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Tips for Choosing a Pentesting Company

In today’s world of automated hacking systems, frequent data breaches and consumer protection regulations such as GDPR and PCI DSS,…

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Unofficial Patch Released for New Actively Exploited Windows MotW Vulnerability

An unofficial patch has been made available for an actively exploited security flaw in Microsoft Windows that makes it possible for files…

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Fodcha DDoS Botnet Resurfaces with New Capabilities

The threat actor behind the Fodcha distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet has resurfaced with new capabilities, researchers reveal.

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Allowing Users to Start Encrypted EC2 Instances in the AWS Console

ACM.97 Requiring MFA, encryption, and disallowing network misconfigurations that expose admin ports and data This is a continuation of my…

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Apple Only Commits to Patching Latest OS Version

People have suspected this for a while, but Apple has made it official. It only commits to fully patching the latest version of its OS,…

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GitHub Repojacking Bug Could’ve Allowed Attackers to Takeover Other Users’ Repositories

Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub has addressed a high-severity security flaw that could have been exploited to create…

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Samsung Galaxy Store Bug Could’ve Let Hackers Secretly Install Apps on Targeted Devices

A now-patched security flaw has been disclosed in the Galaxy Store app for Samsung devices that could potentially trigger remote command…

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What do kickboxing and cybersecurity have in common

When people think of cybersecurity, they think it is all about constant, in-the-moment, reactive execution.

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Europe’s Biggest Copper Producer Hit by Cyber-Attack

Aurubis forced to take IT systems offline

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Most Online Shoppers Would Leave Retailer Following Breach

Akamai study finds low levels of trust among consumers

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Data capture by border agencies can and will happen – are your on-the-road employees prepared?

Does your company have a travel policy that instructs and supports employees traveling internationally for business with direction…

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Russia Suspected in Truss Phone Hacking Scandal

One year’s worth of messages reportedly downloaded from former PM’s device

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Twilio reveals hackers compromised its systems a month earlier than previously thought

Cloud communications firm Twilio reveals that it fell victim to a voice phishing attack in June 2022, allowing hackers to access customer…

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Attention business owners: Top 5 Cybersecurity questions to ask in 2022

Wayne Bridgeman II, a Senior Manager on AT&T’s Network Cybersecurity team, offers a 5-point checklist for businesses in 2022 alongside…

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Less Is More: Why One Antivirus Software Is All You Need

Personal devices and the information they carry are incredibly valuable to their owners.

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AWS CloudFormation Policy Document Error Messages Could Be Nicer

Telling me I have an invalid policy document with no further information is not helpful — and the errors in this post seem like they would…

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Deleting CloudFormation resources with IAM and Resource Policy Dependencies

ACM.96 Gotchas when trying to create zero-trust policies and then later deleting and recreating the policies This is a continuation of my…

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Deleting CloudFormation Stacks

ACM.95 Creating a script to delete a stack of resources so you can redeploy from scratch This is a continuation of my series on Automating…

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A Risk Assessment style most CISOs have never seen

Seldomly seen but nice to have Continue reading on The CISO Den »

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Chrome issues urgent zero-day fix – update now!

We’ve said it before/And we’ll say it again/It’s not *if* you should patch/It’s a matter of *when*. (Hint: now!)

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Twilio Reveals Another Breach from the Same Hackers Behind the August Hack

Communication services provider Twilio this week disclosed that it experienced another “brief security incident” in June 2022 perpetrated…

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Cisco Secure Workload: Policy-as-Code Is a Win-Win for Everyone

The last few years have proved to be a catalyst for digital transformation for many of our enterprise customers.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Chinese Squid Fishing

China claims that it is “engaging in responsible squid fishing”: Chen Xinjun, dean of the College of Marine Sciences at Shanghai Ocean…

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Phishing attacks increase by over 31% in third quarter: Report

Email security and threat detection company Vade has found that phishing emails in the third quarter this year increased by more than 31%…

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