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Microsoft introduces new access policies in Entra to boost MFA usage

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Microsoft introduces new access policies in Entra to boost MFA usage 07/11/2023 at 18:17 By Helga Labus As part of a broader initiative to strengthen security, Microsoft is rolling out Microsoft-managed Conditional Access policies in Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) to increase the use of multifactor authentication (MFA) for enterprise accounts. Microsoft Entra Conditional […]

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F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilities leveraged by attackers: What to do?

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F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilities leveraged by attackers: What to do? 02/11/2023 at 14:01 By Zeljka Zorz The two BIG-IP vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46747, CVE-2023-46748) F5 Networks has recently released hotfixes for are being exploited by attackers in the wild, the company has confirmed. “It is important to note that not all exploited systems may show the same indicators,

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MITRE ATT&CK v14 released

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MITRE ATT&CK v14 released 02/11/2023 at 12:16 By Zeljka Zorz MITRE has released MITRE ATT&CK v14, the newest iteration of its popular investigation framework / knowledge base of tactics and techniques employed by cyber attackers. MITRE ATT&CK v14 ATT&CK’s goal is to catalog and categorize behaviors of cyber adversaries in real-world attacks. The framework is

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F5 fixes critical BIG-IP vulnerability (CVE-2023-46747)

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F5 fixes critical BIG-IP vulnerability (CVE-2023-46747) 30/10/2023 at 18:46 By Helga Labus F5 Networks has released hotfixes for three vulnerabilities affecting its BIG-IP multi-purpose networking devices/modules, including a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-46747) that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). About CVE-2023-46747 Discovered and reported by Thomas Hendrickson and Michael Weber of Praetorian

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Quishing: Tricks to look out for

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Quishing: Tricks to look out for 26/10/2023 at 11:01 By Zeljka Zorz QR code phishing – aka “quishing” – is on the rise, according to HP, Darktrace, Malwarebytes, AusCERT, and many others. What are QR codes? QR codes are two-dimensional matrix barcodes used for tracking products, identifying items, simplifying actions such as connecting to a

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Microsoft announces wider availability of AI-powered Security Copilot

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Microsoft announces wider availability of AI-powered Security Copilot 23/10/2023 at 15:04 By Helga Labus Microsoft Security Copilot has been made available to a larger number of enterprise customers, via an invitation-only Early Access Program. What is Microsoft Security Copilot? “Security Copilot is an AI assistant for security teams that builds on the latest in large

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Settlements giant DTTC acquires blockchain infrastructure developer Securrency

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Settlements giant DTTC acquires blockchain infrastructure developer Securrency 20/10/2023 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph By Derek Andersen Securrency will help DTTC increase its role in developing digital asset clearance options. DTTC settled $2.5 quadrillion worth of securities transactions in 2022. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Google ads for KeePass, Notepad++ lead to malware

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Google ads for KeePass, Notepad++ lead to malware 19/10/2023 at 12:16 By Zeljka Zorz Users using Google to search for and download the KeePass password manager and the Notepad++ text editor may have inadvertently gotten saddled with malware, says Jérôme Segura, Director of Threat Intelligence at Malwarebytes. Malvertising via search engine ads is a constant,

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Researchers warn of increased malware delivery via fake browser updates

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Researchers warn of increased malware delivery via fake browser updates 17/10/2023 at 13:32 By Zeljka Zorz ClearFake, a recently documented threat leveraging compromised WordPress sites to push malicious fake browser updates, is likely operated by the threat group behind the SocGholish “malware delivery via fake browser updates” campaigns, Sekoia researchers have concluded. About ClearFake ClearFake

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Compromised Skype accounts deliver DarkGate malware to employees

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Compromised Skype accounts deliver DarkGate malware to employees 16/10/2023 at 16:46 By Helga Labus A threat actor is using compromised Skype accounts to deliver the DarkGate malware to target organizations, Trend Micro researchers have warned. “Versions of DarkGate have been advertised on Russian language forum eCrime since May 2023. Since then, an increase in the

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Microsoft Defender can automatically contain compromised user accounts

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Microsoft Defender can automatically contain compromised user accounts 12/10/2023 at 15:32 By Helga Labus The “contain user” feature select Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers have been trying out since November 2022 is now available to a wider pool of organizations, Microsoft has announced. The feature aims to help organizations disrupt human-operated attacks like ransomware, business

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Microsoft 365 email senders urged to implement SPF, DKIM and DMARC

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Microsoft 365 email senders urged to implement SPF, DKIM and DMARC 09/10/2023 at 13:32 By Helga Labus In the wake of Google’s announcement of new rules for bulk senders, Microsoft is urging Microsoft 365 email senders to implement SPF, DKIM and DMARC email authentication methods. “These Domain Name Service (DNS) email authentication records verify that

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Critical Trend Micro vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-41179)

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Critical Trend Micro vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-41179) 21/09/2023 at 11:46 By Zeljka Zorz Trend Micro has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-41179) in several of its endpoint security products for enterprises that has been spotted being exploited in the wild. About CVE-2023-41179 The nature of the flaw hasn’t been revealed, but we know

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Shadow IT: Security policies may be a problem

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Shadow IT: Security policies may be a problem 20/09/2023 at 08:23 By Zeljka Zorz 3 out of 4 workers use personal (and often unmanaged) phones and laptops for work and nearly half of companies let unmanaged devices access protected resources, a recent report by Kolide and Dimensional Research has revealed. When asked why they use

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Bitwave acquires crypto accounting platform Gilded

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Bitwave acquires crypto accounting platform Gilded 14/09/2023 at 21:06 By Cointelegraph By Ana Paula Pereira Bitwave announced the acquisition of Gilded to enhance accounting and enterprise solutions amid improving accounting and tax clarity in the United States. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Attackers use fallback ransomware if LockBit gets blocked

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Attackers use fallback ransomware if LockBit gets blocked 14/09/2023 at 13:15 By Zeljka Zorz Your security solutions might stave off a LockBit infection, but you might still end up with encrypted files: according to Symantec’s threat researchers, some affiliates are using the 3AM ransomware as a fallback option in case LockBit gets flagged and blocked.

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MetaStealer malware is targeting enterprise macOS users

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MetaStealer malware is targeting enterprise macOS users 13/09/2023 at 14:32 By Helga Labus Enterprise macOS users are being targeted by attackers slinging new information-stealing malware dubbed MetaStealer. The MetaStealer malware MetaStealer is delivered within malicious disk image format (.dmg) files. The names of the files – such as Advertising terms of reference (MacOS presentation).dmg and

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How Chinese hackers got their hands on Microsoft’s token signing key

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How Chinese hackers got their hands on Microsoft’s token signing key 07/09/2023 at 17:00 By Zeljka Zorz The mystery of how Chinese hackers managed to steal a crucial signing key that allowed them to breach Microsoft 365’s email service and access accounts of employees of 25 government agencies has been explained: they found it somewhere

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Cisco VPNs with no MFA enabled hit by ransomware groups

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Cisco VPNs with no MFA enabled hit by ransomware groups 31/08/2023 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz Since March 2023 (and possibly even earlier), affiliates of the Akira and LockBit ransomware operators have been breaching organizations via Cisco ASA SSL VPN appliances. “In some cases, adversaries have conducted credential stuffing attacks that leveraged weak or default

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Customizing LLMs for domain-specific tasks

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Customizing LLMs for domain-specific tasks 28/08/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security The expansion of large language models (LLMs) in recent times has brought about a revolutionary change in machine learning processes and has introduced fresh perspectives on the potential of AI, according to Predibase. Based on survey data from organizations experimenting with LLMs, researchers

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