An XKCD comic strip shows two tech workers frustrated that there are 14 competing standards for a variety of use cases. “We need to develop one unified standard that covers everyone’s use cases,” they say. The next frame shows that there are now 15 standards instead of one. Brad Arkin, the chief security and trust […]
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We are beyond the point of viewing Zero Trust as a simple marketing feature for information technology or cybersecurity companies. It is a floor for any technology vendor who wants to provide high-value solutions to government or commercial customers. Before getting into the details, let’s first settle on what we mean by Zero Trust. In […]
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Today, there is no such thing as an enterprise network perimeter — the location of applications, users, and their devices are no longer static; BYOD is common; and data is everywhere. With ever-evolving cybersecurity threats and no fixed perimeter, traditional security strategies fail to protect highly distributed networks, users, and applications. Organizations need an innovative […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsSonicWall’s mid-year report update has been released with new information on malware, ransomware, cryptojacking and more. The post 2022 cyber threat report details growing trends appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe threat actors also utilized user and kernel mode rootkits to hide the activity
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As many as 85 command-and-control (C2) servers have been discovered supported by the ShadowPad malware since September 2021, with infrastructure detected as recently as October 16, 2022. That’s according to VMware’s Threat Analysis Unit (TAU), which studied three ShadowPad variants using TCP, UDP, and HTTP(S) protocols for C2 communications. ShadowPad, seen as a successor to PlugX, is a modular
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A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device fraud and […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsLinkedIn says it is beefing up its security in an attempt to better protect its userbase from fraudulent activity such as profiles that use AI-generated deepfake photos, and messages that may contain unwanted or harmful content. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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