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Month: August 2023

Cisco Talos Research: New Lazarus Group Attack Malware Campaign Hits UK & US Businesses

The Cisco Talos report exposes new malware used by the group to target Internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare organizations in the U.K. and the U.S.

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  • August 27, 2023

Kroll Suffers Data Breach: Employee Falls Victim to SIM Swapping Attack

Risk and financial advisory solutions provider Kroll on Friday disclosed that one of its employees fell victim to a “highly sophisticated” SIM swapping attack. The incident, which took place on August 19, 2023, targeted the employee’s T-Mobile account, the company said. “Specifically, T-Mobile, without any authority from or contact with Kroll or its employee, transferred […]

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  • August 27, 2023

Your Cybersecurity Curriculum Vitae

Step by step Continue reading on The CISO Den »

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  • August 27, 2023

LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Builder Leak Gives Rise to Hundreds of New Variants

The leak of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder last year has led to threat actors abusing the tool to spawn new variants. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it detected a ransomware intrusion that deployed a version of LockBit but with a markedly different ransom demand procedure. “The attacker behind this incident decided to use a different ransom […]

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  • August 27, 2023

Medium Needs to Better Align Recommendations with Member

Looking at my recommendations today they have nothing to do with what I write about or am interested in at all Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • August 27, 2023

Saved a story on Medium — date changed by less one day and claps were gone (see screen shots)

Medium has a caching problem? Or otherwise? Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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Hacking Food Labeling Laws

This article talks about new Mexican laws about food labeling, and the lengths to which food manufacturers are going to ensure that they are not effective. There are the typical high-pressure lobbying tactics and lawsuits. But there’s also examples of companies hacking the laws: Companies like Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz have begun designing their products […]

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Learn How Your Business Data Can Amplify Your AI/ML Threat Detection Capabilities

In today’s digital landscape, your business data is more than just numbers—it’s a powerhouse. Imagine leveraging this data not only for profit but also for enhanced AI and Machine Learning (ML) threat detection. For companies like Comcast, this isn’t a dream. It’s reality. Your business comprehends its risks, vulnerabilities, and the unique environment in which […]

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  • August 25, 2023

EPSS and Its Role in Cisco Vulnerability Management Risk Scoring

In our March 2023 blog, “What is EPSS and Why Does It Matter?”, Michael Roytman, Distinguished Engineer at Cisco (former Chief Data Scientist at Kenna Security) and co-creator of EPSS, covers the role the Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) plays in a security program. To sum it up, EPSS enables practitioners to have a defensible […]

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