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Calculating the size of a TCP Packet Payload

Part of a series on Cybersecurity Math. Also, Network Security. Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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AWS Organizations SCPs — Redundant and Extraneous Policies

The design of AWS Organizations is such that accounts and OUs end up having repetitive and redundant FullAWSAccess policies.

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Pasting Code in AWS CloudShell from Mac — Not Pretty

If anyone out there working on AWS CloudShell happens to see this, I’d consider this a bug because it makes CloudShell pretty much……

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Bug in AWS CloudShell

I have a particular file that has a portion of the code that looks like this when I open it up: Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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Resource handler returned message: “The provided policy document does not meet the requirements of…

Error message for AWS CloudFormation with a Service Control Policy is *Not Helpful* (or any IAM-like policy) Continue reading on Bugs That…

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DevSecOps puts security in the software cycle

Addressing cybersecurity can be a challenge when the focus is on speed in software development and production life cycles.

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GitHub Swiftly Replaces Exposed RSA SSH Key to Protect Git Operations

Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub said it took the step of replacing its RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations “out of…

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THN Webinar: Inside the High Risk of 3rd-Party SaaS Apps

Any app that can improve business operations is quickly added to the SaaS stack.

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Exploding USB Sticks

In case you don’t have enough to worry about, people are hiding explosives—actual ones—in USB sticks: In the port city of Guayaquil,…

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IRS Phishing Emails Used to Distribute Emotet

Monster 500MB attachment hides a nasty surprise

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Russian hacktivists deploy new AresLoader malware via decoy installers

Security researchers have started seeing attack campaigns that use a relatively new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) tool called AresLoader.

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New Android Malware Targets Customers of 450 Financial Institutions Worldwide

“Nexus” is the latest in a vast and growing array of Trojans targeting mobile banking and cryptocurrency applications.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities Still Pose a Big Challenge for Security Teams

Open source software continues to pose a challenge for companies. With the proper security practices, you can reduce your open source risk…

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Critical WooCommerce Payments Plugin Flaw Patched for 500,000+ WordPress Sites

Patches have been released for a critical security flaw impacting the WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress, which is installed on over…

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Massive adversary-in-the-middle phishing campaign bypasses MFA and mimics Microsoft Office

Microsoft has already seen millions of phishing emails sent every day by attackers using this phishing kit.

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S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anyway…

Listen now – latest episode. Full transcript inside.

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Bundestag Bungle: Political Microtargeting of Facebook Users Draws Ire

With shades of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, German political parties skirted consumer data privacy regulations during the country’s…

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Danger USB! Journalists sent exploding flash drives

If you were sent a USB stick anonymously through the post, would you plug it into your computer?

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China-Aligned “Operation Tainted Love” Targets Middle East Telecom Providers

The deployment of custom credential theft malware is the main novelty of the new campaign

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Europe’s transport sector terrorised by ransomware, data theft, and denial-of-service attacks

A new report from ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, looking at cyberattacks targeting the European transport network over…

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New vulnerabilities found in industrial control systems of major vendors

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued advisories on 49 vulnerabilities in eight industrial control…

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Nexus: A New Rising Android Banking Trojan Targeting 450 Financial Apps

An emerging Android banking trojan dubbed Nexus has already been adopted by several threat actors to target 450 financial applications and…

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Critical flaw in AI testing framework MLflow can lead to server and data compromise

MLflow, an open-source framework that’s used by many organizations to manage their machine-learning tests and record results, received a…

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Are You Talking to a Carbon, Silicon, or Artificial Identity?

In the triumvirate of identity types, protecting the identity, privacy, and data of carbon-based forms — humans — is key.

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