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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

Maintaining the integrity of networks and data is a critical consideration for every organization. With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace.

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DHS Unveils New Cybersecurity Requirements for Pipelines

Data Breach Today

Security Directive Issued Following Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack The Department of Homeland Security has issued a cybersecurity directive that requires the operators of oil and gas pipelines to report ransomware attacks and other security incidents to the government and take other security steps.

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What is Cyber Security Awareness and Why is it Important?

IT Governance

For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. Indeed, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 , 23% of data breaches were caused by human error.

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Boss of ATM Skimming Syndicate Arrested in Mexico

Krebs on Security

Florian “The Shark” Tudor , the alleged ringleader of a prolific ATM skimming gang that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts of tourists visiting Mexico over the last eight years, was arrested in Mexico City on Thursday in response to an extradition warrant from a Romanian court. Florian Tudor, at a 2020 press conference in Mexico in which he asserted he was a legitimate businessman and not a mafia boss.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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How to Leverage Your Organization's Expertise

AIIM

Knowledge is power - both in our personal lives and work lives. But, in our organizations, the management of this knowledge is one of the most crucial yet overlooked aspects of workplace progress. When employees fail to get access to the knowledge necessary for completing their tasks, the organization can suffer. In fact, there are many benefits to using a practice called Knowledge Management to purposefully manage your organization's knowledge assets and ensure access.

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Last Watchdog podcast: Unwrapping ‘resilience’ guidance discussed at RSA Conference 2021

The Last Watchdog

Resilience was the theme of RSA Conference 2021 which took place virtually last week. Related: Web attacks spike 62 percent in 2020. I’ve been covering this cybersecurity gathering since 2004 and each year cybersecurity materially advances. By the same token, the difficulties of defending modern IT systems has redoubled as organizations try to balance security and productivity.

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French police seized dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle

Security Affairs

Last week, French authorities have seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, it is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime. French authorities seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, the operation is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime activity in the dark web. It is the third large French-speaking platform seized by the local police after Black Hand in 2018 and French Deep Web Market in 2019.

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A Never-Before-Seen Wiper Malware Is Hitting Israeli Targets

WIRED Threat Level

The malicious code, which masquerades as ransomware, appears to come from a hacking group with ties to Iran.

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SolarWinds Attackers Return With Fresh Phishing Campaign

Data Breach Today

Microsoft: Russians Used Malicious Messages Portrayed as Coming From USAID A Russian group that was behind the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack has returned with a fresh phishing campaign, according to Microsoft. This new campaign compromised a marketing firm used by the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - to send malicious messages to thousands.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘World password day’ reminds us to embrace password security best practices

The Last Watchdog

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Related: Credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies.

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Apple addresses three zero-day flaws actively exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in macOS and tvOS actively exploited in the wild by threat actors. Apple has released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting macOS and tvOS which have been exploited in the wild. The macOS flaw has been exploited by the XCSSET malware to bypass security protections. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.” reads the security advisories published by Apple for the abov

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Zero-Day TCC bypass discovered in XCSSET malware

Jamf

A zero-day discovery allows an attacker to bypass Apple’s TCC protections which safeguard privacy. By leveraging an installed application with the proper permissions set, the attacker can piggyback off that donor app when creating a malicious app to execute on victim devices, without prompting for user approval.

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VMware Urges Rapid Patching for Serious vCenter Server Bug

Data Breach Today

Attackers Could Exploit 'Critical' Flaw to Remotely Execute Arbitrary Code VMware is warning all vCenter Server administrators to patch their software to fix both a serious vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code, as well as a separate authentication flaw. Experts warn that these and other recent flaws are likely to be targeted by ransomware gangs.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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SHARED INTEL: Akamai reports web attack traffic spiked 62 percent in 2020 — all sectors hit hard

The Last Watchdog

Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. Related: DHS launches 60-day cybersecurity sprints. Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment.

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A malware attack hit the Alaska Health Department

Security Affairs

The Alaska health department website was forced offline by a malware attack, officials are investigating the incident. The website of the Alaska health department was forced offline this week by a malware attack. Local authorities launched an investigation into the attack, at the time of this writing, they did not provide details about the intrusion.

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Pwned Passwords, Open Source in the.NET Foundation and Working with the FBI

Troy Hunt

I've got 2 massive things to announce today that have been a long time in the works and by pure coincidence, have aligned such that I can share them together here today. One you would have been waiting for and one totally out of left field. Both these announcements are being made at a time where Pwned Passwords is seeing unprecedented growth: Getting closer and closer to the 1B requests a month mark for @haveibeenpwned 's Pwned Passwords. 99.6% of those have come direct from @Cloudflare '

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Health Data Breach Tally's 2021 Surge Continues

Data Breach Today

Ransomware Attacks Continue to Plague the Sector Another big wave of large breaches stemming from hacking incidents, including ransomware attacks, has flooded the federal tally of major health data breaches in recent weeks.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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ROUNDTABLE: Experts react to DHS assigning TSA to keep track of cyber attacks on pipelines

The Last Watchdog

The same federal agency that makes you take your shoes off and examines your belongings before boarding a flight will begin monitoring cyber incidents at pipeline companies. Related: DHS begins 60-day cybersecurity sprints. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued a directive requiring all pipeline companies to report cyber incidents to DHS’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA.).

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Qlocker ransomware leverages HBS flaw to infect QNAP NAS devices

Security Affairs

QNAP warns customers of updating the HBS 3 disaster recovery app to prevent Qlocker ransomware attack. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning its customers of updating the HBS 3 disaster recovery app running on their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to prevent Qlocker ransomware infections. At the end of April, experts warned of a new strain of ransomware named Qlocker that was infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices on daily bases.

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Welcoming the Trinidad & Tobago Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Today I'm very happy to welcome the first Caribbean government to Have I Been Pwned, Trinidad & Tobago. As of today, the Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Incident Response Team (TT-CSIRT) has full and free access to query their government domains and gain visibility into where they've impacted by data breaches. This brings the number of governments to be onboarded to HIBP to 17 and I look forward to welcoming more in the near future.

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Suspected Iranian Group Wages Wiper Attacks on Israel

Data Breach Today

SentinelOne: Malware Disguised as Ransomware A threat group likely operating from Iran has been attacking Israeli targets for more than a year with the wiper variants Apostle and Deadwood, masking the intrusions as ransomware attacks to confuse defenders, according to SentinelOne.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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WhatsApp’s Fight With India Could Have Global Repercussions

WIRED Threat Level

The country’s “traceability” requirement would undermine the privacy of the encrypted messaging app’s users far beyond its borders.

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CVE-2020-15782 flaw in Siemens PLCs allows remote hack

Security Affairs

Industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty discovered a new flaw in Siemens PLCs that can be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker to hack the devices. Researchers at industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have discovered a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens PLCs, tracked as CVE-2020-15782 , that could be exploited by remote and unauthenticated attackers to bypass memory protection.

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Bose Admits Ransomware Hit: Employee Data Accessed

Threatpost

The consumer-electronics stalwart was able to recover without paying a ransom, it said.

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Belgium Investigating Attack on Interior Ministry Network

Data Breach Today

Federal Public Service Interior Investigating Possible Cyberespionage Campaign Belgium's interior ministry, Federal Public Service Interior, is investigating an attack against its network that appears to have the hallmarks of a cyberespionage campaign.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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The SolarWinds Hackers Aren't 'Back.' They Never Went Away

WIRED Threat Level

A new phishing campaign from Russian spies targeted USAID among others. But it's less an escalation than a regression to the mean.

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Trend Micro fixes 3 flaws in Home Network Security Devices

Security Affairs

Trend Micro fixed some flaws in Trend Micro Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Trend Micro fixed three vulnerabilities in Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Once activated, the Home Network Security station scans all traffic passing in and out of your home network, allowing it to prevent intrusions, block hacking attempts, and web threats as

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Weekly Update 245

Troy Hunt

This week is the culmination of planning that began all the way back in August last year when I announced the intention to start open sourcing the HIBP code base. Today, it's finally happened with Pwned Passwords now completely open to all. That's only been possible with the help of the.NET Foundation because as I've said many times now, this is new territory for me.

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