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Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups

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Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups 2024-10-31 at 14:38 By Zeljka Zorz A supply chain compromise involving Lottie Player, a widely used web component for playing site and app animations, has made popular decentralized finance apps show pop-ups urging users to connect their wallets, TradingView has reported. The pop-up (Source: […]

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Cynet enables 426% ROI in Forrester Total Economic Impact Study

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Cynet enables 426% ROI in Forrester Total Economic Impact Study 2024-10-31 at 13:33 By Help Net Security Cost savings and business benefits were quantified in “The Total Economic Impact of Cynet All-in-One Security,” a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cynet in October 2024. The Total Economic Impact Study framework helps organizations

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North Korean hackers pave the way for Play ransomware

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North Korean hackers pave the way for Play ransomware 2024-10-31 at 12:49 By Zeljka Zorz North Korean state-sponsored hackers – Jumpy Pisces, aka Andariel, aka Onyx Sleet – have been spotted burrowing into enterprise systems, then seemingly handing matters over to the Play ransomware group. Timeline of the attack (Source: Palo Alto Networks) The attack

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IoT needs more respect for its consumers, creations, and itself

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IoT needs more respect for its consumers, creations, and itself 2024-10-31 at 07:58 By Help Net Security Yet again, connected devices are in the news for all the wrong reasons. In October, security researchers found that robot vacuums from Chinese company, Ecovacs, can be compromised via a backdoor. In one case, hackers gained control over

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How agentic AI handles the speed and volume of modern threats

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How agentic AI handles the speed and volume of modern threats 2024-10-31 at 07:08 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Lior Div, CEO at Seven AI, discusses the concept of agentic AI and its application in cybersecurity. He explains how it differs from traditional automated security systems by offering greater autonomy and

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99% of CISOs work extra hours every week

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99% of CISOs work extra hours every week 2024-10-31 at 06:06 By Help Net Security The most common challenge for CISOs is resource constraints: not enough staff, budget or technology to support the security program needed or meet compliance requirements, according to DirectDefense. Cybersecurity industry faces ongoing talent shortage The World Economic Forum claims there’s

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Ransomware hits web hosting servers via vulnerable CyberPanel instances

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Ransomware hits web hosting servers via vulnerable CyberPanel instances 2024-10-30 at 16:19 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor – or possibly several – has hit approximately 22,000 vulnerable instances of CyberPanel and encrypted files on the servers running it with the PSAUX and other ransomware. The PSAUX ransom note (Source: LeakIX) The CyberPanel vulnerabilities CyberPanel

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Product showcase: Shift API security left with StackHawk

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Product showcase: Shift API security left with StackHawk 2024-10-30 at 15:05 By Help Net Security With the proliferation of APIs, and the speed at which AI functionality is helping fuel innovation, a strategic approach for securing APIs is no longer a nice to have, it’s a criticality. Without a proactive approach, your APIs could become

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands 2024-10-30 at 12:49 By Zeljka Zorz Midnight Blizzard – a cyber espionage group that has been linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) – is targeting government, academia, defense, and NGO workers with phishing emails containing a signed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration file. “Based

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Risk hunting: A proactive approach to cyber threats

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Risk hunting: A proactive approach to cyber threats 2024-10-30 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Cybersecurity is an overly reactive industry. Too often we act like firefighters, rushing from blaze to blaze, extinguishing flames hoping to keep the damage to a minimum, rather than fire suppression experts designing environments that refuse to burn. Just consider

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Simplifying decentralized identity systems for everyday use

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Simplifying decentralized identity systems for everyday use 2024-10-30 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Carla Roncato, VP of Identity at WatchGuard Technologies, discusses how companies can balance privacy, security, and usability in digital identity systems. She emphasizes modern techniques like biometrics and passkeys to replace knowledge-based authentication methods and highlights

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6 key elements for building a healthcare cybersecurity response plan

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6 key elements for building a healthcare cybersecurity response plan 2024-10-30 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Medical practices remain vulnerable to cyberattacks, with over a third unable to cite a cybersecurity incident response plan, according to Software Advice. This gap exposes healthcare providers to risks of patient data breaches, HIPAA violations, financial penalties, and

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US charges suspected Redline infostealer developer, admin

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US charges suspected Redline infostealer developer, admin 2024-10-29 at 18:22 By Zeljka Zorz The identity of a suspected developer and administrator of the Redline malware-as-a-service operation has been revealed: Russian national Maxim Rudometov. Infrastructure takedown As promised on Monday when they announced the disruption of the Redline and Meta infostealer operations, law enforcement Operation Magnus

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Phishers reach targets via Eventbrite services

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Phishers reach targets via Eventbrite services 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By Zeljka Zorz Crooks are leveraging the event management and ticketing website Eventbrite to deliver their phishing emails to potential targets. “Since July, these attacks have increased 25% week over week, resulting in a total growth rate of 900%,” Perception Point researchers say. The phishing emails

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Patching problems: The “return” of a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability

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Patching problems: The “return” of a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability 2024-10-29 at 12:18 By Zeljka Zorz Despite two patching attempts, a security issue that may allow attackers to compromise Windows user’s NTLM (authentication) credentials via a malicious Windows themes file still affects Microsoft’s operating system, 0patch researchers have discovered. The path to discovery The story

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Inside console security: How innovations shape future hardware protection

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Inside console security: How innovations shape future hardware protection 2024-10-29 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, security researchers Specter and ChendoChap discuss gaming consoles’ unique security model, highlighting how it differs from other consumer devices. They also share their thoughts on how advancements in console security could shape future consumer

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OT PCAP Analyzer: Free PCAP analysis tool

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OT PCAP Analyzer: Free PCAP analysis tool 2024-10-29 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz EmberOT’s OT PCAP Analyzer, developed for the industrial security community, is a free tool providing a high-level overview of the devices and protocols in packet capture files. “The OT PCAP Analyzer was designed specifically with critical OT environments in mind. We’ve created

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 29, 2024

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 29, 2024 2024-10-29 at 07:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec API Gateway Security Engineer Ness Technologies | Israel | Hybrid – View job details As an API Gateway Security Engineer, you will be responsible for managing and implementing API Gateway solutions with a strong focus on information security. Your responsibilities will

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Trust and risk in the AI era

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Trust and risk in the AI era 2024-10-29 at 06:07 By Help Net Security 55% of organizations say the security risks for their business have never been higher, according to Vanta. Yet the average company only dedicates 11% of its IT budget to security — far from the ideal allocation of 17%, according to business

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Black Basta operators phish employees via Microsoft Teams

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Black Basta operators phish employees via Microsoft Teams 2024-10-28 at 18:51 By Zeljka Zorz Black Basta ransomware affiliates are still trying to trick enterprise employees into installing remote access tool by posing as help desk workers, now also via Microsoft Teams. Phishing via MS Teams Earlier this year, Rapid7 warned about Black Basta using the

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