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Authelia: Open-source authentication and authorization server

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Authelia: Open-source authentication and authorization server 2024-05-22 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz Authelia is an open-source authentication and authorization server that offers 2FA and SSO for applications through a web portal. It works alongside reverse proxies to permit, deny, or redirect requests. Authelia connects directly to the reverse proxy but never to the application backends. […]

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 22, 2024

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 22, 2024 2024-05-22 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Associate Director, Cyber Security AstraZeneca | Sweden | On-site – View job details You will develop and implement security policies, procedures, and operating practices in this role. You will coordinate risk profile development and distribution to IT business-facing audiences and maintain

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CEOs accelerate GenAI adoption despite workforce resistance

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CEOs accelerate GenAI adoption despite workforce resistance 2024-05-22 at 06:31 By Help Net Security CEOs are facing workforce, culture and governance challenges as they act quickly to implement and scale generative AI across their organizations, according to IBM. The annual global study of 3,000 CEOs from over 30 countries and 26 industries found that 64%

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Technological complexity drives new wave of identity risks

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Technological complexity drives new wave of identity risks 2024-05-22 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Security leaders are facing increased technological and organizational complexity, which is creating a new wave of identity risks for their organizations, according to ConductorOne. Based on a survey of 523 US-based IT security leaders at companies with 250 to 10,000

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15 QNAP NAS bugs and one PoC disclosed, update ASAP! (CVE-2024-27130)

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15 QNAP NAS bugs and one PoC disclosed, update ASAP! (CVE-2024-27130) 2024-05-21 at 17:31 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have found 15 vulnerabilities in QNAP’s network attached storage (NAS) devices, and have released a proof-of-concept for one: an unauthenticated stack overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-27130) that may be leveraged for remote code execution. The vulnerabilities and the CVE-2024-27130

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Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323)

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Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323) 2024-05-21 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz Tenable researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-4323) in Fluent Bit, a logging utility used by major cloud providers and tech companies, which may be leveraged for denial of service, information disclosure, or remote code execution. About

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Strategies for combating AI-enhanced BEC attacks

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Strategies for combating AI-enhanced BEC attacks 2024-05-21 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Robert Haist, CISO at TeamViewer, discusses how AI is being leveraged by cybercriminals to enhance the effectiveness of BEC scams. How is AI being leveraged by cybercriminals to enhance the effectiveness of BEC scams? BEC attacks are

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Phishing statistics that will make you think twice before clicking

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Phishing statistics that will make you think twice before clicking 2024-05-21 at 07:01 By Help Net Security This article includes excerpts from various reports that offer statistics and insights into the current phishing landscape. AI-driven phishing attacks deceive even the most aware users Zscaler | Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Phishing Report | May 2024 In 2023,

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YouTube has become a significant channel for cybercrime

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YouTube has become a significant channel for cybercrime 2024-05-21 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Social engineering threats – those which rely on human manipulation – account for most cyberthreats faced by individuals in 2024, according to Avast. According to the latest quarterly Avast Threat Report, which looks at the threat landscape from January-March 2024,

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eBook: 10 reasons why demand for cloud security is sky-high

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eBook: 10 reasons why demand for cloud security is sky-high 2024-05-21 at 05:46 By Help Net Security Current demand for cloud security specialists far exceeds available talent. Especially for companies seeking protection in multicloud environments, professionals with vendor-neutral knowledge and skills to their hiring wish lists. Find out how cloud security is evolving and why

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PoC exploit for Ivanti EPMM privilege escalation flaw released (CVE 2024-22026)

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PoC exploit for Ivanti EPMM privilege escalation flaw released (CVE 2024-22026) 2024-05-20 at 14:02 By Zeljka Zorz Technical details about and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2024-22026, a privilege escalation bug affecting Ivanti EPMM, has been released by the vulnerability’s reporter. About CVE-2024-22026 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (formerly MobileIron Core) is used by enterprises to

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SEC requires financial institutions to notify customers of breaches within 30 days

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SEC requires financial institutions to notify customers of breaches within 30 days 2024-05-20 at 13:01 By Help Net Security The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P to modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal information by certain financial institutions. The amendments update

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The challenges of GenAI in fintech

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The challenges of GenAI in fintech 2024-05-20 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Due to the cybersecurity disclosure rules the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted in 2023, public entities in the US are required to disclose any material cybersecurity incidents. Moving forward, these organizations will need in-depth knowledge of the impact, nature, scope

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Grafana: Open-source data visualization platform

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Grafana: Open-source data visualization platform 2024-05-20 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Grafana is an open-source solution for querying, visualizing, alerting, and exploring metrics, logs, and traces regardless of where they are stored. Grafana provides tools to transform your time-series database (TSDB) data into meaningful graphs and visualizations. Additionally, its plugin framework lets you integrate various

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Cybercriminals shift tactics to pressure more victims into paying ransoms

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Cybercriminals shift tactics to pressure more victims into paying ransoms 2024-05-20 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Ransomware didn’t just grow in the US in 2023, it evolved, with the frequency of ransomware claims jumping 64% year-over-year, according to At-Bay. This was primarily driven by an explosion in “indirect” ransomware incidents which increased by more

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Consumers continue to overestimate their ability to spot deepfakes

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Consumers continue to overestimate their ability to spot deepfakes 2024-05-20 at 06:31 By Help Net Security The Jumio 2024 Online Identity Study reveals significant consumer concerns about the risks posed by generative AI and deepfakes, including the potential for increased cybercrime and identity fraud. The study examined the views of more than 8,000 adult consumers,

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Week in review: New Black Basta’s social engineering campaign, passing the CISSP exam in 6 weeks

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Week in review: New Black Basta’s social engineering campaign, passing the CISSP exam in 6 weeks 2024-05-19 at 11:01 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Black Basta target orgs with new social engineering campaign Black Basta, one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service

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US exposes scheme enabling North Korean IT workers to bypass sanctions

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US exposes scheme enabling North Korean IT workers to bypass sanctions 2024-05-17 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The US Justice Department had unsealed charges against a US woman and an Ukranian man who, along with three unidentified foreign nationals, have allegedly helped North Korean IT workers work remotely for US companies under assumed US identities

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The importance of access controls in incident response

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The importance of access controls in incident response 2024-05-17 at 12:31 By Help Net Security The worst time to find out your company doesn’t have adequate access controls is when everything is on fire. The worst thing that can happen during an incident is that your development and operations teams are blocked from solving the

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The IT skills shortage situation is not expected to get any better

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The IT skills shortage situation is not expected to get any better 2024-05-17 at 07:31 By Help Net Security A growing IT skills shortage is impacting organizations in all industries and across all regions, according to IDC. In a recent IDC survey of North American IT leaders, nearly two thirds said that a lack of

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