out how to mark the day yet, tech vendors and organizations are more than willing to help.…
Gartner report shows zero trust isn’t a silver bullet
Research released by Gartner suggests that zero-trust controls are ineffective at addressing API-based threats and social engineering scams. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Gartner report shows zero trust isn’t a silver…
10 steps every business can take to avoid a cybersecurity breach
10 ways to beef up your cybersecurity and prevent the potentially ruinous damage to your business of a data breach. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: 10 steps every business can take…
Black Basta Deploys PlugX Malware in USB Devices With New Technique
The variant is “wormable” and can infect USB devices to hide itself from the Windows OS This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Black Basta Deploys PlugX Malware in USB Devices With New Technique
Google: Influence Operator Dragonbridge Floods Social Media in Sprawling Cyber Campaign
Google has mounted a massive takedown, but Dragonbridge’s extensive capabilities for generating and distributing vast amounts of largely spammy content calls into question the motivation behind the group. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article:…
Identifying and securing your business’s dark data assets in the cloud
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The world runs on data. That has always…
AT&T Cybersecurity awarded the Palo Alto Networks 2022 Partner of the Year Award
AT&T Cybersecurity received the Palo Alto Networks 2022 Partner of the Year Award for its managed security services at the annual Palo Alto Networks Ignite 2022 conference. The awards are presented to an elite group of Palo Alto Networks partners…
Are WE the firewall?
As we start a new year, let's think about how we can draw up a plan to exercise our cyber fitness and make it a culture that sticks. It's a critical time to get this done as we work toward…
Improve your AWS security posture, Step 3: Encrypt AWS data in transit and at rest
In the first two blogs in this series, we discussed properly setting up IAM and avoiding direct internet access to AWS resources. In this blog, we’ll tackle encrypting AWS in transit and at rest. Sometimes, despite all efforts to the contrary, data…
A new initiative seeks to help small cities access infrastructure funding
The program will work with communities to assemble strong grant applications that can win some of the billions of dollars available. This article has been indexed from GCN – All Content Read the original article: A new initiative seeks to…
How Noob Website Hackers Can Become Persistent Threats
An academic analysis of website defacement behavior by 241 new hackers shows there are four clear trajectories they can take in future, researchers say. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: How Noob Website Hackers…
Lessons learned from 2022
One of our goals is sharing with the security community as much as we learn from VirusTotal’s data to help stop, monitor and mitigate malicious activity. When looking back to 2022 we observe different interesting trends; we decided to go…
Critical Vulnerability Impacts Over 120 Lexmark Printers
Lexmark warns of a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting over 120 printer models, for which PoC code has been published. The post Critical Vulnerability Impacts Over 120 Lexmark Printers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…
New ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam in West Africa Impersonates US Financial Advisors
DomainTools said most of these attacks exploited professional network services such as LinkedIn This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: New ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam in West Africa Impersonates US Financial Advisors
Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more
A Dutch hacker who was arrested at the end of last year claims to have stolen the personal data of almost all Austrians. At the end of November 2022, the Amsterdam police arrested a 25-year-old man from Almere who is…
Russia starts cyber attacks on the West with Germany for supporting Ukraine
Russia launched a war on Ukraine, its neighboring country, on February 24th of the year 2022. And still the Zelenskyy led nation hasn’t surrendered to Moscow, all because of the extreme support from the west, regarding arms & ammunition, essentials…
Yandex Denies Hack – Source Code Leaked on Popular Hacking Forum
The source code of Yandex, the largest IT company in Russia and commonly referred to as the Russian Google, was hacked by attackers. On a well-known hacker site, a Yandex source code repository purportedly stolen by a former employee of…
U.S. Targets Google’s Online Ad Business in Latest Lawsuit
The US Department of Justice (DOJ), along with eight other US states have filed a lawsuit against tech-giant Google. DOJ, on Tuesday, accused Google of abusing its dominance in the digital ad market. It has threatened to dismantle a significant…
Source Code & Private Data Stolen From GoTo
GoTo, the parent company of LastPass, has disclosed that hackers recently broke into its systems and seized encrypted backups belonging to users. It claimed that in addition to LastPass user data, hackers managed to obtain data from its other enterprise…
Why Zero Trust Works When Everything Else Doesn’t
The zero trust security model is proving to be one of the most effective cybersecurity approaches ever conceived. Zero trust — also called zero trust architecture (ZTA), zero trust network architecture (ZTNA) and perimeter-less security — takes a “default deny”…
Here’s how IT budgets should fill cybersecurity moats in 2023
TechRepublic speaks with Carlos Morales of Neustar Security Services on the best ways for companies to spend on cybersecurity — even if their budgets are tighter. The post Here’s how IT budgets should fill cybersecurity moats in 2023 appeared first…
3 Ways ChatGPT Will Change Infosec in 2023
OpenAI’s chatbot has the promise to revolutionize how security practitioners work. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: 3 Ways ChatGPT Will Change Infosec in 2023
Google Slays Thousands Of Fake News Vids Posted By Dragonbridge
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: Google Slays Thousands Of Fake News Vids Posted By…
Russian Hackers Launch Attack On Germany In Leopard Retaliation
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: Russian Hackers Launch Attack On Germany In Leopard Retaliation