Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Incident response triage and software vulnerability discovery are two areas where the large language model has demonstrated success, although false positives are common.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
When a company announces layoffs, one of the last things most employees or even company owners worry about is data loss. Related: The importance of preserving trust in 2023 Valuable or sensitive information on a computer is exposed to theft or to getting compromised. This can happen due to intentional theft, human error, malware, or even physical destruction of servers.
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KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Attackers are abusing a legitimate service called “GeoTargetly” to launch localized phishing attacks, according to Jeremy Fuchs at Avanan. GeoTargetly is meant to be used by advertisers to display ads in countries’ local languages. Avanan observed a phishing campaign that’s using phishing emails to target multiple countries in South America.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Interesting : According to internal Slack messages that were leaked to Insider , an Amazon lawyer told workers that they had “already seen instances” of text generated by ChatGPT that “closely” resembled internal company data. This issue seems to have come to a head recently because Amazon staffers and other tech workers throughout the industry have begun using ChatGPT as a “ coding assistant ” of sorts to help them write or improve strings of code, the report
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eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
In 2013, Adam Markowitz founded Portfolium, an edtech startup that matched college students and graduates with employers. “I remember the first time we were asked for a SOC 2 report, which quickly became the minimum bar requirement in our industry for proof of an effective security program,” he said. The process for creating the report was time-consuming, manual and costly.
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Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Microsoft is sending the world a whole bunch of love today, in the form of patches to plug dozens of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. This year’s special Valentine’s Day Patch Tuesday includes fixes for a whopping three different “zero-day” vulnerabilities that are already being used in active attacks.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Everything you need to know about the past, present, and future of data security—from Equifax to Yahoo—and the problem with Social Security numbers.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet has addressed two critical vulnerabilities impacting its FortiNAC and FortiWeb products. Cybersecurity firm Fortinet has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb solutions. The two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-39952 and CVE-2021-42756 , are respectively an external control of file name or path in Fortinet FortiNAC and a collection of stack-based buffer overflow issues in the proxy daemon of FortiWeb.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
UK Toughens Anti-Cybercrime Stance by Sanctioning Accused Operators for First Time As ransomware continues to disrupt British organizations, the U.K. for the first time has sanctioned alleged cybercriminals, including accused Conti and TrickBot operators. Ransomware victims must conduct due diligence before paying any ransom, as violating sanctions carries severe penalties.
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KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when someone is trying to communicate information to another person, but falsely assumes that the other person has the same level of knowledge or understanding of the topic. This can lead to the communicator overestimating the other person's understanding of the subject, and thus not providing enough detail or explanation.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Keep your movements private.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Cisco addressed a critical vulnerability in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine that can lead to remote code execution on vulnerable devices. Cisco fixed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-20032 (CVSS score: 9.8), in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine. The vulnerability resides in the residing in the HFS+ file parser component, an attacker can trigger the issue to gain remote code execution on vulnerable devices or trigger a DoS condition.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
Group Says It Has Confidential Data, Tech Docs; A10 Says Operations Not Impacted The Play ransomware group listed networking hardware manufacturer A10 Networks in its leak site, after briefly gaining access to its IT infrastructure, according to data breach notifications firm BetterCyber. The group says it has confidential data, technical documentation and more.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
Data Protection Report
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
A ”bring your own device” ( BYOD ) program is a popular arrangement used by employers, whereby employees use their personal devices (e.g., smartphones, laptops, or tablets) for both personal and business purposes. Last year, about two-thirds of Canadian private sector employers had at least one employee using personal devices for business-related activities. [1] While the BYOD approach may offer certain advantages, such as greater flexibility and cost savings, employers should be mindful of the
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it’s already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Experts are investigating the failures of several German airports after some media attributed them to a possible hacking campaign. On Thursday, the websites of several German airports were unreachable, experts launched an investigation speculating a possible cyberattack on a large scale against the critical infrastructure. Ralph Beisel. chief executive of the ADV airport association, confirmed that the websites were hit by a DDoS attack.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Vulnerability Potentially Caused Deaths and Thousands of Thefts in the US Hyundai and Kia are rolling out a software update aimed at stopping an outbreak of car thefts caused by a trend on social media app TikTok. The "Kia Challenge" went viral in mid-2022 after users discovered how to steal certain cars using a screwdriver and a male USB Type A connector.
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KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Cybersecurity is not just a technological challenge, but increasingly a social and behavioral one.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
Plus: Deepfake disinformation spotted in the wild, Android privacy problems in China, Reddit gets phished, and more.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022. Below is the list of vulnerabilities exploited by V3G4: CVE-2012-4869 : FreePBX Elastix Remote Command Execution Vulnerability Gitorious Remote Command Execution Vulnerability CVE-2014-9727 : FRITZ!
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Group Targeted American Victims and Pocketed Over 5 Million Euros Police busted nine members of a cyber fraud gang that targeted mainly Americans. Spanish police arrested eight members, and U.S. authorities arrested one. In less than a year, the ring pocketed 5 million euros in scammed funds, say the Spanish National Police.
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Established network security players like Check Point are responding to the shift to cloud-native applications, which have exposed more vulnerabilities in open source software supply chains.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
No, there’s not a sudden influx of unidentified objects in the skies above the US—but the government is paying closer attention.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
US CISA added actively exploited flaws in Cacti framework, Microsoft Office, Windows, and iOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. US CISA added the following actively exploited flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog : CVE-2022-46169 – Cacti is an open-source platform that provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The Campaign Installed Malware on Internal Systems and Obtained Source Code Internet domain registrar GoDaddy says it is the victim of a yearslong hacking campaign that installed malware on internal systems and obtained source code. The hackers' "apparent goal is to infect websites and servers with malware for phishing campaigns, malware distribution," the company says.
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eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Microsoft’s February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 75 vulnerabilities, nine of them rated critical, and three (all rated important) that are being exploited. “This is only the second Patch Tuesday of the year, and we have already tripled the number of weaponized threats that need to be fixed in this release,” Syxsense CEO and founder Ashley Leonard told eSecurity Planet. “We also have five patches that resolve vulnerabilities with a CVSS score of more than 9 (critical), which
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Eufy's recent scandal shows it's not so much about the data breach but about how a company responds. Here are a few ways to shop smart.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Hyundai and Kia car makers are releasing an emergency software update to fix a flaw that can allow stealing a car with a USB cable. Carmakers Hyundai and KIA are rolling out an emergency update for the software shipped with several car models. The update addresses a bug that can be exploited by thieves to steal the impacted vehicles. The anti-theft software upgrade rolled out by the company aims at preventing the vehicles from starting during a method of theft that was shared on TikTok and other
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