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Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts

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Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts 2025-01-13 at 06:34 By Help Net Security Chainsaw is an open-source first-response tool for quickly detecting threats in Windows forensic artefacts, including Event Logs and the MFT file. It enables fast keyword searches through event logs and identifies threats using built-in Sigma detection and custom detection […]

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How ransomware tactics are shifting, and what it means for your business

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How ransomware tactics are shifting, and what it means for your business 2024-09-03 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Tim West, Director of Threat Intelligence and Outreach at WithSecure, discusses Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) with a focus on how these cybercriminal operations are adapting to increased competition, shifting structures, and a fragmented

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The changing dynamics of ransomware as law enforcement strikes

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The changing dynamics of ransomware as law enforcement strikes 2024-08-23 at 06:31 By Help Net Security After peaking in late 2023, the ransomware industry is beginning to stabilize in productivity, with notable developments in ransomware targets, and industry dynamics, according to WithSecure. Sectors impacted by ransomware (Source: WithSecure) While ransomware productivity has shown signs of

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Mass exploitation is the new primary attack vector for ransomware

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Mass exploitation is the new primary attack vector for ransomware 2024-06-18 at 07:01 By Help Net Security The cyber threat landscape in 2023 and 2024 has been dominated by mass exploitation, according to WithSecure. Edge service KEV vulnerability trends 64% of all edge service and infrastructure Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in the Known Exploited

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Expand your library with these cybersecurity books

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Expand your library with these cybersecurity books 2024-04-15 at 06:04 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video round-up, authors discuss their cybersecurity books and provide an inside look at each title. Complete videos George Finney, CSO at Southern Methodist University, talks about his book – “Project Zero Trust: A Story about a

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How exposure management elevates cyber resilience

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How exposure management elevates cyber resilience 2024-04-09 at 07:46 By Help Net Security Attackers are adept at identifying and exploiting the most cost-effective methods of compromise, highlighting the critical need for organizations to implement asset identification and understand their assets’ security posture in relation to the whole estate. Instead of asking, “Are we exposed?” organizations

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Drozer: Open-source Android security assessment framework

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Drozer: Open-source Android security assessment framework 2024-03-27 at 06:32 By Mirko Zorz Drozer is an open-source security testing framework for Android, whose primary purpose is to make the life of mobile application security testers easier. Drozer features The solution enables the identification of security vulnerabilities in applications and devices by taking on the role of

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Government organizations’ readiness in the face of cyber threats

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Government organizations’ readiness in the face of cyber threats 2024-01-15 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Cyber threats targeting government organizations have become increasingly sophisticated, posing significant risks to national security, public infrastructure, and sensitive data. These threats are diverse in nature, originating from various actors such as nation-states, hacktivist groups, and organized cybercrime entities.

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The impact of prompt injection in LLM agents

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The impact of prompt injection in LLM agents 19/12/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Prompt injection is, thus far, an unresolved challenge that poses a significant threat to Language Model (LLM) integrity. This risk is particularly alarming when LLMs are turned into agents that interact directly with the external world, utilizing tools to fetch

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CISOs can marry security and business success

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CISOs can marry security and business success 22/11/2023 at 08:33 By Help Net Security With an endless string of cyber fires to be put out, it’s easy to forget that the cybersecurity function in an organization doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Its main purpose is to ensure the organization succeeds, and that’s the reason CISOs

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Researchers uncover DarkGate malware’s Vietnamese connection

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Researchers uncover DarkGate malware’s Vietnamese connection 20/10/2023 at 14:02 By Help Net Security WithSecure researchers have tracked attacks using DarkGate malware to an active cluster of cybercriminals operating out of Vietnam. DarkGate is a remote access trojan (RAT) that has been used in attacks since at least 2018 and is currently available to cybercriminals as

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DIY attack surface management: Simple, cost-effective and actionable perimeter insights

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DIY attack surface management: Simple, cost-effective and actionable perimeter insights 16/10/2023 at 11:46 By Help Net Security Modern-day attack surface management (ASM) can be an intimidating task for most organizations, with assets constantly changing due to new deployments, assets being decommissioned, and ongoing migrations to cloud providers. Assets can be created and forgotten about, only

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WithSecure announces new capabilities to help organizations manage security risks

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WithSecure announces new capabilities to help organizations manage security risks 12/10/2023 at 17:31 By Industry News WithSecure has continued to evolve its Elements cloud-based security platform with the addition of several new capabilities and services that can help organizations manage risks associated with cyber attacks. WithSecure Elements, which can be managed by a trusted service

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Emerging threat: AI-powered social engineering

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Emerging threat: AI-powered social engineering 06/09/2023 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Social engineering is a sophisticated form of manipulation but, thanks to AI advancements, malicious groups have gained access to highly sophisticated tools, suggesting that we might be facing more elaborate social engineering attacks in the future. It is becoming increasingly evident that the

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APTs use of lesser-known TTPs are no less of a headache

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APTs use of lesser-known TTPs are no less of a headache 14/08/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security APT (advanced persistent threat) attacks were once considered to be primarily a problem for large corporations, but the number of these (often state-sponsored) attacks against small- and medium-sized businesses has increased significantly. Everyone is fair game, and

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Staying ahead of the “professionals”: The service-oriented ransomware crime industry

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Staying ahead of the “professionals”: The service-oriented ransomware crime industry 12/07/2023 at 07:35 By Help Net Security Ransomware has been a hugely profitable industry for criminal gangs for the last few years. The total amount of ransom paid since 2020 is estimated to be at least $2 billion, and this has both motivated and enabled

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A third MOVEit vulnerability fixed, Cl0p lists victim organizations (CVE-2023-35708)

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A third MOVEit vulnerability fixed, Cl0p lists victim organizations (CVE-2023-35708) 19/06/2023 at 15:09 By Zeljka Zorz Progress Software has asked customers to update their MOVEit Transfer installations again, to fix a third SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-35708) discovered in the web application in less that a month. Previously, the Cl0p cyber extortion gang exploited CVE-2023-34362 to

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AI: Interpreting regulation and implementing good practice

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AI: Interpreting regulation and implementing good practice 08/06/2023 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Businesses have been using artificial intelligence for years, and while machine learning (ML) models have often been taken from open-source repositories and built into business-specific systems, model provenance and assurance have not always necessarily been documented nor built into company policy.

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WithSecure’s USB armory enables post-quantum cryptography in space

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WithSecure’s USB armory enables post-quantum cryptography in space 01/06/2023 at 19:35 By Industry News WithSecure’s USB armory is an open-sourced, single board computer with a unique form factor and capabilities. It has been used in a variety of applications, including (but not limited to) encrypted storage solutions, hardware security modules (HSM), enhanced smart cards, electronic

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WithSecure releases Cloud Security Posture Management to identify insecure cloud configurations

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WithSecure releases Cloud Security Posture Management to identify insecure cloud configurations 23/05/2023 at 15:18 By Industry News WithSecure has released Cloud Security Posture Management, a new module for its WithSecure Elements security platform, that identifies insecure cloud configurations attackers use to compromise networks. It’s now become commonplace for organizations to incorporate cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings

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