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Between 80- and 95% of cyberattacks begin with phishing 31/07/2023 at 18:48 By A recent Comcast Business report pulls data from 23.5 billion cybersecurity attacks and found that attacks come from internal and external sources. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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LLMs appear to reason by analogy, a cornerstone of human thinking 31/07/2023 at 18:17 By Lindsay Clark How they do it remains a mystery, say boffins in research paper Large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 can display the ability to solve complex reasoning tasks which humans crack using analogies.… This article is an excerpt

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FTC seeks comment over parental consent guidelines for COPPA 31/07/2023 at 17:31 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested commentary following an application for new methods of obtaining parental consent using biometrics. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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New P2PInfect Worm Targets Redis Servers with Undocumented Breach Methods 31/07/2023 at 17:02 By The P2PInfect peer-to-peer (P2) worm has been observed employing previously undocumented initial access methods to breach susceptible Redis servers and rope them into a botnet. “The malware compromises exposed instances of the Redis data store by exploiting the replication feature,” Cado

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AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay 31/07/2023 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Perhaps that’ll focus your minds on speeding up your adoption of IPv6, eh? Cloud giant AWS will start charging customers for public IPv4 addresses from next year, claiming it is forced to do this because of the increasing

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Marshall Erwin hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly 31/07/2023 at 16:46 By Marshall Erwin has been hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly. Erwin was previously Chief Security Officer at Mozilla.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Security leaders discuss CISA advisory of IDOR web app vulnerabilities 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Security leaders talk about a new advisory released by CISA which warns of web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Webinar: Riding the vCISO Wave: How to Provide vCISO Services 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Demand for Virtual CISO services is soaring. According to Gartner, the use of vCISO services among small and mid-size businesses and non-regulated enterprises was expected to grow by a whopping 1900% in just one year, from only 1% in 2021 to

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Patchwork Hackers Target Chinese Research Organizations Using EyeShell Backdoor 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Threat actors associated with the hacking crew known as Patchwork have been spotted targeting universities and research organizations in China as part of a recently observed campaign. The activity, according to KnownSec 404 Team, entailed the use of a backdoor codenamed EyeShell. Patchwork, also

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Hikvision and Nvidia named in contract for Uyghur detection 31/07/2023 at 15:32 By Laura Dobberstein Chip giant washes its hands – but you can’t stop secondary sales Chinese video surveillance equipment maker Hikvision was reportedly paid $6 million by Beijing last year to provide technology that could identify members of the nation’s Uyghur people, a

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Danny Rittman named CISO at Avant Technologies, Inc. 31/07/2023 at 15:01 By Avant Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Danny Rittman as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Arc: A radical fresh take on the web browser 31/07/2023 at 14:32 By Liam Proven In an industry that runs on hype, this might just live up to it Arc is a new Chromium-based web browser which shakes up the standard workflow that browsers have had ever since tabs were invented. It’s good, but it

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BT hires chartered management accountant and telco veteran as next CEO 31/07/2023 at 14:03 By Paul Kunert Got to keep up with those FTTP builds and the tens of thousands of staff that will leave BT, the former state owned telecommunications monopoly that is building Britain’s fiber backbone, has confirmed current Telia Company president and

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Fruity Trojan Uses Deceptive Software Installers to Spread Remcos RAT 31/07/2023 at 13:02 By Threat actors are creating fake websites hosting trojanized software installers to trick unsuspecting users into downloading a downloader malware called Fruity with the goal of installing remote trojans tools like Remcos RAT. “Among the software in question are various instruments for

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AVRecon Botnet Leveraging Compromised Routers to Fuel Illegal Proxy Service 31/07/2023 at 13:02 By More details have emerged about a botnet called AVRecon, which has been observed making use of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers as part of a multi-year campaign active since at least May 2021. AVRecon was first disclosed by Lumen Black Lotus Labs earlier

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Satnav for the Moon could benefit from Fibonacci’s expertise 31/07/2023 at 12:48 By Dan Robinson Middle Ages maths to the rescue Future satellite navigation systems intended for Earth’s Moon may be aided by a model of it developed with methods that go back to mathematician Fibonacci, who lived 800 years ago.… This article is an

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What would sustainable security even look like? 31/07/2023 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins Clue: Nothing like what’s on offer today Opinion  “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today,” fumed Admiral David Beatty during 1916’s Battle of Jutland. Fair enough: three of the Royal Navy’s finest vessels had just blown up and

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Multiple Flaws Found in Ninja Forms Plugin Leave 800,000 Sites Vulnerable 31/07/2023 at 11:17 By Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress that could be exploited by threat actors to escalate privileges and steal sensitive data. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-37979, CVE-2023-38386, and CVE-2023-38393, impact versions 3.6.25 and below,

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Avaya reseller pleads guilty to role in $88m licensing scam 31/07/2023 at 10:02 By Simon Sharwood Comms vendor’s employee allegedly generated bogus licences and hijacked sysadmin accounts to make more A New Jersey man has plead guilty to selling pirated Avaya software licenses, allegedly generated and shopped by one of the vendor’s system administrators.… This

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NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 31/07/2023 at 09:03 By Laura Dobberstein Thankfully the probe can phone home to fix this sort of mess NASA revealed on Friday that its venerable Voyager 2 probe is currently incommunicado, because the space agency pointed its antenna in the wrong direction.… This article is an excerpt from

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