A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain. “The group under review…
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How-To create Security User Stories
In the previous article, we explored how Scrum enables teams to add security to the backlog and prioritize it based on risk. Incorporating security into the SDLC ensures that security is not an afterthought but an integral part of the…
Gone Phishin’ – Everything you need to know (and more). Cyber Security Today Weekend for October 19, 2024
Phishing and Cybersecurity: Evolution, Tactics, and Human Factors In this deep dive into the world of cybersecurity, join experts Jim Love and David Shipley as they unravel the ever-evolving landscape of phishing attacks and modern cyber threats. Through discussing the…
The Disinformation Warning Coming From the Edge of Europe
Moldova is facing a tide of disinformation unprecedented in complexity and aggression, the head of a new center meant to combat it tells WIRED. And platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube could do more. This article has been indexed…
Omni Family Health data breach impacts 468,344 individuals
Omni Family Health disclosed a data breach affecting nearly 470,000 current and former patients and employees. Omni Family Health is a nonprofit organization that provides healthcare services to communities in California, focusing on underserved populations. They offer a range of…
Southeast Asia reiterates pledge to collaborate amid growing cyber threats in AI era
ASEAN member states now have a physical CERT facility located in Singapore to exchange threat intel and best practices. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article: Southeast Asia reiterates pledge to…
Get an Untrusted Security Advisor! Have Fun, Reduce Fail!
Many organizations are looking for trusted advisors, and this applies to our beloved domain of cyber/information security. If you look at LinkedIn, many consultants present themselves as trusted advisors to CISOs or their teams. Untrusted Advisor by Dall-E via Copilot This perhaps…
Is End-User Cybersecurity Training Useless? Spoiler Alert: It’s Not!
Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture Because of the frequency of phishing attacks landing in user mailboxes and the severity of the consequences of a user falling for a lure, any improvement at all can make the difference between an…
Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites
Also, new EU cyber reporting rules are live, exploiters hit the gas pedal, free PDNS for UK schools, and more in brief A critical security update for the near-ubiquitous WordPress plugin Jetpack was released last week. Site administrators should ensure…
EFF to Third Circuit: TikTok Has Section 230 Immunity for Video Recommendations
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF legal intern Nick Delehanty was the principal author of this post. EFF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit…
FBI and CISA Issue Public Service Announcement Warning of Tactics Foreign Threat Actors are Using to Spread Disinformation in the 2024 U.S. General Election
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from CISA News Read the original article: FBI and CISA Issue Public Service Announcement Warning of Tactics Foreign…
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Scarf
Cute squid scarf. Blog moderation policy. This article has been indexed from Schneier on Security Read the original article: Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Scarf
Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations
U.S. and allies warn of attacks from Iran-linked actors targeting critical infrastructure through brute-force attacks in a year-long campaign. Intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from the U.S., Australia, and Canada, warn about a year-long campaign carried out by Iran-linked threat actors…
APIContext Joins Akamai’s Qualified Compute Partner Program to Boost Cloud Capabilities
APIContext, a company specializing in API-driven solutions, has joined Akamai Technologies’ Qualified Compute Partner Program as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). This collaboration allows APIContext to leverage Akamai’s computing infrastructure, providing clients with enhanced performance, scalability, and security for their…
A Flourishing Internet Depends on Competition
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Antitrust law has long recognized that monopolies stifle innovation and gouge consumers on price. When it comes to Big Tech, harm to innovation—in the form of “kill…
USENIX NSDI ’24 – MESSI: Behavioral Testing of BGP Implementations
Authors/Presenters:Rathin Singha, Rajdeep Mondal, Ryan Beckett, Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla, Todd Millstein, George Varghese Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’24) content,…
Securing Cloud-Native Applications: A CISO’s Perspective on Broken Access Control
When we talk about security in cloud-native applications, broken access control remains one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities. The OWASP Top 10 lists it as the most prevalent security risk today, and for good reason: the impact of mismanaged permissions…
The American Water cyberattack: Explaining how it happened
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from Security Resources and Information from TechTarget Read the original article: The American Water cyberattack: Explaining how it…
Publishers Spotlight: Proofpoint
I was thrilled to catch up with Proofpoint top executives, recently, to discuss Proofpoint’s AI-powered solution and critical issues including data leakage and insider risks. In an era where digital… The post Publishers Spotlight: Proofpoint appeared first on Cyber Defense…
AI-Generated Personas: Trust and Deception
And the Ethical Dilemma of Using AI to Create Fake Online Personalities In recent years, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have given rise to powerful tools like StyleGAN and sophisticated language models such as ChatGPT. These technologies can create hyper-realistic…