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Privacy concerns cast a shadow on AI’s potential for software development

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Privacy concerns cast a shadow on AI’s potential for software development 13/09/2023 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Organizations are optimistic about AI, but AI adoption requires attention to privacy and security, productivity, and training, according to GitLab. “The transformational opportunity with AI goes way beyond creating code,” said David DeSanto, CPO, GitLab. “According to […]

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Microsoft, Adobe fix zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-26369, CVE-2023-36761, CVE-2023-36802)

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Microsoft, Adobe fix zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-26369, CVE-2023-36761, CVE-2023-36802) 12/09/2023 at 22:01 By Zeljka Zorz September 2023 Patch Tuesday is here, with fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader (CVE-2023-26369), Microsoft Word (CVE-2023-36761), and Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy (CVE-2023-36802). Microsoft vulnerabilities of note Microsoft has delivered fixes for 61 CVE-numbered flaws:

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Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild, patch now! (CVE-2023-4863)

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Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild, patch now! (CVE-2023-4863) 12/09/2023 at 12:47 By Helga Labus Google has rolled out a security update for a critical Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863) exploited in the wild. About the vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863) CVE-2023-4863 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the component that handles WebP, a raster graphics file

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17 free AWS cybersecurity courses you can take right now

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17 free AWS cybersecurity courses you can take right now 12/09/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most extensive and widely-used cloud platform in the world, providing more than 200 services through global data centers. It serves millions of clients, ranging from startups to major corporations and government organizations.

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Companies need to rethink how they implement identity security

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Companies need to rethink how they implement identity security 12/09/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security More than 80% of organizations have experienced an identity-related breach that involved the use of compromised credentials, half of which happened in the past 12 months, according to Silverfort and Osterman Research. Lack of visibility into the identity attack

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CISOs need to be forceful to gain leverage in the boardroom

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CISOs need to be forceful to gain leverage in the boardroom 12/09/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security Over 70% of CISOs feel that the importance of information security is not recognised by senior leadership, according to BSS. The CISOs said their top four highest investment priorities in 2023 are change management (35%), information security

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Bruschetta-Board: Multi-protocol Swiss Army knife for hardware hackers

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Bruschetta-Board: Multi-protocol Swiss Army knife for hardware hackers 12/09/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Bruschetta-Board is a device for all hardware hackers looking for a fairly-priced all-in-one debugger and programmer that supports UART, JTAG, I2C & SPI protocols and allows to interact with different targets’ voltages (i.e., 1.8, 2.5, 3.3 and 5 Volts!). A

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Microsoft Teams users targeted in phishing attack delivering DarkGate malware

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Microsoft Teams users targeted in phishing attack delivering DarkGate malware 11/09/2023 at 13:31 By Helga Labus A new phishing campaign taking advantage of an easily exploitable issue in Microsoft Teams to deliver malware has been flagged by researchers. Delivering malware to Microsoft Teams users Late last month, Truesec researchers spotted two compromised Microsoft 365 accounts

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CISOs and board members work more closely than ever before

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CISOs and board members work more closely than ever before 11/09/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security 73% of board members believe they face the risk of a major cyber attack in the next 12 months, a notable increase from 65% in 2022, according to Proofpoint. Likewise, 53% feel unprepared to cope with a targeted

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The blueprint for a highly effective EASM solution

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The blueprint for a highly effective EASM solution 11/09/2023 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Adrien Petit, CEO at Uncovery, discusses the benefits that organizations can derive from implementing external attack surface management (EASM) solutions, the essential capabilities an EASM solution should possess, and how it deals with uncovering hidden

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Email forwarding flaws enable attackers to impersonate high-profile domains

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Email forwarding flaws enable attackers to impersonate high-profile domains 11/09/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Sending an email with a forged address is easier than previously thought, due to flaws in the process that allows email forwarding, according to a research team led by computer scientists at the University of California San Diego. The

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Elevating API security to reinforce cyber defense

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Elevating API security to reinforce cyber defense 11/09/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security While APIs are essential to many operations and used extensively, a lack of prioritization and understanding is leading us towards a growing API security crisis, according to a report by Traceable AI and Ponemon Institute. The urgency for API security Within

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Week in review: 6 free resources for getting started in cybersecurity, Patch Tuesday forecast

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Week in review: 6 free resources for getting started in cybersecurity, Patch Tuesday forecast 10/09/2023 at 11:02 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The misconceptions preventing wider adoption of digital signatures In this Help Net Security interview, Thorsten Hau, CEO at fidentity,

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Unpatched Cisco ASA flaw exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-20269)

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Unpatched Cisco ASA flaw exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-20269) 08/09/2023 at 14:02 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2023-20269) in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls is being exploited by attackers to gain access to vulnerable internet-exposed devices. “This vulnerability was found during the resolution of a Cisco TAC support case,”

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North Korean hackers target security researchers with zero-day exploit

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North Korean hackers target security researchers with zero-day exploit 08/09/2023 at 12:32 By Helga Labus North Korean threat actors are once again attempting to compromise security researchers’ machines by employing a zero-day exploit. The warning comes from Google’s own security researchers Clement Lecigne and Maddie Stone, who detailed the latest campaign mounted by government-backed attackers.

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Apple patches two zero-days under attack (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061)

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Apple patches two zero-days under attack (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061) 08/09/2023 at 11:46 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has patched two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061) exploited to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. “The exploit chain was capable of compromising iPhones running the latest version of iOS (16.6) without any interaction from the victim,” Citizen Lab shared. “The exploit

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September 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Important Federal government news

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September 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Important Federal government news 08/09/2023 at 08:17 By Help Net Security Microsoft addressed 33 CVEs in Windows 10 and 11 last month after nearly 3x that number in July. But despite the lull in CVEs, they did provide new security updates for Microsoft Exchange Server, .NET Framework, and even SQL

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New infosec products of the week: September 8, 2023

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New infosec products of the week: September 8, 2023 08/09/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from CyberSaint, Ghost Security, Hornetsecurity, NTT Security Holdings, and TXOne Networks. Reaper: Open-source reconnaissance and attack proxy workflow automation Reaper is an open-source reconnaissance and

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New quantum random number generator could revolutionize encryption

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New quantum random number generator could revolutionize encryption 08/09/2023 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption developed at Linköping University. Experimental setup of the quantum random number generator. The yellow squares on

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