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UK Shoppers Lost £15m+ to Scammers Last Winter

Cyber experts urge consumers to improve online safety

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  • November 14, 2022

New KmsdBot Malware Hijacking Systems for Mining Crypto and Launch DDoS Attacks

A newly discovered evasive malware leverages the Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic protocol to gain entry into targeted systems with the goal of mining cryptocurrency and carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Dubbed KmsdBot by the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), the Golang-based malware has been found targeting a variety of companies ranging from gaming to

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  • November 14, 2022

Worok Hackers Abuse Dropbox API to Exfiltrate Data via Backdoor Hidden in Images

A recently discovered cyber espionage group dubbed Worok has been found hiding malware in seemingly innocuous image files, corroborating a crucial link in the threat actor’s infection chain. Czech cybersecurity firm Avast said the purpose of the PNG files is to conceal a payload that’s used to facilitate information theft. “What is noteworthy is data collection from […]

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  • November 13, 2022

How to Fix CloudFormation

ACM.110 CloudFormation is an amazing concept but it needs a little TLC This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. In the last post we looked at adding a policy to our VPC Endpoint that provides access to CloudFormation via a private network (i.e. without traversing the Internet.) Add a Policy […]

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  • November 12, 2022

Add a Policy to an AWS VPC Endpoint

ACM.109 Combining IAM and network controls to improve cloud security defenses This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. In a prior post we created an AWS VPC Endpoint to use with CloudFormation. VPC Endpoint for CloudFormation Then we valiated that the traffic traverses a private route. Validating VPC Endpoint Connections Occur […]

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Security challenges facing SMBs – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

New ESET report shows how ever-growing threats impact SMB sentiment and why many SMBs are underprepared to defend against attacks The post Security challenges facing SMBs – Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Purse

Perfect for an evening out. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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New Book: A Hacker’s Mind

I have a new book coming out in February. It’s about hacking. A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back isn’t about hacking computer systems; it’s about hacking more general economic, political, and social systems. It generalizes the term hack as a means of subverting a system’s rules […]

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Tokenization VS Encryption – Which one suits your business needs? 

The number of data breach incidents rises every year as technology advances. The ease of technology extends to the… The post <strong>Tokenization VS Encryption – Which one suits your business needs?</strong>  appeared first on JISA Softech Pvt Ltd.

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