2. Von einer Krise zur nächsten CSOs mit schlechtem Sicherheits-Management fehlt nicht nur das vorausschauende, strategische und methodische Vorgehen. Sie tun sich außerdem schwer, potenzielle Probleme zu erkennen oder Krisen vorherzusehen. Daher verbringen schlechte Security-Manager die meiste Zeit damit, von einer Krise zur nächsten zu hecheln – und hindern somit ihr Team daran, gezielt Fortschritte…
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Aber: Nur, weil man die Vorschriften einhält, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass man auch sicher ist. Erfahrene Sicherheitsexperten betrachten die Einhaltung von Vorschriften als das absolute Minimum und gehen in ihren Empfehlungen weit über die erforderlichen Komponenten zum Schutz ihrer Unternehmen hinaus. Einhaltung der Vorschriften als Voraussetzung für Geschäftstätigkeit Ein Sicherheitsmanager kann zwar Investitionen…
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Getting bug reports through can be challenging Another significant barrier to adequate coordinated vulnerability disclosure is simply reaching the relevant vendor personnel, a difficult task compounded by the fact that communicating with bug reporters might be low on the vendors’ priorities list. “Getting information back from the vendor about the bug’s status can be challenging,”…
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Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered new Android malware that can relay victims’ contactless payment data from physical credit and debit cards to an attacker-controlled device with the goal of conducting fraudulent operations. The Slovak cybersecurity company is tracking the novel malware as NGate, stating it observed the crimeware…
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A stealthy Linux malware named ‘sedexp’ has been evading detection since 2022 by using a persistence technique not yet included in the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The malware was discovered by risk management firm Stroz Friedberg, an Aon Insurance company, and enables its operators to create reverse shells for remote access and to further the the…
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An audit from the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified “significant weaknesses” in FBI’s inventory management and disposal of electronic storage media containing sensitive and classified information. The report highlights multiple issues with policies and procedures or controls for tracking storage media extracted from devices, and significant physical security gaps in the…
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Aug 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy piece of Linux malware that leverages an unconventional technique to achieve persistence on infected systems and hide credit card skimmer code. The malware, attributed to a financially motivated threat actor, has been codenamed sedexp by Aon’s Stroz Friedberg incident response services…
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Aug 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananLaw Enforcement / Digital Privacy Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation. TF1 said the probe…
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Video Phishing using PWAs? ESET Research’s latest discovery might just ruin some users’ assumptions about their preferred platform’s security 23 Aug 2024 ESET researchers have recently revealed an uncommon type of phishing campaign using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) that targeted the clients of a prominent Czech bank. The technique used installed a phishing application from…
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Aug 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananElection Security / Threat Intelligence Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the U.K., and the U.S. The…
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