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Report finds women are declining CISO/CSO roles

Professional risk factors into career decisions, and successful women need to encourage other women to accept the risks, says Accenture. The post Report finds women are declining CISO/CSO roles appeared first on TechRepublic.

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The Country Where You Live Impacts Password Choices

Literacy, levels of personal freedom, and other macro-social factors help determine how strong average passwords are in a given locale, researchers have found.

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Dangerous New Attack Technique Compromising VMware ESXi Hypervisors

China-based threat actor used poisoned vSphere Installation Bundles to deliver multiple backdoors on systems, security vendor says.

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Most hackers need 5 hours or less to break into enterprise environments

Around 40% of ethical hackers recently surveyed by the SANS Institute said they can break into most environments they test, if not all. Nearly 60% said they need five hours or less to break into a corporate environment once they identify a weakness. The SANS ethical hacking survey, done in partnership with security firm Bishop […]

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3 Reasons Why BEC Scams Work in Real Estate

Identity verification could be the key to fighting back and building trust in an industry beset with high-stakes fraud.

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IT admin admits sabotaging ex-employer’s network in bid for higher salary

A 40-year-old man could face up to 10 years in prison, after admitting in a US District Court to sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Researchers Discover Chaos, a Golang Multipurpose Botnet

The tool was written in Chinese and seemed China-based due to its C2 infrastructure

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PKI Environment and Hardware Security Module

The use of technology in business has increased significantly during the last decade on a global scale. The difficulties… The post PKI Environment and Hardware Security Module appeared first on JISA Softech Pvt Ltd.

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Government, Union-Themed Lures Used to Deliver Cobalt Strike Payloads

Cisco Talos discovered the malicious campaign in August 2022

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