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The pitfalls of neglecting security ownership at the design stage

The pitfalls of neglecting security ownership at the design stage 27/09/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz For companies to avoid bleeding millions through cyber threats, they must build adaptability into their security strategy from the start while considering a range of inputs that go beyond the IT and network access aspects. In this Help Net […]

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Is your identity safe? Exploring the gaps in threat protection

Is your identity safe? Exploring the gaps in threat protection 27/09/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security A recent study from Silverfort has identified the identity attack surface as today’s most substantial weakness in cybersecurity resilience. Traditional approaches, such as MFA and PAM, have notable limitations that can lead to the exploitation of stolen credentials.

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Critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability could be exploited to launch supply chain attacks (CVE-2023-42793)

Critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability could be exploited to launch supply chain attacks (CVE-2023-42793) 26/09/2023 at 18:01 By Zeljka Zorz Software development firm JetBrains has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-42793) in its TeamCity continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) solution, which may allow authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution and gain control of the server.

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Cl0p’s MOVEit attack tally surpasses 2,000 victim organizations

Cl0p’s MOVEit attack tally surpasses 2,000 victim organizations 26/09/2023 at 15:01 By Helga Labus The number of victim organizations hit by Cl0p via vulnerable MOVEit installations has surpassed 2,000, and the number of affected individuals is now over 60 million. The victim organizations are overwhelmingly based in the US. “The most heavily impacted sectors are

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Has Sony been hacked again?

Has Sony been hacked again? 26/09/2023 at 13:19 By Zeljka Zorz Ransomed.vc, a relatively new ransomware / cyber extortion group, claims to have hacked Sony and made off with valuable data. Sony allegedly hacked and its data held for ransom “We have successfully compromissed all of sony systems. We wont ransom them! we will sell

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Are developers giving enough thought to prompt injection threats when building code?

Are developers giving enough thought to prompt injection threats when building code? 26/09/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security With National Coding Week behind us, the development community has had its annual moment of collective reflection and focus on emerging technologies that are shaping the industry. Among these, large language models (LLMs) and “generative AI”

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5 free vulnerability scanners you should check out

5 free vulnerability scanners you should check out 26/09/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Vulnerability scanners delve into systems to uncover security gaps. The primary mission? To fortify organizations against breaches and shield sensitive data from exposure. Beyond merely pinpointing weaknesses, vulnerability scanning is a proactive measure to anticipate potential attacker entry points. The

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MITRE ATT&CK project leader on why the framework remains vital for cybersecurity pros

MITRE ATT&CK project leader on why the framework remains vital for cybersecurity pros 26/09/2023 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz MITRE ATT&CK, a common language for cybersecurity professionals to communicate with each other and better understand real-world adversary behaviors, celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. In this Help Net Security interview, project leader Adam Pennington discusses

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Cybersecurity skills employers are desperate to find in 2023

Cybersecurity skills employers are desperate to find in 2023 26/09/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security The surge in digital economic growth and our increasing dependence on it make cybersecurity a critical profession. In this Help Net Security video, Aaron Rosenmund, Director of Security Research and Curriculum, Pluralsight, discusses the most sought-after cybersecurity skills in

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National Student Clearinghouse MOVEit breach impacts nearly 900 schools

National Student Clearinghouse MOVEit breach impacts nearly 900 schools 25/09/2023 at 14:31 By Helga Labus US educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has revealed that the breach of its MOVEit server ended up affecting almost 900 colleges and universities, and resulted in the theft of personal information of their students. The National Student Clearinghouse

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Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats

Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats 25/09/2023 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number

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How global enterprises navigate the complex world of data privacy

How global enterprises navigate the complex world of data privacy 25/09/2023 at 07:38 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Evelyn de Souza, Head of Privacy Compliance, Oracle SaaS Cloud, talks about the constant efforts required to keep up with privacy laws in each country, and ensuring compliance across the entire organization. She

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GitLab fixes critical vulnerability, patch now! (CVE-2023-5009)

GitLab fixes critical vulnerability, patch now! (CVE-2023-5009) 22/09/2023 at 13:31 By Helga Labus GitLab has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-5009) in the Enterprise Edition (EE) and Community Edition (CE) of its widely used DevOps platform. They flaw may allow a threat actor to abuse scan execution policies to run pipelines as another user. About the

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Apple fixes 3 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited to compromise iPhones

Apple fixes 3 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited to compromise iPhones 22/09/2023 at 13:19 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has released updates for iOS and iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari to fix three zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41992, CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41993) exploited “against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.” Bill Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The University of Toronto’s Munk

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Why more security doesn’t mean more effective compliance

Why more security doesn’t mean more effective compliance 22/09/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Financial institutions have always been a valuable target for cyberattacks. That’s partly why banking and financial institutions are heavily regulated and have more compliance requirements than those in most other industries. A slew of new rules have been put in

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Signal takes a quantum leap with E2EE protocol upgrade

Signal takes a quantum leap with E2EE protocol upgrade 21/09/2023 at 16:01 By Helga Labus Signal has announced an upgrade to its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol to protect users of its popular messaging app from encryption-breaking attacks through quantum computers. Getting ready for quantum computing “Quantum computing represents a new type of computational system which

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Telecom firms hit with novel backdoors disguised as security software

Telecom firms hit with novel backdoors disguised as security software 21/09/2023 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have unearthed new backdoors leveraged to maintain long-term access in the networks of telecom firms in the Middle East. HTTPSnoop and PipeSnoop – as the two implants have been dubbed by Cisco Talos researchers – have been disguised

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Fake WinRAR PoC spread VenomRAT malware

Fake WinRAR PoC spread VenomRAT malware 21/09/2023 at 13:01 By Helga Labus An unknown threat actor has released a fake proof of concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2023-4047, a recently fixed remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WinRAR, to spread the VenomRAT malware. The fake WinRAR PoC On August 17, 2023, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

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

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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How to set up and speed up Amazon S3 Replication for cross-region data replication

How to set up and speed up Amazon S3 Replication for cross-region data replication 21/09/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Amazon S3 is a simple cloud storage solution enabling effortless storage and retrieval of large amounts of data from different geographies. It’s engineered for scalability, durability, and security, making it a popular option for

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