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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Curb Your Enthusiasm Over ChatGPT-type Tools at Work, Says U.K.’s NCSC 

Tenable

Plus, the QakBot botnet got torn down, but the malware threat remains – what CISA suggests you do. Moreover, new quantum-resistant algorithms are due next year. The disruption of QakBot infrastructure does not mitigate other previously installed malware or ransomware on victim computers. And much more!

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What Is cloud security?

Lacework

Cloud computing’s first boom began in the 1960s when virtualization — a strategy for dividing system resources between multiple applications — and time-sharing were made popular by vendors like IBM. For instance, transferring sensitive data to the cloud will introduce various security risks such as: Malware attacks. API security risks.

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Microsoft’s July 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 130 CVEs (CVE-2023-36884)

Tenable

Targeted regions include Ukraine, North America and Europe while targeted industries include telecommunications and finance. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to have already gained local access to a target system and have certain basic user privileges. Exploitation of CVE-2023-36884 began in June 2023.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: 6 Things That Matter Right Now

Tenable

IDC predicts that the “platform reality” will materialize by 2024 in this market, which it defines as products that protect three software-defined compute environments – virtual machine software, containers and cloud system software. Is Your Company? ” (Harvard Business Review). Meanwhile, organizations will spend $5.1 The good news?

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News in Networking: Russian Internet for North Korea, Google Finds DNS Vulnerabilities

Kentik

A major Russian telecommunications company appears to have begun providing an internet connection to North Korea. NIST, DHS Partner to Establish Internet Routing System Security Standards (ExecutiveGov). Cloudflare Suspends Torrent Website for Cryptocurrency Miner ‘Malware’ (CoinDesk).

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Website Security Statistics Report (2010) - Industry Bechmarks

Jeremiah Grossman

The executives within those organizations want to know if the resources they have invested in source code reviews, threat modeling, developer training, security tools, etc. The attack vector of choice was SQL Injection, typically a vulnerability that can’t readily be "patched," and used to install customized malware.

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RCS delivers new texting features—and old security vulnerabilities

The Parallax

But first, tech giants and telecommunications network providers will have to fix its major security flaws, researchers say. Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. TOKYO—Google is aggressively boosting a new technology standard for text messages called RCS that it thinks should replace SMS around the world.