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Improved security: 2FA significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access by including a second factor for identification beyond just a password. This added layer provides added security in the event that a password gets into the wrong hands. Compliance: Due to widespread breaches, some industries, such as defense, law enforcement, and government, have instituted regulations…
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Malware droppers at the core of cybercrime ecosystem Botnets have been around for decades, but their purpose has changed over time based on what made the most money for cybercriminals. At some point, the largest botnets were used to hijack email addresses and address books to send spam. At other times they deployed Trojans capable…
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“This is a company that has a lot of legacy infrastructure. It is what makes Ticketmaster possible. But that comes with a lot of legacy risk,” she said. “Old software and old hardware and old policies and procedures, that all introduces a lot of additional risk.” Britton White, who publicly says that he works in…
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May 30, 2024NewsroomLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2024-1086 (CVSS score: 7.8), the high-severity issue relates to a use-after-free bug in the netfilter component that permits…
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May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor called FlyingYeti targeting Ukraine. “The FlyingYeti campaign capitalized on anxiety over the potential loss of access to housing and utilities by enticing targets to open malicious files via debt-themed lures,”…
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Microsoft gets itself into a pickle with a privacy-popping new feature on its CoPilot+ PCs, the FTC warns of impersonated companies, and is your company hiring North Korean IT workers? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault,…
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Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign targeting advanced malware “droppers”…
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From the editors of CSO, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps security IT staff understand what data security posture management (DSPM) can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution. Source link lol
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A vast network of millions of compromised computers, being used to facilitate a wide range of cybercrime, has been disrupted by a multinational law enforcement operation. The 911 S5 botnet, described as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever” by FBI Director Christopher Wray, has had its infrastructure and assets seized and its alleged mastermind arrested…
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May 30, 2024NewsroomWordPress / Website Security Cybersecurity researchers have warned that multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue administrator accounts for follow-on exploitation. “These vulnerabilities are found in various WordPress plugins and are prone to unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate input…
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