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How CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs view cyber risks differently

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How CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs view cyber risks differently 2024-08-13 at 06:31 By Help Net Security C-suite executives face a unique challenge: aligning their priorities between driving technological innovation and ensuring business resilience while managing ever-evolving cyber threats from criminals adept at exploiting the latest technologies, according to LevelBlue. This balancing act highlights the complexity […]

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35% of exposed API keys still active, posing major security risks

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35% of exposed API keys still active, posing major security risks 2024-08-13 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Nightfall AI’s research revealed that secrets like passwords and API keys were most often found in GitHub, with nearly 350 total secrets exposed per 100 employees every year. Hidden risks of secret sprawl in cloud and SaaS

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Chrome, Edge users beset by malicious extensions that can’t be easily removed

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Chrome, Edge users beset by malicious extensions that can’t be easily removed 2024-08-12 at 16:31 By Zeljka Zorz A widespread campaign featuring a malicious installer that saddles users with difficult-to-remove malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions has been spotted by researchers. “The trojan malware contains different deliverables ranging from simple adware extensions that hijack searches

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Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackers (CVE-2024-38200)

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Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackers (CVE-2024-38200) 2024-08-12 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz A new MS Office zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-38200) can be exploited by attackers to grab users’ NTLM hashes, Microsoft has shared late last week. The vulnerability is exploitable remotely and requires no special privileges or user interaction to be

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Scout Suite: Open-source cloud security auditing tool

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Scout Suite: Open-source cloud security auditing tool 2024-08-12 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Scout Suite is an open-source, multi-cloud security auditing tool designed to assess the security posture of cloud environments. By leveraging the APIs provided by cloud vendors, Scout Suite collects and organizes configuration data, making it easier to identify potential risks. Instead

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74% of ransomware victims were attacked multiple times in a year

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74% of ransomware victims were attacked multiple times in a year 2024-08-12 at 07:01 By Help Net Security An alarming trend toward multiple, sometimes simultaneous cyber attacks forces business leaders to re-evaluate their cyber resilience strategies to address common points of failure, including inadequate identity system backup and recovery practices, according to Semperis. Survey of

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Steps to improve quality engineering and system robustness

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Steps to improve quality engineering and system robustness 2024-08-12 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Major tech outages have recently impacted customers and operations at McDonald’s, Greggs, Deliveroo, Tesco, and Barclays. In this Help Net Security video, Stephen Johnson, CEO of Roq, says it is now imperative for companies and organizations to invest significantly more

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Misconfigurations and IAM weaknesses top cloud security concerns

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Misconfigurations and IAM weaknesses top cloud security concerns 2024-08-12 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Traditional cloud security issues often associated with cloud service providers (CSPs) are continuing to decrease in importance, according to the Top Threats to Cloud Computing 2024 report by the Cloud Security Alliance. Misconfigurations, IAM weaknesses, and API risks remain critical

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Week in review: Tips for starting your cybersecurity career, Patch Tuesday forecast

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Week in review: Tips for starting your cybersecurity career, Patch Tuesday forecast 2024-08-11 at 11:01 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: August 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Looking for a calm August release August 2024 July ended up being more ‘exciting’ than many

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Critical 1Password flaws may allow hackers to snatch your passwords (CVE-2024-42219, CVE-2024-42218)

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Critical 1Password flaws may allow hackers to snatch your passwords (CVE-2024-42219, CVE-2024-42218) 2024-08-09 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz Two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-42219, CVE-2024-42218) affecting the macOS version of the popular 1Password password manager could allow malware to steal secrets stored in the software’s vaults and obtain the account unlock key, AgileBits has confirmed. Discovered by the

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August 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Looking for a calm August release

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August 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Looking for a calm August release 2024-08-09 at 13:01 By Help Net Security July ended up being more ‘exciting’ than many of us wanted; we’re supposed to be in the height of summer vacation season. First, we had a large set of updates on Patch Tuesday, then we had to

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“0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affects Chrome, Safari and Firefox

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“0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affects Chrome, Safari and Firefox 2024-08-09 at 13:01 By Zeljka Zorz A “0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affecting Chrome, Safari and Firefox can be – and has been – exploited by attackers to gain access to services on internal networks, Oligo Security researchers have revealed. The vulnerability stems from how those popular browsers handle network requests

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NIS2: A catalyst for cybersecurity innovation or just another box-ticking exercise?

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NIS2: A catalyst for cybersecurity innovation or just another box-ticking exercise? 2024-08-09 at 08:02 By Help Net Security The Network and Information Security (NIS) 2 Directive is possibly one of the most significant pieces of cybersecurity regulation to ever hit Europe. The 27 EU Member States have until 17 October 2024 to adopt and publish

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Malware-as-a-Service and Ransomware-as-a-Service lower barriers for cybercriminals

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Malware-as-a-Service and Ransomware-as-a-Service lower barriers for cybercriminals 2024-08-09 at 07:32 By Help Net Security The sophistication of cyber threats has escalated dramatically, with malicious actors’ deploying advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to exploit vulnerabilities and evade detection, according to Darktrace. Subscription-based tools such as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) have also lowered the barrier-to-entry

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Shorter TLS certificate lifespans expected to complicate management efforts

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Shorter TLS certificate lifespans expected to complicate management efforts 2024-08-09 at 07:01 By Help Net Security 76% of security leaders recognize the pressing need to move to shorter certificate lifespans to improve security, according to Venafi. However, many feel unprepared to take action, with 77% saying the shift to 90-day certificates will mean more outages

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Where internal audit teams are spending most of their time

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Where internal audit teams are spending most of their time 2024-08-09 at 06:30 By Help Net Security Over half of key stakeholders including audit committees, company boards, and chief financial officers are looking to internal audit teams to take on more risk-related work, according to AuditBoard. The study revealed that these expanding expectations are coming

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New infosec products of the week: August 9, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: August 9, 2024 2024-08-09 at 06:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from: Rapid7, AppOmni, Contrast Security, Elastic, Cequence Security, Veza, ArmorCode, and EndorLabs. Rapid7 releases Command Platform, unified attack defense and response Rapid7 launched its Command Platform,

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Microsoft 365 anti-phishing alert “erased” with one simple trick

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Microsoft 365 anti-phishing alert “erased” with one simple trick 2024-08-08 at 16:01 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers looking for a way into organizations using Microsoft 365 can make an alert identifying unsolicited (and thus potential phishing) emails “disappear”. “When an Outlook user receives an e-mail from an address they don’t typically communicate with, Outlook shows an

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“Perfect” Windows downgrade attack turns fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days

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“Perfect” Windows downgrade attack turns fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days 2024-08-08 at 13:01 By Zeljka Zorz A researcher has developed a downgrade attack that can make Windows machines covertly, persistently and irreversibly vulnerable, even if they were fully patched before that. A downgrade attack exploiting the Windows Update process The direction of SafeBreach researcher Alon Leviev’s

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