In this Help Net Security interview, Sean Embry, CISO at eBay, discusses key aspects of cybersecurity leadership. He shares insights on balancing long-term strategic planning with immediate threat response, evaluating the ROI of new technologies, and addressing employee cybersecurity fatigue.…
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Making the most of cryptography, now and in the future
Enterprise cryptography faces risks beyond just the advent of quantum computers. For starters, there is no guarantee that the traditional algorithms have not been broken. Though we believe that it is “unlikely” they can be, the reality is that in…
Hackers Compromised Argentina’s Airport Security Payroll System
Hackers have successfully infiltrated Argentina’s Airport Security Police (PSA) payroll system, raising alarms about the safety of sensitive personnel information. This incident has revealed significant vulnerabilities in employee data management, as attackers accessed confidential salary records and tampered with pay…
Greece’s 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape: A Year of Increased and Varied Attacks
The year 2024 proved challenging for cybersecurity in Greece, with a significant surge in the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks. Ransomware attacks, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) all significantly disrupted businesses, government services, and critical infrastructure.…
Moxa Devices Vulnerable to Cyberattacks, Threatening Industrial Networks
Critical vulnerabilities discovered in Moxa’s industrial networking devices could allow privilege escalation and OS command injection, exposing critical infrastructure to potential cyberattacks. In a security advisory, Moxa said that affected models include EDR and TN series routers widely used in…
When is a RAT, not a RAT?
Have you heard the story about the RAT that pretended to be a RAT? If not, you’d better sit down for this one. There’s a RAT in my kitchen Last month, a malicious package, ethereumvulncontracthandler, was identified on the npm…
Open source worldwide: Critical maintenance gaps exposed
Lineaje recently released a report identifying the US and Russia as the leading generators of open-source projects, with both countries also having the highest numbers of anonymous open-source contributions. In this Help Net Security video, Nick Mistry, SVP and CISO…
Cyberbro: Open-source tool extracts IoCs and checks their reputation
Cyberbro is an open-source application that extracts IoCs from garbage input and checks their reputation using multiple services. Cyberbro features Input handling: Paste raw logs, IoCs, or fanged IoCs, and let the regex parser do the rest. Multi-service reputation checks:…
PacketCrypt Classic Cryptocurrency Miner on PHP Servers, (Tue, Jan 7th)
The SANS DShield project receives a wide variety of logs submitted by participants of the DShield project. Looking at the ҠURLs page, I observed an interesting URL and dived deeper to investigate. The URL recorded is as follows: This…
How AI and deepfakes are redefining social engineering threats
This article presents key insights from 2024 reports on the rise of phishing attacks, focusing on how advancements in AI and deepfake technology are making social engineering tactics more sophisticated. Cybercriminals exploit file sharing services to advance phishing attacks Examining…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9268, (Tue, Jan 7th)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 7th, 2025…
Holiday Shopping Meets Cyber Threats: How Source Defense Detected the ESA Store Attack
by Source Defense In a recent high-profile incident covered by Forbes, our Source Defense Research team identified a sophisticated Magecart attack targeting the European Space Agency’s online store. This case study demonstrates why leading organizations worldwide trust Source Defense to…
How eBPF is changing appsec | Impart Security
< div class=”text-rich-text w-richtext”> What happens when cutting-edge technology meets the reality of securing modern applications? That’s the question our expert panel tackled in this conversation on how eBPF is reshaping application security. Moderated by Katie Norton of IDC, the…
New PhishWP Plugin on Russian Forum Turns Sites into Phishing Pages
SlashNext has discovered a malicious WordPress plugin, PhishWP, which creates convincing fake payment pages to steal your credit card information, 3DS codes, and personal data. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News…
Google maps the future of AI agents: Five lessons for businesses
Google’s groundbreaking white paper reveals how AI agents leverage advanced reasoning, real-time data access, and autonomous decision-making to revolutionize enterprise operations and competitive advantage. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Google maps…
Washington sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach that spilled 79 million customer records
The 2021 breach affected at least 2 million Washington state residents, and tens of millions more customers around the United States. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
CISA Update on Treasury Breach
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Achieving Security and Trust in a Data Fabric: The Role of Zero Trust Architecture
Organizations face the growing challenge of managing, protecting, and governing data across diverse environments. As data flows through hybrid cloud systems, multi-cloud environments, and on-premises infrastructures, maintaining a cohesive, secure data ecosystem has become a complicated and daunting affair. A…
Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join China’s Salt Typhoon victim list
Slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues The list of telecommunications victims in the Salt Typhoon cyberattack continues to grow as a new report names Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream among those breached by Chinese government snoops.… This article…
CISA says ‘no indication’ of wider government hack beyond Treasury
U.S. Treasury officials confirmed a cyberattack on its systems in early December 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: CISA says ‘no…