With insider risk rising and becoming increasingly expensive, it’s becoming more incumbent on companies to figure out how they want to tackle it. Historically, one approach has been to use Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies. As far as cybersecurity tools…
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New Gootloader Malware Abuses RDP to Spread Rapidly
Hackers target Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) via malware because it provides them with remote access to a victim’s computer or network, allowing them to:- Cybersecurity researchers at IBM X-Force affirmed recently that in place of conventional frameworks like CobaltStrike, the…
WhatsApp New Privacy Feature Let Users Hide Location During Calls
WhatsApp has begun to roll out the ‘Protect IP Address in Calls’ feature, which conceals your IP address during calls. Upon using this feature, all your calls will be relayed through WhatsApp’s servers, protecting your IP address and preventing other…
Hackers Exploiting Confluence Flaw to Deploy Ransomware
Hackers actively target Confluence flaws because it is a widely used collaboration and documentation platform, making it a valuable target for gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information or spreading malware. Exploiting vulnerabilities in Confluence can lead to:- These things make…
New infosec products of the week: November 10, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Aqua Security, ARMO, Druva, IRONSCALES, Malwarebytes, and Varonis. Varonis enhances its Microsoft 365 offering to prevent sensitive email exposure Varonis announced major enhancements to its…
November 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Year 21 begins
The October forecast for large numbers of CVEs addressed in Windows 10 and 11 and the recent record on the number fixed in Windows Server 2012 was spot on! Microsoft addressed 75 CVEs in Windows 11, 80 in Windows 10,…
Stealthy Kamran Spyware Targeting Urdu-speaking Users in Gilgit-Baltistan
Urdu-speaking readers of a regional news website that caters to the Gilgit-Baltistan region have likely emerged as a target of a watering hole attack designed to deliver a previously undocumented Android spyware dubbed Kamran. The campaign, ESET has discovered, leverages Hunza News…
Sandworm Disrupts Power in Ukraine Using a Novel Attack Against Operational Technology
In late 2022, Mandiant responded to a disruptive cyber physical incident in which the Russia-linked threat actor Sandworm targeted a Ukrainian critical infrastructure organization. This incident was a multi-event cyber attack that leveraged a novel technique for impacting industrial control…
What is a diamond model of Intrusion Analysis
The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis is a framework used in cybersecurity to analyze and understand cyber threats and intrusion events. It provides a structured way to break down and analyze cyber incidents, helping security professionals and incident responders to…
How to withstand the onslaught of cybersecurity threats
“We brought a shovel to fight an avalanche.” That’s the sentiment shared by many business leaders, especially CISOs, CIOs and IT leaders as they face the current cybersecurity threat landscape. Like an avalanche, it’s constantly shifting and changing, moving quickly…
Cyber Attack on US Bank forces it to transit data via USB Sticks
In a world plagued by numerous cyberattacks and their devastating aftermath, a recent incident involving the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has drawn significant attention. ICBC, one of the world’s largest banks, was forced to resort to a…
Data protection demands AI-specific security strategies
Adoption and use of AI tools is high across organizations, however many are concerned about the impacts AI will have on their larger data security strategy, according to Immuta. Only half of the respondents say their organization’s data security strategy…
Rethinking cyber risk: The case against spreadsheets
In this Help Net Security video, Christina Hoefer, VP of Global Industrial Enterprise at Forescout, discusses why it is time for manufacturers/OT security leaders to “toss the spreadsheet” regarding their traditional methods of tracking data for cyber risk assessments. She…
Organizations lack the skills and headcount to manage Kubernetes
The Kubernetes industry is undergoing rapid change and evolution due to the growth of edge computing, the acceleration of AI, and the pressing need to modernize Kubernetes management in response to increasing technology scale and complexity, according to Spectro Cloud.…
Chess – 827,620 breached accounts
In November 2023, over 800k user records were scraped from the Chess website and posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included email address, name, username and the geographic location of the user. This article has been indexed from…
Microsoft shares threat intelligence at CYBERWARCON 2023
At the CYBERWARCON 2023 conference, Microsoft and LinkedIn analysts are presenting several sessions detailing analysis across multiple sets of threat actors and related activity, demonstrating Microsoft Threat Intelligence’s ongoing efforts to track threat actors, protect customers, and share information with…
Defending from Within: Strategies to Thwart Insider Threats
Insider threats are a growing concern for organizations due to the increasing prevalence of malicious actors and careless employees. Prevention strategies must go beyond traditional… The post Defending from Within: Strategies to Thwart Insider Threats appeared first on Security Zap.…
It’s Time to Oppose the New San Francisco Policing Ballot Measure
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> San Francisco Mayor London Breed has filed a ballot initiative on surveillance and policing that, if approved, would greatly erode our privacy rights, endanger marginalized communities, and…
The Top Five Scariest Public Sector Cybersecurity Trends
Guest Editorial by Richard Osborne and Jason Franks Cybersecurity for public-sector organizations — i.e., those in the public safety and justice communities — is a big, messy problem that is getting bigger and messier daily. This article examines the five…
Hacker Leaks 800,000 Scraped Chess.com User Records
By Waqas Important to understand: Chess.com has not suffered a data breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Leaks 800,000 Scraped Chess.com User Records This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity News,…