A potentially $1 billion deal by semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom to sell a security software business it acquired with its $61 billion purchase of VMware last year has reportedly been put on hold, if not abandoned. Investment firm KKR had agreed to buy Carbon Black along with VMware’s entire end-user computing (EUC) business, including VMware’s Workspace…
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As organizations grow and more endpoints are added across the enterprise, they create an increasingly broad attack surface sophisticated attackers are looking to compromise. According to the 2019 Endpoint Security Trends Report 70% of breaches originate at the endpoint¹. That is likely because endpoints typically represent the Intersection between humans and machines creating vulnerable points…
Read MoreCISA released two Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on February 27, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations. Source link ddde ddde ddde ddde ddde ddde ddde ddde ddde ddde…
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Cyberattacks are scaling up. That means security operations center (SOC) teams are overwhelmed by the volume of alerts they must analyze and how to sort out real threats vs. system noise. The good news? Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to supercharge SOC modernization efforts with unprecedented automation, proactive threat detection, and relief for overstressed security…
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AI hype and adoption are seemingly at an all-time high with nearly 70% of respondents to a recent S&P report on Global AI Trends saying they have at least one AI project in production. While the promise of AI can fundamentally reshape business operations, it has also created new risk vectors and opened the doors…
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SNAP food assistance is a lifeline for more than 40 million Americans experiencing food insecurity. In a growing trend, criminals are targeting major security lapses in SNAP fund distribution, stealing millions in aid, so we asked this week’s guests how we can put a stop to it. Also: Have you ever posted anything personal on…
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Feb 27, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Website Security A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, the vulnerability was addressed in October 2023 in version 5.7.0.1. “This plugin suffers from unauthenticated site-wide stored [cross-site scripting] vulnerability and could allow any…
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Feb 27, 2024The Hacker NewsMalware / Network Security An “intricately designed” remote access trojan (RAT) called Xeno RAT has been made available on GitHub, making it available to other actors at no extra cost. Written in C# and compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems, the open-source RAT comes with a “comprehensive set…
Read MoreChina Surveillance Company Hacked Last week, someone posted something like 570 files, images and chat logs from a Chinese company called I-Soon. I-Soon sells hacking and espionage services to Chinese national and local government. Lots of details in the news articles. These aren’t details about the tools or techniques, more the inner workings of the…
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Since 2020 when we started to record ransomware attacks and trends, LockBit has continually stayed on top as the most active ransomware gang when it comes to publicly disclosed ransomware attacks. Last year, LockBit attacks made the news with 83 attacks, 13% of all publicly disclosed attacks recorded. In 2023, we began monitoring undisclosed attacks,…
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