Originally published by Lookout. Written by Hank Schless, Lookout. Business email compromise (BEC) is big business for malicious actors. According to the 2021 FBI Internet Crime Report, BEC was responsible for nearly $2.4 billion in cyber crime losses in 2021. At its root, it’s a type of phishing attack. And with the rise of smartphones …
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ChatGPT: Everyone’s favorite chatbot/writer’s-block buster/ridiculous short story creator is skyrocketing in fame. 1 In fact, the AI-generated content “masterpieces” (by AI standards) are impressing technologists the world over. While the tech still has a few kinks that need ironing, ChatGPT is almost capable of rivaling human, professional writers. However, as with most good things, bad …
Developers, security professionals, and investors all find something to like about Snyk and its developer security platform, which helps organizations mitigate their risk of exposure to software supply chain attacks. After closing $196.5 million in Series G investment late last month, Snyk on Tuesday said it secured an additional $25 million from ServiceNow. ServiceNow’s investment …
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The popularity of AI-based mobile applications that can create artistic images based on pictures, such as the “Magic Avatars” from Lensa, and the OpenAI service DALL-E 2 that generates them from text, have increased the mainstream interest of these tools. Users should be aware of those seeking to take advantage to distribute Potential Unwanted Programs …
Originally published by Titaniam. Cybersecurity is now in the spotlight as data breaches become a near-daily story. Organizations are consuming massive amounts of personal data that is directly tied to everyday people, and they’re often utilizing cloud-based services to help store them. This can be as commonplace as using your Gmail account at work or …
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Enterprise software and workplace management orchestrator ServiceNow announced rosy revenue numbers in its Q4 2022 earnings call Wednesday evening, saying that total revenues topped $1.9 billion, which represents a 20% year-on-year increase. IDC analyst Stephen Elliot noted strong corporate management and the company’s expansion into the workplace experience market as contributing factors in the reported …
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Originally published by Nasuni on November 8, 2022. Written by Jason Patterson, Nasuni. Although Cybersecurity Awareness Month is behind us now, that is no reason to take the focus off the subject. This year’s theme – “See Yourself in Cyber” – highlighted the fact that strong security really comes down to people. At the organizational …
Two separate but similar espionage campaigns from Russian and Iranian-linked groups have prompted a warning from Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre. In a document published on Thursday local time the NCSC warned how instead of sending surprise phishing emails, the hacking groups – identified as “Russia-based” SEABORGIUM and “Iran-based” APT42, or Charming Kitten – are …
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Strata has closed a $26M Series B round of financing led by Telstra Ventures with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, Forgepoint Capital and Innovating Capital. The company has developed, Maverics, the distributed identity orchestration platform that enables organizations to adopt modern cloud identity systems without the need to rewrite applications, saving millions and years …
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CWE-122: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Snap One Wattbox WB-300-IP-3 versions WB10.9a17 and prior are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash the device remotely.Read more
CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Improper Authentication Attempts Snap One Wattbox WB-300-IP-3 versions WB10.9a17 and prior could bypass the brute force protection, allowing multiple attempts to force a login.Read more
CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Snap One Wattbox WB-300-IP-3 versions WB10.9a17 and prior use a proprietary local area network (LAN) protocol that does not verify updates to the device. An attacker could upload a malformed update file to the device and execute arbitrary code.Read more
CWE-256: Plaintext Storage of a Password Snap One Wattbox WB-300-IP-3 versions WB10.9a17 and prior store passwords in a plaintext file when the device configuration is exported via Save/Restore–>Backup Settings, which could be read by any user accessing the file.Read more
New Mimic Ransomware Abuses Everything APIs for its Encryption Process Ransomware Trend Micro researchers discovered a new ransomware that abuses the APIs of a legitimate tool called Everything, a Windows filename search engine developed by Voidtools that offers quick searching and real-time updates for minimal resource usage. By: Nathaniel Morales, Earle Maui Earnshaw, Don Ovid …
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Attention Shoppers: Physical Exams in Aisle 7 . . . There is a monumental transformation in the delivery of healthcare services occurring in the U.S. – moving non-critical patient care from traditional settings like hospitals and some physician offices to local retail sites and the home. Recent examples of this evolution include Walmart’s built-from-scratch clinic …
Elastic Stack 8.6.1 released 26 January 2023 Version 8.6.1 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version over the 8.6.0 minor release. The 8.6.1 release addresses a recent Elastic Cloud issue where a rolling restart would fail for some users. For details of the issues that have been …
Role-based training is playing a bigger and bigger role in the world of security awareness and managing human risk. So, what exactly is it, why should you care and ultimately, how does one build a role-based training program? What is role-based training? First, what is role-based training? Ultimately, it is providing the right training to …
Large companies like Cloudflare increasingly realize how important security has become for businesses, particularly when it comes to email due to threats like phishing, viruses, and more. Now Cloudflare is trying to meet this requirement with add-ons. But when choosing the best email for your business, security must be built it, not added on top. …
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Editors Note: This is an excerpt of a full report. To read the entire analysis with endnotes, click here to download the report as a PDF. Executive Summary ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory based in the US, which uses the GPT-3 family of autoregressive (AR) language models. ChatGPT …
Riot Games, the creator of the mega popular video game League of Legends, has been hit by a ransomware attack. Hackers stole the source code for the League of Legends and are demanding $10 million from the company in exchange for not releasing the code to the public. Riot Games has stated that it will …
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Today EPIC called for enhanced personal financial data rights in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) outline of proposals under consideration for their upcoming rulemaking implementing Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. EPIC urged the CFPB to promulgate rules that enable consumers to access, understand and control their own financial information, and “prohibit …
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If Portainer is your go-to GUI for Docker and Kubernetes, you should consider adding a bit of extra security to the deployment. Image: Christina Morillo/Pexels Portainer is one of the most powerful and user-friendly GUIs for Docker and Kubernetes management. With this well-designed GUI, you can work with nearly every aspect of your container deployments. …
Governance & Risk Management , Healthcare , HIPAA/HITECH Latest Health Provider to Treat Use of Online Trackers as Reportable HIPAA Breach Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 25, 2023 Aurora BayCare Medical Center (Image: BayCare Clinic) Newfound unease by clinicians over advertising-driven surveillance is causing a Midwest specialty medical care clinic to treat …
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Forescout Technologies has unveiled that Barry Mainz will join the company as CEO, effective immediately. Barry Mainz brings more than 25 years of experience in executive leadership across infrastructure software and cybersecurity companies. Mainz has served as CEO and member of the Board of Directors for MobileIron and also led Wind River Systems, a division …
LogicGate has hired Nicholas Kathmann as its CISO to help scale the company’s information security program, manage its external system security, drive platform security innovations and engage with LogicGate customers on security management. “To build on LogicGate’s growth and market position, we need the right person to innovate and advance our information security program,” said …
Crypto.com has been certified with ISO 27017 for security in the cloud and ISO 27018 for privacy protection in the cloud as audited by SGS, an internationally-recognized certification authority. These two certifications, both firsts for a digital asset platform, demonstrate Crypto.com’s focus on cloud service security for users and its commitment to ensure customers’ personal …
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Fraud is a growing problem in the banking industry, with an estimated five percent of corporate revenue lost to fraud every year. This translates to a staggering $4.7 trillion globally, and the situation is likely to worsen in 2023 due to the current economic crisis. As oil and food prices and interest rates continue to …
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Your personal information being leaked or sold online is something that strikes fear into the hearts of most people. Identity theft takes this one step further and can destroy your credit ratings and land you on blacklists for services such as utilities, rental housing or mobile phone plan. In September 2022, Optus announced that an …
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Share this… During the fourth quarter of 2022, Yahoo was the target of twenty percent of all brand phishing attempts. Investigators discovered tactics that involved sending harmful phishing emails posing as Yahoo using the company’s branding. These had “YAHOO AWARD” in the subject line, and they were sent by senders with names like “Award Promotion,” …
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