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The CSO guide to top security conferences

There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have your questions answered by experts. Fortunately, plenty of great conferences are coming up in the months ahead. […]

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3 actions Latin American leaders must take to reduce risk of cyberattacks

We have witnessed increased cyberattacks on the Latin American region in recent days. Mexico’s President Obrador confirmed that its government has suffered what is perhaps a sensitive attack on its intelligence and armed forces. Chilean Armed Forces suffered a similar attack and its judiciary system was also compromised. The Colombian National Institute for Drug and […]

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Hackers Can Use ‘App Mode’ in Chromium Browsers’ for Stealth Phishing Attacks

In what’s a new phishing technique, it has been demonstrated that the Application Mode feature in Chromium-based web browsers can be abused to create “realistic desktop phishing applications.” Application Mode is designed to offer native-like experiences in a manner that causes the website to be launched in a separate browser window, while also displaying the […]

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Ransomware – undeniably top of mind

A brief walk down memory lane: Ransomware is not a new threat   Ransomware’s first documented attack was relatively rudimentary. It was delivered via floppy disk containing a malware program in 1989 that told its victims to pay $189 in ransom to a PO Box in Panama. Today ransomware criminals are significantly more sophisticated, thanks to advances in […]

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Meta Sues Chinese Devs Over WhatsApp Malware Plot

Fake apps led to account takeovers and spam campaigns

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Hacker Steals Over $570m from Binance Bridge

Cypro-thieves target popular cross-chain bridging service

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BlackByte Ransomware Abuses Vulnerable Windows Driver to Disable Security Solutions

In yet another case of bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack, the operators of the BlackByte ransomware are leveraging a flaw in a legitimate Windows driver to bypass security solutions. “The evasion technique supports disabling a whopping list of over 1,000 drivers on which security products rely to provide protection,” Sophos threat researcher Andreas […]

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Sharing Knowledge at 44CON

The infosec conference named after the UK’s calling code returned this year with a focus on building a healthy community.

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macOS Archive Utility Bug Lets Malicious Apps Bypass Security Checks

Exploit allows unsigned and unnotarized macOS applications to bypass Gatekeeper and other security, without notifying the user.

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