Feb 14, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Cyber Attack Nation-state actors associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to complement their ongoing cyber attack operations. The findings come from a report published by Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI, both of which said they disrupted efforts…
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Overall, 80% of all active applications were detected to have unresolved flaws using Veracode’s SAST, DAST, and SCA scans, while this was 73% for SAST-only scans which consider issues specifically in the development phase of the applications. Flaws detected in third-party, open-source components were on par with those detected in first-party codes. In fact, 63.4%…
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SSL Certificate Costs vary based on the type of validation and the number of domains you want to secure. On average, an SSL Certificate can cost you around $30.00/year. Also, you can opt for cheap SSL Certificates, which start from $3.00/year and go up to $1300.00/year. There are multiple factors that need to be considered,…
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Feb 14, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have found that it’s possible for threat actors to exploit a well-known utility called command-not-found to recommend their own rogue packages and compromise systems running Ubuntu operating system. “While ‘command-not-found’ serves as a convenient tool for suggesting installations for uninstalled commands, it can be inadvertently manipulated by…
Read MoreImproving the Cryptanalysis of Lattice-Based Public-Key Algorithms The winner of the Best Paper Award at Crypto this year was a significant improvement to lattice-based cryptanalysis. This is important, because a bunch of NIST’s post-quantum options base their security on lattice problems. I worry about standardizing on post-quantum algorithms too quickly. We are still learning a…
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Undoubtedly, Google Chrome is the most popular web browser, holding the highest market share. But Mozilla Firefox is close enough. With a market share of 2.77%, Mozilla’s Firefox rounds out the top six web browsers in the globe. In other words, Firefox is an excellent alternative to Google Chrome. However, although Firefox has many standalone…
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Feb 14, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cybercrime The infamous malware loader and initial access broker known as Bumblebee has resurfaced after a four-month absence as part of a new phishing campaign observed in February 2024. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said the activity targets organizations in the U.S. with voicemail-themed lures containing links to OneDrive URLs. “The URLs…
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ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR sometimes occurs when users visit your website. Here is a guide on What is ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR and how to fix ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR. In 2023 cyberattacks have increased and more than 519,111,354 data records have been exposed. SSL certificates can help businesses to ensure secure communication between server and browser so there are no data breaches. However,…
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The landscape of cybersecurity in financial services is undergoing a rapid transformation. Cybercriminals are exploiting advanced technologies and methodologies, making traditional security measures obsolete. The challenges are compounded for community banks that must safeguard sensitive financial data against the same level of sophisticated threats as larger institutions, but often with more limited resources. The FinServ…
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The Varta Group was the target of a cyberattack on parts of its IT systems on the night of Feb. 12, the battery manufacturer has announced. Five production plants and the company’s administration were affected. “The IT systems and thus also production were proactively shut down temporarily for security reasons and disconnected from the internet,”…
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