Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

NIST, other government agencies, and industry bodies point towards the policy enforcement point (PEP) as the gateway device or service that performs this separation, gating access based on different authentication and authorization requirements, depending on the sensitivity of the resource.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.” Caesars and MGM were held to cash ransom demands in exchange for not releasing the data into the wild.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 29, 2024

When you add multi-factor authentication (MFA) resets to the picture, that number is likely even higher. Most authentication methods are actually quite easy to get around, and in many cases were never intended to be security factors. But what happens when a user can’t access their authenticator app?

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Over the last eighteen months or so, a motley group of teenagers under the banner of Lapsus$ managed to hack into “unbreachable” fortresses at tech giants such as Okta, T-Mobile, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Globant using unsophisticated but creative and persistent techniques.

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Network World

MAY 17, 2024

The internet has been called a network of networks, in which groups of individual networks managed by a large organization connect with other groups of networks managed by other large organizations. What does BGP have to do with autonomous systems? And all the while end users think they are visiting legitimate sites.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 13, 2024

The chatbot works with the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card (CAC) authentication system and can answer questions and assist with tasks such as correspondence, preparing background papers, and programming. Technology is learned by doing,” said Chandra Donelson, DAF’s acting chief data and artificial intelligence officer.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

He urges enterprises to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and to enforce robust password policies to reduce the risk of account compromise. Beyond patching, identity security is a persistent weak point in defending against ransomware attacks."

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Network World

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The internet advisory group BITAG lays it on the line for the IoT industry in a new report: No, consumers aren’t going to update the software on their devices. “It It is safe to assume that most end users will never take action on their own to update software,” the Broadband Internet Technology Advisory Group said.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Web hosting provider GoDaddy has revealed it suffered a security breach that lasted for several years, resulting in the installation of malware on its servers and the theft of source code related to some of its services. The company has attributed the campaign to a "sophisticated and organized group targeting hosting services."

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2023

Global instability complicates this situation further as attacks against critical infrastructure around the world spiked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the deployment of Industroyer2 malware that is specifically designed to target and cripple critical industrial infrastructure.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Mandiant's research identifies a North Korean group, tracked as UNC5267, which has been executing this scheme since at least 2018. KnowBe4 discovered their operative's intent when the newly-hired "employee" attempted to load password-stealing malware onto a company-issued device.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As a result, the potential for malware to become resident on home computers is increasing.”. Locandro highlights the need to focus on the securing the edge with cyber products which cover “end point” protection, two-factor authentication as well as employees keeping up to date with virus protection software on home computers.

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

An SSE vendor should have a strategy for taking their customers on the complete SASE journey,” says Mauricio Sanchez, research director at Dell’Oro Group. Most enterprises have longstanding relationships with a group of established vendors that turn up regularly on any short list of prospective candidates for new products and services.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Install and regularly update anti-virus or anti-malware software on all hosts.". Use two-factor authentication for user login credentials, use authenticator apps rather than email as actors may be in control of victim email accounts and do not click on unsolicited attachments or links in emails.".

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB recently uncovered a significant security breach involving ChatGPT accounts. However, Group-IB says the default configuration of ChatGPT retains the history of user queries and AI responses, making unauthorized access to these accounts potentially disastrous.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

CISA reports on Chinese malware strain. And it's a malware strain used specifically by the Chinese government. A recent CISA Malware Analysis Report (with contributions from the FBI and DoD), outlines this new malware variant. How should you defend yourself or your organization about this new malware variant?

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

federal agencies and hundreds of organizations, the group behind the attack remains quite active. The Russian-linked group, dubbed "Nobelium" by Microsoft, has continued its hacking campaigns targeting business and government entities around the globe, according to new research from Mandiant.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is malware you'll want to watch out for. According to the new CISA report , Blindingcan is a new malware strain used by malicious North Korean cyber actors. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Do not add users to the local administrators group unless required.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 16, 2020

APT groups frequently target such organisations in order to steal sensitive research data and intellectual property (IP) for commercial and state benefit. The advisory describes three different malware strains: SOREFANG : This application is a malicious 32-bit Windows executable. But this latest one takes things a step further.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 2, 2021

by the cybercriminal group CryptoTech. However, unlike Hermes, Ryuk was never made available on the forum, and CryptoTech has since ceased all of its activities, so there is some doubt regarding the origins of the malware. The ANSSI notes that a privileged account of the domain is used for malware propagation.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

The group frequently uses publicly available exploits to conduct widespread scanning and exploitation against vulnerable systems, likely in an effort to obtain authentication credentials to allow further access,” the advisory reads. Once APT29 has breached its target organizations, the group “deploys custom malware.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). This [APT35] is the one of the groups we disrupted during the 2020 US election cycle for its targeting of campaign staffers. Rocket Kitten successfully attacks university website.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 31, 2020

.” The sophisticated attacks are believed to be the work of the same Russian hacking group responsible for the 2016 attacks on the Democratic National Committee. ”

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. Who attacked: Chinese intelligence group seeking to gather data on U.S. Who attacked: no attacker. Damages: U.K. Records affected: 21.5

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Criminals groups can either use the stolen data themselves or sell the legitimate and current accounts before anyone knows the account numbers are compromised. While the use of an XOR cipher is not new, this is the first time Visa has observed its use in JavaScript skimming malware. Baka card skimming attack is unique.

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The Verge

MARCH 22, 2022

Malware makers have already exploited other certificates released by Lapsus$. The hacking group Lapsus$, known for claiming to have hacked Nvidia , Samsung , and more, this week claimed it has even hacked Microsoft. The group says it’s had access to data from Okta , Samsung , and Ubisoft , as well as Nvidia and now Microsoft.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The news was first reported by cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground, which posted screenshots of data purportedly stolen from the company. The hacker reportedly tricked an employee into providing a two-factor authentication code delivered via SMS, which allowed them to access the Slack channel.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The group has executed successful attacks against huge tech companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, and Okta. Along with the similar age, Uber says the threat actor used similar techniques to what the group has used throughout its attacks on tech companies this year. Lapsus$ responsible for Uber hack.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Students and teachers can have their connection interrupted during class, communicating essential topics and ideas is much harder, group projects are a mess, etc. Specific ransomware and malware strains affecting schools. Aside from ransomware, malware has also been a problem for K-12 schools. Now, let's look at some specifics.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Whether it is ransomware, other types of malware, or any number of cyberattacks, threat actors keep inventing new techniques to cause disruption. In a blog post, Neel Mehta, Information Security lead for Google, explains how a hacker has managed to break certificate code parsing to invade email inboxes and infect users with malware.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2024

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs): State-sponsored groups may launch APTs to steal sensitive information or disrupt the event. It is essential to verify the authenticity of sources before clicking on links or providing personal information. These could range from DDoS attacks to more subtle tactics like phishing and ransomware.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While many people might think of Russian state-sponsored hacking groups when it comes to infiltrating social media platforms, there’s actually a global network of hackers participating in an underground economy where things like Facebook and Instagram accounts are commodities. Exactly how hackers go after legitimate accounts varies.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

He has spent the last 18 months tracking a cyber mercenary group across the Dark Web. This is the story of a cyber mercenary group, dubbed Void Balaur, with victims around the world. This is a group that he's been tracking for seven years now. He was about to find out what this group, now called Void Balaur , was up to.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Using strong, unique passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication when available, and being cautious about sharing personal information are crucial steps in protecting oneself. The ransomware group Scattered Spider, affiliated with ALPHV or BlackCat, claimed responsibility. Online gamblers, meanwhile, must remain vigilant.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. Who attacked: Chinese intelligence group seeking to gather data on US citizens using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and MimiKatz.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 21, 2020

The world's most costly and destructive botnet, Emotet, reemerged last week, bringing with it a rain of emails that install ransomware, bank fraud trojans, and other nasty malware strains. The inclusion of authentic content also makes it harder for spam filters to detect the emails as malicious. But that's not all.

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