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AMA: Healthcare Security Leader Edition 20/09/2023 at 18:02 By In this AMA episode, Holly Rasche, Director of Security Management Services at Northwest Community Healthcare, shares lessons from her 26-year career. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there 20/09/2023 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark Admission it’s ‘not technically feasible’… but no promise not to invoke it UK Parliament has passed an Online Safety Bill offering the government powers to introduce online child protection laws, one that includes clause 122,

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55% of insider threats come from a negligent or mistaken insider 20/09/2023 at 17:16 By The causes and costs of insider threats were analyzed in a recent report that found that the average annual cost of an insider risk has increased 40%. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View

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Finnish Authorities Dismantle Notorious PIILOPUOTI Dark Web Drug Marketplace 20/09/2023 at 17:03 By Finnish law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of PIILOPUOTI, a dark web marketplace that specialized in illegal narcotics trade since May 2022. “The site operated as a hidden service in the encrypted TOR network,” the Finnish Customs (aka Tulli) said in a brief

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57% of small and medium enterprises experienced a cybersecurity breach 20/09/2023 at 16:47 By Small and medium enterprises were analyzed in a recent report by Guardz. According to the report, 57% of SMEs have experienced a cybersecurity breach. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers 20/09/2023 at 16:32 By Laura Dobberstein Part of network of crims who used ‘trickery and threats’ to target elderly, says US Attorney Two Indian nationals each received 41-month prison sentences for their involvement in $1.2 million worth of robocall scams targeting the elderly,

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Stealthy VBA Macro Embedded in PDF-like Header Helps Evade Detection 20/09/2023 at 16:17 By Rodel Mendrez In the ever-evolving landscape of malware threats, threat actors are continually creating new techniques to bypass detection. A recent discovery by JPCERT/CC sheds light on a new technique that involves embedding a malicious Word document within a seemingly benign

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ChatGPT Update: How Security Teams and Threat Actors are Using Artificial Intelligence 20/09/2023 at 16:02 By ChatGPT and other Large Learning Modules have been in use for less than a year, yet these applications are transforming at an almost exponential rate.  This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this

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Critical Security Flaws Exposed in Nagios XI Network Monitoring Software 20/09/2023 at 16:01 By Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in the Nagios XI network monitoring software that could result in privilege escalation and information disclosure. The four security vulnerabilities, tracked from CVE-2023-40931 through CVE-2023-40934, impact Nagios XI versions 5.11.1 and lower. Following responsible disclosure

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Be the threat: Case for hands-on threat simulations in cybersecurity 20/09/2023 at 15:47 By The cyber threat landscape demands that organizations equip cybersecurity teams with the necessary skills to detect, respond and defend against malicious attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in ‘massive’ pirated Avaya licenses scam 20/09/2023 at 15:23 By Jude Karabus Will spend 20 years in prison after selling $88M in ADI software keys A sysadmin and his partner pleaded guilty this week to being part of a “massive” international ring that sold software licenses worth $88 million

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Do You Really Trust Your Web Application Supply Chain? 20/09/2023 at 14:01 By Well, you shouldn’t. It may already be hiding vulnerabilities. It’s the modular nature of modern web applications that has made them so effective. They can call on dozens of third-party web components, JS frameworks, and open-source tools to deliver all the different

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Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Targeting Chinese Users with ValleyRAT and Gh0st RAT 20/09/2023 at 14:01 By Chinese-language speakers have been increasingly targeted as part of multiple email phishing campaigns that aim to distribute various malware families such as Sainbox RAT, Purple Fox, and a new trojan called ValleyRAT. “Campaigns include Chinese-language lures and malware typically associated

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Fresh Wave of Malicious npm Packages Threaten Kubernetes Configs and SSH Keys 20/09/2023 at 14:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh batch of malicious packages in the npm package registry that are designed to exfiltrate Kubernetes configurations and SSH keys from compromised machines to a remote server. Sonatype said it has discovered 14 different

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Chan Zuckerberg org to spin up 1,000+ H100 GPU cluster for AI medical research 20/09/2023 at 13:48 By Katyanna Quach Plus: DeepMind trained model to predict genetically mutated DNA strings The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, is to build one of the world’s largest GPU clusters,

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Signal Messenger Introduces PQXDH Quantum-Resistant Encryption 20/09/2023 at 13:02 By Encrypted messaging app Signal has announced an update to the Signal Protocol to add support for quantum resistance by upgrading the Extended Triple Diffie-Hellman (X3DH) specification to Post-Quantum Extended Diffie-Hellman (PQXDH). “With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of

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As TikTok surveils staff’s office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet 20/09/2023 at 12:33 By Paul Kunert Not leaving home for work cuts an individual’s carbon footprint by 54%, says research As TikTok becomes the latest tech biz to demand employees return to the office, deploying an app to monitor this, research indicates

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Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss 20/09/2023 at 11:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe One of the foremost health risks for astronauts may have a cure en route. A specially-formulated medication has been shown to prevent bone loss in mice, and perhaps humans,

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GitLab Releases Urgent Security Patches for Critical Vulnerability 20/09/2023 at 11:16 By GitLab has shipped security patches to resolve a critical flaw that allows an attacker to run pipelines as another user. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-5009 (CVSS score: 9.6), impacts all versions of GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) starting from 13.12 and prior to 16.2.7 as well

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AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon 20/09/2023 at 10:33 By Simon Sharwood Andy Jassy’s rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren’t used in the Mini Amazon Web Services has flipped the switch on a virtual Mac offering in its Elastic Computing Cloud

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