The Parallax

APRIL 17, 2019

in oceanography and climate science was fact-checking news reports. Disinformation campaign organizers, of course, seek to influence public opinion about heated news topics well beyond climate change. Researcher Sara-Jayne Terp shows in her misinformation pyramid how attackers and defenders follow similar patterns to malware campaigns.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Sonatype today released a report that finds there has been a 650% year-over-year increase in supply chain attacks aimed at upstream public repositories. Cybercriminals hope to compromise these repositories by injecting malware into software components that many organizations might be using, according to the report.

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Palo Alto Networks

JUNE 7, 2021

The Unit 42 cybersecurity consulting group published research on the first known malware targeting Windows containers, which was discovered by Unit 42 researcher Daniel Prizmant and named Siloscape. The post Unit 42 Discovers First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers appeared first on Palo Alto Networks Blog.

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Lacework

MARCH 29, 2022

Security in the cloud continues to prove a challenge for organizations around the world. They never miss an opportunity to cash in, whether they take advantage of common cloud configuration mistakes, target software supply chains, or adapt malware to evade detection. Linux Malware and the Cloud. 3 which is available here.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It will be a busy time for scammers and fraudsters too as they send out coupons, deals and offers to consumers, and even thank-you vouchers to employees, purporting to come from organizations and brands they trust. Independently confirm with the institute or organization if you can. Check the sender’s email address.

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. According to reports, MGM and Caesars were both customers of identity management company Okta. According to reports, the hacker groups identified as BlackCat/ALPHV and Scattered Spider are behind these attacks.

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Tenable

APRIL 12, 2024

Although the directive applies only to federal civilian executive branch agencies , CISA encourages any other organization impacted by Midnight Blizzard’s hack of Microsoft emails to seek guidance from their Microsoft account team. Specifically, 63% of respondents said AI can potentially boost their organizations’ cybersecurity processes.

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CIO

JULY 17, 2023

According to the 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the majority of cyber attacks are led by organized criminals looking to disrupt business and steal data to sell. Malware Distribution: Cloud exploitation can involve hosting or distributing malware through cloud-based platforms or services.

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CircleCI

JANUARY 13, 2023

This report will cover: What happened? All dates and times are reported in UTC, unless otherwise noted. To date, we have learned that an unauthorized third party leveraged malware deployed to a CircleCI engineer’s laptop in order to steal a valid, 2FA-backed SSO session. The malware was not detected by our antivirus software.

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Tenable

MARCH 29, 2023

3CX customers reported receiving threat alerts from SentinelOne as early as March 22. Has this report been corroborated by any other vendors? The 3CX website says that its software is used by over 600,000 companies and over 12 million users daily, including several noteworthy organizations. When did this attack begin?

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Prisma Clud

MAY 15, 2023

In this post, we will detail the top 10 cloud security risks every organization should address to prevent becoming the next cloud breach headline. But 76% of organizations don’t implement cloud storage audit logging policies within their cloud environments, according to Cloud Threat Report, Volume 7.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Since the last Cloud Threat Report, Lacework Labs has seen a marked evolution of the tactics leveraged by cybercriminals to more effectively target cloud infrastructure and monetize their intrusions. Even when considering malware usage, adversaries continue to leverage age-old techniques to deploy and hide their malware.

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Tenable

AUGUST 25, 2023

government says public- and private-sector organizations alike must start getting ready now – especially critical infrastructure operators. When asked to name their organizations’ emerging top risk in the next two years, a majority of respondents (56%) picked attacks that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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CIO

APRIL 17, 2023

The stakes for financial organizations are growing as well. Challenges for fraud risk management Fraud is a big and a worthwhile business for today’s online criminals, who troll the internet and insert data-stealing malware into vulnerable sites and mobile apps. In 2021, U.S. fraud losses amounted to $5.9

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Tenable

AUGUST 16, 2022

Ransomware Preparedness: Why Organizations Should Plan for Ransomware Like Disasters. Over the last four years, CISA, NCSC and other global agencies including the FBI and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have issued multiple warnings about the risk of ransomware, yet it remains the most dominant threat facing organizations today.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

1 - Tenable report: Average org fails to prevent 43% of attacks A combination of people, process and technology challenges is getting in the way of organizations’ efforts to effectively reduce cyber risk, as the attack surface becomes larger and more complex. Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending November 3.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In response, organizations have invested heavily in digital transformation. With organizations grappling with how best to streamline data management and compliance, there are four key considerations in doing it effectively. IDC forecasts that global spending on digital transformation will reach $2.8 Data Management

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The Crazy Programmer

MARCH 29, 2022

The email validation system, known as DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance), is meant to safeguard your company’s email domain from being exploited for phishing, email spoofing , and other cybercrimes. With DMARC, you can do reporting, which is a critical feature.

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. of the CSF , which is broadly used by organizations to assess, manage and reduce their cybersecurity risks. has been crafted to have broad relevance and usefulness for all organizations globally – regardless of size, type, industry sector and cybersecurity sophistication. And much more!

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Banning apps is sometimes necessary to protect your organization from malicious or misused applications. Some organizations choose a more flexible approach by allowing employees to use unsanctioned apps and monitor their usage for suspicious activity. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that more than 3.2

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Tenable

JANUARY 19, 2024

In addition, the latest on the Androxgh0st malware. government to critical infrastructure organizations: If the drones you’re using were made in China, be careful. But these and other challenges also raise CISOs’ profiles in their organizations, opening the door for them to play a larger role. And much more! The upside?

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The Parallax

JANUARY 22, 2018

Its success was predicated not on “zero-day” vulnerabilities or new forms of malicious software, but rather on older, known malware delivered via an all-too-familiar method: phishing. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp. So these installations wouldn’t be blocked.

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Tenable

JANUARY 26, 2024

1 - Using AI securely: Global cyber agencies publish new guide Is your organization – like many others – aggressively adopting artificial intelligence to boost operational efficiency? National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in its new report “ The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat, ” published this week. And much more!

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

Studies have shown that over half of organizations struggle with the lack of visibility into their infrastructure security. It’s alarming that data breaches often take nearly a year to be detected and contained, leaving organizations vulnerable for an extended period. But here’s the thing: comprehensive alone isn’t enough.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Modern security challenges Data from the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) shows the three primary ways in which attackers access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing and exploitation of vulnerabilities. Customers can review reports on threats blocked via a special portal.

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Tenable

AUGUST 25, 2021

To effectively prioritize remediation efforts, defenders must understand how attackers are targeting organizations and then act on that knowledge. Earlier this year, the Tenable Security Response Team (SRT) published our Threat Landscape Retrospective (TLR) report examining major trends from 2020. SSL VPNs: the doorway for attackers.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Fortinet reports “potential” exploitation in the wild In its advisory on February 8, Fortinet said this vulnerability is “potentially being exploited in the wild.” It has not shared any specifics about in-the-wild exploitation, nor has it shared any information about who reported the flaw as of February 9. FortiOS 6.0.0 (all

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Aqua Security

JANUARY 11, 2023

According to an article in Security Magazine , 98% of organizations have been negatively impacted by a cybersecurity breach in their supply chain. This report also discovered that almost every company they had evaluated had “vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that can expose them to supply chain attacks.”

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Once the scanning process uncovers possible targets, the next phase is exploitation, where the threat actors deploy various forms of malware. Malware (e.g., In one case, Mandiant reported attackers accessing a customer engagement SaaS tool and uploading reports for exfiltration from the victim’s AWS account.

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CTOvision

MARCH 12, 2015

The more fact-based reports based on forensics are much more important (this brings to mind what John Oliver said about opinions vs facts ). Phishing, malware, and zero-days top of mind. Most respondents signaled they expect to be breached in the next 12 months. Enterprise mobility management holds firm.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plus, malware used in fake browser-update attacks ballooned in Q3. As part of the program, critical infrastructure organizations that are “target rich” but “resource poor” can request to receive managed cybersecurity services, CISA said in an announcement. And much more! 1 - CISA: Adopt memory safe programming languages, pronto!

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The Crazy Programmer

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Therefore, the primary purpose of an intrusion detection system is to detect network anomalies and report on the said anomalies. The significant advantage of a host intrusion detection system over a network detection system is that a HIDS can detect abnormal network packets within an organization, which a NIDS might not detect at times.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

We’ve gathered eight instances of big tech failures that struck companies and other organizations in 2023. The NYSE’s brittle backup process The FAA wasn’t the only organization that found that its backup process, which is supposed to help stave off disaster, spawned a disaster of its own.

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The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. to the journalist Martyn Williams , who specializes in reporting on North Korean technology. They also discovered that it was programmed to ignore a malware programming characteristic that even decade-old Trend Micro code would have flagged as malicious.

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CIO

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Finally, Foote notes, there’s a hard-to-shake feeling among some employers that book learning, and test results don’t always translate to sufficient real-world expertise to do the job — although certification organizations are working to counter this with laboratory tests and peer reviews for some of the skills they certify.

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Tenable

MARCH 3, 2023

Toward the end of 2022, the Royal ransomware group surged to the top of the monthly charts to overtake LockBit in November 2022, likely due to a sharp rise in attacks against organizations ahead of the holidays. Royal uses Cobalt Strike and malware such as Ursnif/Gozi to exfiltrate data.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Plus, the QakBot botnet got torn down, but the malware threat remains – what CISA suggests you do. 1 – NCSC: Be careful when deploying AI chatbots at work When adopting AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, organizations should go slow and make sure they understand these tools’ cybersecurity risks.

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