Figure 2: Alternative C&C server address hosted on Pastebin.com One of the challenges that adversaries need to deal with is how to maintain a sustainable C&C infrastructure without being quickly denylisted by enterprise security solutions, or being frequently shut down by ISPs and hosting services following law enforcement and security vendors’ abuse reports. Many…
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A report on the Terraform creator and cloud infrastructure tools vendor exploring a sale first emerged in March. IBM is close to a deal to purchase Terraform creator and cloud infrastructure tools vendor HashiCorp, according to multiple media outlets. Armonk, N.Y.-based cloud and mainframe giant IBM could announce the deal Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. That…
Read MoreA large technology consultancy with thousands of employees spread across north America and Europe is now approaching 99% cloud deployment for their applications. The consultancy believes this is the right solution to provide flexible and secure application deployment for their widely dispersed user community. The migration from on-premises to cloud-delivery began a decade ago with…
Read MoreNow hear this: You will always have exposure. No company has the ability to mitigate all risks at all times. No company I’ve ever visited has even had all of its identified risks treated at any given point. Yet so many companies lead their security strategy with controls. They’ll make sizable investments in security appliances…
Read MoreSure, the C&C list is a small sample size, and C&C hosts come and go quickly. This list is in no way exhaustive—it’s just a snapshot in time from last quarter. But for a breakdown of the domain hosting services, see the end of this article. “Yes, I really am a C&C server.” A…
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Microsoft has rolled back a fix for a known Outlook issue that was causing incorrect security alerts when opening ICS calendar files after installing the December Outlook Desktop security updates. Affected Microsoft 365 users are seeing unexpected warnings that “Microsoft Office has identified a potential security concern” and that “This location may be unsafe” when…
Read MoreAmong security professionals specifically, the gap is even more significant: 47% chose security and only 26% said availability. This isn’t a surprise—security has been steadily ascendant for the past three years. In 2015, availability was the clear leader at 40% over security’s 32%. But the next year the two categories were neck and neck…
Read More“The digital economy is firmly entrenched, and has an appearance that promises prosperity; but in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and vulnerabilities.” With many apologies to Benjamin Franklin, to whom the original, unaltered quote on which this one relies is typically attributed. Unlike the forecasts for snow in…
Read MoreAccept that breaches are inevitable in today’s world, then take these steps to reduce the chances of a large-scale, headline-making compromise. Source link lol
Read MoreIf you’re not evaluating risk in terms of likelihood and impact, you could be focusing your security efforts in all the wrong places. Source link lol
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