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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework Gets Major Update, as Advisories on APT29 and ALPHV Blackcat Get Rolled Out

Tenable

Check out what’s new in NIST’s makeover of its Cybersecurity Framework. Also, how to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of a generative AI LLM. 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 came out in 2014. The Cybersecurity Framework at 10.and And much more!

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor. READ MORE ON SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS. Jaku is a known spyware-botnet combination, spread over BitTorrent.

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Why Is It Necessary to Run Cybersecurity Evaluation Exercises?

Altexsoft

The rapidly growing volume and sophistication of attacks entail the need for greater preparedness, especially through regular security exercises. Here’s a question related to the field of security: Why do military organizations ceaselessly conduct combat exercises or drills? Security validation is necessary for many compelling reasons.

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WhatsApp confirms it’s been targeted by spyware. That’s exactly its customers’ fear

CTOvision

Since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014, users of the messaging app have long speculated on how secure the platform would be from its new parent company’s data collection practices.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

Hacking Team gets hacked; invoices show spyware sold to repressive govts Ars Technica (Today) - A controversial company that sells weaponized spyware has been penetrated by hackers who claim to have plundered more than 400GB worth of e-mails, source code, and other sensitive data—including invoices. In 2014, the. The health.

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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense – Part 2

Ivanti

UEM then fully manages, distributes applications and content, and enforces restrictions and security configurations to these managed devices. and later, the profile must be manually installed and then trusted by the user as additional security steps to explicitly approve its installation within the Device Management settings.

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A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents

Kentik

In the summer of 2022, I joined a team of BGP experts organized by the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) to draft a comprehensive report covering the security of the internet’s routing infrastructure. Routing security incidents in the wild BGP routing incidents can be problematic for a range of reasons.