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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 The Cybersecurity Framework at 10.and And the most prevalent malware in Q4. 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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Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer

TechCrunch

Today we have new venture funds, spyware news, Brex raising (again), and more. Cybersecurity matters to democracy : Spyware built by the infamous NSO Group was “used to spy on three critics of the Polish government,” according to Citizen Lab, TechCrunch reports. Image Credits: ShadowPix (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

The digital-rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation and Lookout Mobile Security, which co-authored the report, say they tracked the Dark Caracal phishing campaign across more than 60 websites. ”—Michael Flossman, senior security researcher, Lookout Mobile Security. .

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

TechCrunch

But first, in an essay on TechCrunch, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argues against “the unfettered ‘side-loading’ of apps.” It is an interesting argument against Windows and the larger Web (we kid), but does raise notable points regarding mobile security and consumer expectations.

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Humans Can be Hacked. So Stop Using Passwords, Already!

Ivanti

Humans are the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain. It’s human nature and we can easily be socially engineered into giving up our precious online user credentials to the bad guys. Enter FIDO2 security keys to kill off the password! No carrying your security keys everywhere that can get lost or misplaced.

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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

Once bad actors gain access to an organization’s computer network, they can damage the business by blocking access, encrypting systems and data to demand a ransom, or surreptitiously stealing crucial information that can fetch them a tidy sum on the dark web. Software vulnerabilities pose serious cybersecurity risks.