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  • October 28, 2022

Researchers Uncover Stealthy Techniques Used by Cranefly Espionage Hackers

A recently discovered hacking group known for targeting employees dealing with corporate transactions has been linked to a new backdoor called Danfuan. This hitherto undocumented malware is delivered via another dropper called Geppei, researchers from Symantec, by Broadcom Software, said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The dropper “is being used to install a new […]

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Twilio Reveals Further Security Breach

June vishing attack led to compromise of customer data

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  • October 28, 2022

User-Specific Secrets: Console Access

ACM.93 Testing that the user we granted AWS Console access can see their user-specific secret in Secrets Manager This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Alright, we now have a user that can log into the AWS console. I wanted to the secret in Secrets Manager. Login and make sure you are […]

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  • October 28, 2022

Manufacturing Cybersecurity: Trends & Survey Response

Based on our survey of over 900 ICS security leaders in the United States, Germany, and Japan, we dig deeper into each industry’s challenges and present Trend Micro’s recommendations.

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New York Post was hacked from the inside, employee fired after offensive articles posted online

The Murdoch-owned New York Post published a series of incendiary and offensive articles online earlier today, calling for the assassination of political figures like Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and spreading racial slurs.

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  • October 27, 2022

How Cisco’s Cloud Control Framework helps it comply with multiple security standards

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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  • October 27, 2022

BrandPost: Top 5 Regulatory Reasons for Implementing Zero Trust

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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