The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

Ransomware — malware that prevents you from accessing your files unless you pay the hacker that infected your computer — has been an issue plaguing computer users and businesses for years. Starting with Windows 10 , Microsoft has added features to its built-in Windows Security software that can help keep your computer safe from ransomware.

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Galido

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - Data Security and its Importance on the Internet - Information Technology Blog. Users are partly responsible for their own safety, and often the lack of security updates and knowledge of security protocol has made them vulnerable to malicious attacks. Keep Systems Updated.

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Network World

AUGUST 30, 2016

Security researchers have highlighted in recent months how the web proxy configuration in browsers and operating systems can be abused to steal sensitive user data. It seems that attackers are catching on. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a joint cybersecurity advisory with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2021

One way that EMOTET was so effective was due to its ability to spread via word documents. Europol says the EMOTET group was able to take email as an attack vector to the next level: "Through a fully automated process, EMOTET malware was delivered to the victims’ computers via infected e-mail attachments. EMOTET as an attack for hire.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just detected a new cyber threat from North Korea. This is malware you'll want to watch out for. According to the new CISA report , Blindingcan is a new malware strain used by malicious North Korean cyber actors. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Security Adrian Mouat reviews some of the security-focused changes in Go 1.20. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164!

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost. Cross-platform malware. Orca Security discusses the “Superglue” vulnerability in AWS Glue. Sander Rodenhuis wrote an article on security policies in Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Teri Radichel uses some basketball analogies to explain why defensive (proactive) security strategies are more desirable than reactive security strategies. Sentinel Labs outlines a major malware push that is bypassing Apple’s malware protections. Operating Systems/Applications. A severity score of 9.9

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. Coupled with Microsoft’s hardware requirements is a push to enable a more modern BIOS (UEFI) that supports features like Secure Boot and TPM 2.0

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Teri Radichel uses some basketball analogies to explain why defensive (proactive) security strategies are more desirable than reactive security strategies. Sentinel Labs outlines a major malware push that is bypassing Apple’s malware protections. Operating Systems/Applications. A severity score of 9.9

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 29, 2022

Enterprises are rapidly moving to a cloud-first strategy, one that will deliver operational and security improvements across their entire IT estate. One of the biggest areas for malware and security risk to exist is in legacy apps, especially older homegrown apps without proper documentation. Security by design.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

Apple claims Epic is trying to break the iOS platform’s vaunted safety and security for its own gain. Since these figures were deposed before the trial, court documents have already revealed a few interesting details about the companies’ businesses — and we’ll probably see more as they take the stand.

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2021

We’ve known for a while that Apple isn’t going to make iMessage available outside of iOS devices, but this trial showed exactly how thoroughly Apple has considered expanding iMessage into other operating systems — and exactly why the company doesn’t want to. 8] Apple is still worried about malware downloads on the Mac.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

What is starting to be realized by the person with the CIO job and security experts everywhere is that there is a reason for these repeated attacks. There is a fundamental weakness in the architecture of the Windows platform, which seems to make it particularly vulnerable to malware. They just keep attacking it over and over.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

Last night, both sides filed a document called a “proposed findings of fact,” essentially laying out every factual claim they’ll rely on in their arguments. Apple wanted to ensure that iOS devices were more protected from those malware and instability issues and quality issues that the PC world was used to,” Apple claims in its filing.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Cloud Security Fundamentals — The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features. Linux Study Group in May.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. You want to see if they can penetrate your security, and cause it to break in some way. I mean really?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. You want to see if they can penetrate your security, and cause it to break in some way. I mean really?

Network 52

Network Applications Security Operating Systems 52

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Cloud Security Fundamentals — The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features. Linux Study Group in May.

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Vox

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It’s also an outlier; rival mobile operating system Android allows pretty much any app, though app stores may have their own restrictions. You can buy a computer with a Microsoft operating system from a variety of manufacturers, and nearly 1,300 brands sell devices with Google’s Android operating system.

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A Screw's Loose

MARCH 5, 2013

Security, no matter where you look everyone is talking about it these days. That works really well until that endpoint is a Dropbox folder that someone placed a critical document in, or a USB Flash drive they copied it to. print Tagged as: Enterprise Strategy , Security. the point about security and mobile. Barn Doors.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

A round of document production from the company and its rivals was done in the spring, and staff members appear to be preparing depositions of Facebook’s top leadership, including its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, according to the people. The so-called “ Splinternet ” is a long time in coming. The Twitter hack.

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CTOvision

APRIL 15, 2015

Invincea Redefines Endpoint Security with Integrated Endpoint, Cloud Analysis and Enterprise Response Capabilities. the leader in advanced endpoint threat protection, again redefined endpoint security today by adding extensive new threat identification and response capabilities to its award-winning secure containerization solution.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 21, 2022

Security researches discovered what they describe as a " fairly uncommon piece of malware," a modified version of the open source backdoor named " GoMet. ". There are two documented cases of its use by sophisticated threat actors. Agents can be deployed on a variety of operating systems (OS) or architectures (amd64, arm, etc.).

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Living off the Land (LoL) is an attack where files already on your machine, ie your operating system, are used against you. Vamosi: Whenever there's a data breach, a ransomware attack, large security event in general, I would like to learn something about how it happened. Like all the unused files within your operating system?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Estimates vary greatly, with some security vendors claiming dwell time is as low as 11 days with ransomware while others claim dwell time can be as high as 200 days or more with more sophisticated attacks. These APTs have somehow found a way to bypass most security tools, hence their persistence. Stealth malware.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

Frank, now the chief innovation officer and co founder of Tidal Security, returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss the ATT&CK, only this time from the perspective of his new company. He talks about the community platform that Tidal Security launched at Black Hat USA 2022. Vamosi: I just returned from Hacker Summer Camp 2022.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I’m just not convinced that a fingerprint or an image of my face is secure enough. And I’ve talked to enough people throughout the years who have shown me how to defeat such systems. I'm a cyber security professional, I guess. My current role is CEO of a cybersecurity firm out of Toronto called Satkhira Secure.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

In this episode, Frank Duff, Director of ATT&CK Evaluations for MITRE Engenuity, talks about how both red and blue teams can directly benefit from ATT&CK, and how organizations -- and even some security vendors -- are now evaluating their solutions against it. government agencies. government agencies. Yeah, great but what does it do?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

In this episode, Frank Duff, Director of ATT&CK Evaluations for MITRE Engenuity, talks about how both red and blue teams can directly benefit from ATT&CK, and how organizations -- and even some security vendors -- are now evaluating their solutions against it. government agencies. government agencies. Yeah, great but what does it do?

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