Tag: network security
‘After a four-year adventure at AWS and about eight years at some of the big companies, I needed to get back to my roots,’ says Dan Candee, new CEO of Cork. ‘I needed to be back in the startup and entrepreneurial mindset. I needed to be working with partners day in day out. I needed…
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Jul 18, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Bot Attacks As the travel industry rebounds post-pandemic, it is increasingly targeted by automated threats, with the sector experiencing nearly 21% of all bot attack requests last year. That’s according to research from Imperva, a Thales company. In their 2024 Bad Bot Report, Imperva finds that bad bots accounted…
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Jul 18, 2024NewsroomOpen-Source / Cybercrime Unknown threat actors have been observed leveraging open-source tools as part of a suspected cyber espionage campaign targeting global government and private sector organizations. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is tracking the activity under the temporary moniker TAG-100, noting that the adversary likely compromised organizations in at least ten countries across…
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Jul 18, 2024NewsroomCloud Security / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered security shortcomings in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform for creating and deploying predictive artificial intelligence (AI) workflows that could be exploited to get hold of access tokens and customer data. The five vulnerabilities have been collectively dubbed SAPwned by cloud security firm Wiz. “The…
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Jul 18, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Data Protection Meta has suspended the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in Brazil after the country’s data protection authority issued a preliminary ban objecting to its new privacy policy. The development was first reported by news agency Reuters. The company said it has decided to suspend the tools while…
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Jul 18, 2024Newsroom Cisco has released patches to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM On-Prem) that could enable a remote, unauthenticated attacker to change the password of any users, including those belonging to administrative users. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20419, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. “This vulnerability is…
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Consolidated Communications, Incedo, Cerium Networks, Comcast, Nvidia and Logitech are among the companies to list open positions for channel-related roles in July. This month, Consolidated Communications, Incedo and Cerium Networks are among the solution providers to list open positions while Comcast, Nvidia and Logitech are among the vendors to list open positions for channel-related roles.…
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Jul 17, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated variant of a known stealer malware that attackers affiliated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have delivered as part of prior cyber espionage campaigns targeting job seekers. The artifact in question is an Apple macOS disk image (DMG) file named “MiroTalk.dmg”…
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Cloud networking standout Aviatrix hires Google Cloud’s director of Anthos and Google Kubernetes Enterprise as its new CTO. Cloud networking standout Aviatrix has hired former Google Kubernetes and VMware NSX all-star engineer Anirban Sengupta as its new CTO and senior vice president of engineering. Sengupta was previously Google Cloud’s senior director for Anthos and Google…
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The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed using multiple pseudonyms across several underground forums to likely advertise a tool known to be used by ransomware groups like Black Basta. “AvNeutralizer (aka AuKill), a highly specialized tool developed by FIN7 to tamper with security solutions, has been marketed in the criminal underground…
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