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Balancing proprietary and open-source tools in cyber threat research

Balancing proprietary and open-source tools in cyber threat research 2025-01-06 at 07:38 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Roccia, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft, discusses how threat research drives faster, better decision-making in cybersecurity operations. Roccia provides insights into balancing internal and external research strategies, the influence of AI and geopolitical […]

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Only 26% of Europe’s top companies earn a high rating for cybersecurity

Only 26% of Europe’s top companies earn a high rating for cybersecurity 2025-01-06 at 07:02 By Help Net Security With the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) deadline approaching on 17th January, 2025, Europe’s top 100 companies face an urgent cybersecurity challenge, according to SecurityScorecard. A-rated companies safer from breaches The report highlights the role

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An era of conflict: Navigating a ‘fragmenting world’ in 2025

An era of conflict: Navigating a ‘fragmenting world’ in 2025 2025-01-06 at 07:02 By In 2025, organizations will be more vulnerable to the second and third order effects of seemingly esoteric, distant or unrelated phenomena.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Users receive at least one advanced phishing link every week

Users receive at least one advanced phishing link every week 2025-01-06 at 06:37 By Help Net Security Phishing remains one of the most significant cyber threats impacting organizations worldwide, according to SlashNext. Credential phishing is raising Credential theft attacks surged dramatically in the second half of 2024 (703%), signaling a sharp escalation in the use

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Is healthcare cybersecurity in critical condition?

Is healthcare cybersecurity in critical condition? 2025-01-06 at 06:03 By Help Net Security This article highlights key findings and trends in healthcare cybersecurity for 2024. From the rising impact of cyberattacks on patient care to the vulnerabilities posed by medical devices and supply chains, these insights provide an overview of the current state of cybersecurity

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Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables

Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables 2025-01-06 at 05:34 By Simon Sharwood More evidence of Beijing’s liking for grey zone warfare, or a murky claim with odd African entanglements? Taiwanese authorities have asserted that a China-linked ship entered its waters and damaged a submarine cable.… This article is an excerpt

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Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online 2025-01-06 at 03:35 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more Infosec in Brief  Welcome to 2025: hopefully you enjoyed a pleasant holiday season and returned to the security operations center without

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Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand ‘surges 1150%’

Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand ‘surges 1150%’ 2025-01-06 at 01:18 By Jessica Lyons State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is Florida witnessed a massive rise in VPN demand on New Year’s Day after Pornhub began prohibiting people from accessing its site from within the Sunshine State, it is claimed.… This

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How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software

How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software 2025-01-06 at 00:21 By Liam Proven Even Microsoft’s lead architect misunderstood the failure Opinion  The resurfacing of a 1995 Usenet post earlier this month prompted The Reg FOSS desk to re-examine a pivotal operating system flop … and its long-term consequences.… This article is an

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The real reason that OS/2 flopped went on to shape modern software

The real reason that OS/2 flopped went on to shape modern software 2025-01-05 at 15:33 By Liam Proven Even Microsoft’s lead architect misunderstood the failure Opinion  The resurfacing of a 1995 Usenet post earlier this month prompted The Reg FOSS desk to re-examine a pivotal operating system flop … and its long-term consequences.… This article

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Twigstats software sheds light on mysteries of Europe’s old-school migrators

Twigstats software sheds light on mysteries of Europe’s old-school migrators 2025-01-05 at 13:27 By Lindsay Clark New tool for genetic analysis promises greater insights from the extraction of ancient DNA Software developed to investigate more detailed differences between ancient DNA data has proved its worth this week after a paper describing human population movements in

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US sanctions Beijing-based cyber group for its alleged role in hacking incidents

US sanctions Beijing-based cyber group for its alleged role in hacking incidents 2025-01-05 at 05:03 By Associated Press The U.S. Treasury on Friday sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York

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How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible

How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible 2025-01-04 at 20:35 By Tobias Mann If they’re not consuming H2O directly, the power plant almost certainly is Feature  The explosive growth of datacenters that followed ChatGPT’s debut in 2022 has shone a spotlight on the environmental impact of these power-hungry facilities.… This

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Clop Ransomware Strikes Again: Compromises 66 Companies

Clop Ransomware Strikes Again: Compromises 66 Companies 2025-01-04 at 19:23 View original post at vpnMentor The Clop ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has compromised at least 66 companies by exploiting vulnerabilities in Cleo Software’s widely used file transfer tools. The gang revealed the partial names of the targeted organizations on its

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Gmail, Outlook and Apple users urged to watch out for this new email scam: Cybersecurity experts sound alarm

Gmail, Outlook and Apple users urged to watch out for this new email scam: Cybersecurity experts sound alarm 2025-01-04 at 17:48 By Brooke Kato Security company McAfee is warning of this new sophisticated scam. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to

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Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution

Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution 2025-01-04 at 17:33 By A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery’s Nuclei, a widely-used open-source vulnerability scanner that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and potentially execute malicious code. Tracked as CVE-2024-43405, it carries a CVSS score of 7.4

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Encryption backdoor debate ‘done and dusted,’ former White House tech advisor says

Encryption backdoor debate ‘done and dusted,’ former White House tech advisor says 2025-01-04 at 16:34 By Jessica Lyons When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it’s serious business interview  In the wake of the Salt Typhoon hacks, which lawmakers and privacy advocates alike have called the worst telecoms breach in America’s history, the US government

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Shackleton’s Endurance sets sail for polar peril in Lego

Shackleton’s Endurance sets sail for polar peril in Lego 2025-01-04 at 11:34 By David Spooner Because we’re all still kids – just richer The debate as to whether Lego is a toy or not largely depends on your willingness to accept revisiting childhood excitement as an adult, especially when it’s now far more likely to

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PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps

PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps 2025-01-04 at 11:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution. The backdoor, according to Google’s Managed Defense team, shares functional overlaps

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